Department of Justice

Blog Buzz: Ted Stevens Indicted, Hiring/Firing Scandal at the Department of Justice, and Vice Presidential Choices Narrow

Opinion - July 29, 2008

The implications of Stevens's indictment for the GOP, and where Kaine and Romney fall on the VP lists. more >>

Looking Back on the Justice Department Scandal

By Emma Schwartz - Nation & World - June 4, 2008

A conversation with former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias. more >>

Justice Dept. Inspector General Claims CIA Hampered Its Investigation

By Emma Schwartz - Nation & World - May 20, 2008

Report says the agency blocked access to senior al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah. more >>

The Perp Walk

By Luke Mullins - The Collar - May 12, 2008

A roundup of the latest reports on white-collar crime. more >>

Fraudster Sells Deceased Owners' Properties

By Luke Mullins - The Collar - April 29, 2008

Man is found guilty of wrongfully taking titles, selling properties as if they were his own. more >>

Beefing Up Along the Border

Nation & World - April 25, 2008

The Justice Department announced yesterday plans to add 64 new prosecutors along the southwest border. more >>

Feds Finger Bank Teller in Robberies

By Luke Mullins - The Collar - April 21, 2008

Government charges employee with conspiracy. more >>

Questions About Corporate Monitors

By Emma Schwartz - Nation & World - March 12, 2008

The controversy over Ashcroft's contract raises bigger issues about this Justice Department tool. more >>

The Impact of Releasing Crack Offenders

By Emma Schwartz - Nation & World - February 29, 2008

Q&A: Federal Judge Reggie Walton explains his harsh criticism of sentencing disparities. more >>

Report Due on FBI Treatment of Military Detainees

News Desk - February 8, 2008

The Justice Department's inspector general is expected to release a report soon detailing whether FBI employees participated in any abuse of detainees at military prisons in Guantánamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan, according to a report released by the division today. more >>

Giving Crime Victims More of Their Say

By Emma Schwartz - Nation & World - December 13, 2007

A federal law has created tensions in the legal system. more >>

Mukasey Takes Over at Justice

News Desk - November 14, 2007

Much has changed since Michael Mukasey made his first vows to the Department of Justice in 1972, beginning his career as an assistant U.S. attorney. But when the 66-year-old former federal judge took the oath as the 81st attorney general this morning, he promised to uphold the same obligations he had made 35 years ago: to apply the law fairly and impartially. more >>

Justice O'Connor's Wish: a Wand, Not a Gavel

By Emma Schwartz - Nation & World - November 7, 2007

Retired high court member says deficiencies in courts are nearly impossible to fix more >>

Mistrial Declared in Islamic Charity Trial

By Emma Schwartz - Nation & World - October 22, 2007

Mistrial is a setback for the government in its largest terrorist financing case. more >>

It's a Small World in Justice Land

By Paul Bedard - Washington Whispers - October 12, 2007

George Terwilliger, a former deputy attorney general, would have been just the kind of longtime Justice insider considered for the top post if President Bush hadn't wanted a friend there: Alberto Gonzales. Now, in an ironic twist, Gonzales has hired Terwilliger, a partner with Washington's White & Case, to handle Justice probes into the former attorney general's actions in the prosecutor affair. more >>

Blog Buzz: Ted Stevens Indicted, Hiring/Firing Scandal at the Department of Justice, and Vice Presidential Choices Narrow

Looking Back on the Justice Department Scandal

Justice Dept. Inspector General Claims CIA Hampered Its Investigation

The Perp Walk

Fraudster Sells Deceased Owners' Properties

Beefing Up Along the Border

Feds Finger Bank Teller in Robberies

Questions About Corporate Monitors

The Impact of Releasing Crack Offenders

Report Due on FBI Treatment of Military Detainees

Giving Crime Victims More of Their Say

Mukasey Takes Over at Justice

Justice O'Connor's Wish: a Wand, Not a Gavel

Mistrial Declared in Islamic Charity Trial

It's a Small World in Justice Land

His Turn on the Hot Seat

A Respected Law-and-Order Man With a Compassionate Streak

10 Things You Didn't Know About Michael Mukasey

Bush AG Choice: No Loyalist or Insider

The Overlawyered War

A Mighty Blunt Instrument

Congress Takes Up New Surveillance Law

Justice Department Lawyers Refuse Detainee Cases

Chertoff Is Still the One

Tuesday's Cartoon

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