Condoleeza Rice says George W. Bush was clear that interrogations during his presidency should break no law. "He was also very clear that we would do nothing -- nothing -- that was against the law or against our obligations internationally," Rice ...Read More
White Plains, New York (CNN) -- Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has pleaded guilty to giving false information to Bush administration officials who vetted his unsuccessful 2004 nomination to be homeland security secretary. Kerik, 54, also indicated that he ...Read More
A Canadian engineer cannot sue the United States after being mistaken for a terrorist when he was changing planes in New York a year after the 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The judges of the 2nd U.S. ...Read More
NEW YORK — A Canadian engineer cannot sue the United States after being mistaken for a terrorist when he was changing planes in New York a year after the 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The judges of ...Read More
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department invoked the state secrets privilege Friday to try to stop a lawsuit over Bush-era wiretapping — the first time the Obama administration has done so under its new policy on such cases.
Attorney General Eric Holder ...Read More
U.S. Justice Department officials in Washington today announced the results of a nearly four-year drug investigation that targeted the La Familia cartel's distribution network. The case, dubbed Project Coronado, resulted in 77 arrests in Dallas and 300 nationally. Local Justice Department ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.
Two Justice Department officials described the ...Read More
Reporting from Washington - Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. said today the Obama administration is officially reversing the federal stance on medical marijuana and ordering authorities not to arrest or charge any users and suppliers who conform to state ...Read More
The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday. Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to ...Read More
WASHINGTON—Federal drug agents won't pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued Monday by the Obama administration.
Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, ...Read More
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday. Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to ...Read More
Updated Top aides in the Obama administration waxed on the Sunday news shows about their relationship with Fox News, the current media nemesis of the latest White House team. The media-centric focus may seem a bit of navel-gazing for our readers, ...Read More
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio conducted yet another immigration sweep this weekend despite no longer having such powers from the federal government. The MCSO's sweep occurred via the state's employer sanctions law that goes after businesses who hire illegal immigrants. Deputies ...Read More
WASHINGTON — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of a former lobbyist caught up in the Jack Abramoff affair, the biggest setback in the government's long-running prosecution of the influence-peddling scandal. The jury deadlocked over allegations that Kevin ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) - Saying the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is in "serious jeopardy," the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says more troops are needed to combat an increasingly potent Taliban. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's views on the issue are more ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- Saying the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is in "serious jeopardy" and more troops are needed to combat an increasingly potent Taliban, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee stands at odds against an influential Democratic colleague on military ...Read More
U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein broke ranks with many fellow Democrats on Sunday by backing a request by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan for more U.S. troops. Feinstein said the U.S. "mission is in serious jeopardy" and warned ...Read More
Attorneys for Roman Polanski are lobbying federal officials not to extradite the acclaimed filmmaker to the U.S. from Switzerland, where he is jailed in connection with 32-year-old child-sex charges, according to court documents filed this week in Los Angeles. A team ...Read More
WASHINGTON - A House intelligence committee meeting was abruptly terminated when Justice Department officials refused to be sworn in before briefing the lawmakers. The officials had been expected to brief the committee Wednesday on the department's review of an internal CIA ...Read More
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge has set a Nov. 9 deadline for submitting a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. Lawyers for U.S. authors and publishers say ...Read More
NEW YORK—Lawyers on both sides are poised to continue their court battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. A hearing is set for Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. Judge Denny Chin plans to set a ...Read More
