Justice Department Lawyers stories:
Obama Tightens State Secrets Standard
Sep 23rd, 2009 - Washington Post
The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a new policy making it much more difficult for the government to claim that it is protecting state secrets when it hides...
Justice reconsidering state secrecy
Sep 23rd, 2009 - The Seattle Times
The Justice Department is poised to announce a new policy on using claims of state secrecy to block the release of information about controversial counterterrorism strategies like rendition and warrantless wiretapping.
Obama to raise bar for keeping state secrets-report
Sep 23rd, 2009 - Reuters
WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The Obama administration onWednesday will unveil a new policy that will make it moredifficult for the government to invoke state secrets to shielddetails of sensitive national security strategies...
US Says Google Settlement 'Raises Concerns,' Needs Changes
Sep 20th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Justice Department told afederal judge that an agreement between Google Inc. and groupsof authors and publishers over digital copies of books may betoo broad and raises significant legal concerns.
US lawyers defend letter of gay marriage ban
Sep 19th, 2009 - Boston
Justice Department lawyers are reluctantly defending a law that bars the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, making their legal arguments in a Boston court while pointing out that the Obama administration opposes the measure.



