U.S. Department of Justice

An Afghan-born US resident arrested for an alleged plot to bomb New York was indicted Thursday for conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, the Department of Justice said.Najibullah Zazi, 24, is accused of attempting to build a crude but deadly homemade ...

CIA documents show interrogation was a patchwork program, with policies written on the flyWith just two weeks of training, or about half the time it takes to become a truck driver, the CIA certified its spies as interrogation experts after 9/11 and ...

Any new details on prisoner abuse by CIA interrogators in its counterterrorism efforts are an " old story," said agency director Leon Panetta Monday before an internal report on the practices was to be released.The Justice Department is set to disclose details ...

Seven men including six Americans were arrested in the US state of North Carolina on charges they conspired to " engage in violent jihad," the Justice Department said.The defendants, who include a father and his two sons, were formally indicted by a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An al Qaeda suspect accused in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa will become the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to go on trial in a civilian U.S. court, the Justice Department said on Thursday.The decision to bring Ahmed ...

DOJ interrogation memos approved waterboarding, but left unanswered: That doesn't necessarily make it true.Former Vice President Dick Cheney has long maintained that the CIA's harshest interrogation tactics, which the U.S. now considers torture, prevented terrorist attacks and saved lives on President George ...

President Barack Obama's administration dropped the " "It does not employ the phrase 'enemy combatant,'" the Justice Department stressed in a statement.Former president George W. Bush had argued that his status as commander-in-chief allowed him to indefinitely hold "enemy combatants" without charge.But ...

held in the United States will finally get his day in court after he was formally charged with providing support to Al-Qaeda, the Justice Department said Friday.President Barack Obama also ordered that Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri be transferred from the military brig ...

Demoted Minn. prosecutor wins whistleblower complaint; watchdog finds evidence of retaliationA former U.S. attorney for Minnesota retaliated against a top prosecutor in her office who reported her for careless handling of classified homeland security reports, a watchdog agency said Wednesday.In announcing a ...

Judge orders release of 5 terror suspects from Guantanamo; urges government not to appealA federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the ...

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Topic: U.S. Department of Justice

Afghan man charged over alleged US bomb plot

CIA's interrogation program hastily put together

CIA interrogation abuse 'an old story': Panetta

Seven men arrested on terrorism charges in US

Guantanamo detainee to be tried in U.S. court

Unresolved debate in DOJ memos: Does torture work?

US drops 'enemy combatant' detention status

Last 'enemy combatant' held in US to get day in court

Former Minn. prosecutor wins whistleblower deal

Judge orders release of 5 terror suspects at Gitmo

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