Topic: U.S. Department of Justice

Public paid for more terror prosecutors than needed; time spent on health fraud, drugsFederal prosecutors have spent far less time pursuing terrorism suspects over the past five years than the American people paid for, a new Justice Department audit concludes.The study released ...

Prosecutor's name among estimated million on watch list, government says 400,000The Justice Department's former top criminal prosecutor says the government's terror watch list likely has caused thousands of innocent Americans to be questioned, searched or otherwise hassled.Former Assistant Attorney General Jim Robinson ...

Direct support to al-Qaida, Taliban hostilities merits enemy combatant statusAl-Qaida or Taliban supporters who directly assisted in hostile acts against the United States or its allies can be held without charges as enemy combatants, a federal judge ruled Monday.The ruling by U.S. ...

Former generals, prosecutors file briefs supporting case of accused enemy combatant in SC brigFormer generals and U.S. Justice Department officials filed briefs Thursday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Bush administration's authority to indefinitely detain the only suspected enemy combatant ...

The FBI is using data mining to track potential terrorists as well as insurance scammers, crooked pharmacists and more, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report to Congress this week.. The Washington Post also notes it plans to profile potential terrorists ...

With the announcement of a new nominee for Attorney General, retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey, President Bush confirms again that the central mission of his administration is the successful prosecution of the war on the Islamist jihadis and the defense of ...

Judge Declares Mistrial in Cocaine Trafficking Trial of Colombian Rebel LeaderA federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the cocaine trafficking trial of the most senior commander of Latin America's largest rebel group to be captured.The U.S. hoped a conviction would support ...

Chiquita Brands International Inc. will pay $25 million in fines for payments its made to paramilitary groups, also often referred to as narcoterrorists, in Colombia over the past fifteen years. The groups included the right wing United Self Defense Forces (known as ...

Justice Department Won't Prosecute Banana Executives for Paying Off Terrorist GroupsThe Justice Department said Tuesday it will not prosecute 10 Chiquita Brands International executives involved in the company's now-defunct payoff of Colombian terrorists protecting its most profitable banana-growing operation.The government's long-awaited decision ...

FBI Databases Being Sifted to Identify Risks Posed by Possible TerroristsThe FBI is gathering and sorting information about Americans to help search for potential terrorists, insurance cheats and crooked pharmacists, according to a government report obtained Tuesday.Records about identity thefts, real estate ...