Justice Department

  • As FederalNewsRadio has been telling you, documents from the Justice Department have been released detailing certain interrogation techniques used on prisoners by the CIA. The papers offer the fullest account to date of Bush administration…

    April 17, 2009
  • Long-overdue, corrective action for prosecutorial misconduct is finally happening. Federal judges are getting tough with the Justice Department’s sloppy and, oftentimes, vindictive prosecutions. Judge Emmet Sullivan, who presided over the government’s botched persecution of former…

    April 14, 2009
  • The Justice Department lawyers who prosecuted former Senator Ted Stevens are now in the hot seat after a federal judge appointed a special prosecutor to investigate their actions during the Stevens case. Bill Bransford, partner…

    April 09, 2009
  • The Justice Department has asked a judge to throw out the corruption conviction of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. This comes after fresh evidence of prosecutorial misconduct surfaced in the case. Debra Roth, partner at…

    April 02, 2009
  • The FBI is undertaking a huge project trying to solve some cold cases – more than 100 unsolved murder cases from the Civil Rights era. Supervisory Special Agent Cynthia Deitle gives us the details about…

    March 03, 2009
  • Complaint filed accusing EMC Corp. of failing to disclose its commercial pricing practices during negotiation of its GSA contracts and of providing improper payments

    March 03, 2009
  • Putting a stop to title-washing – That’s where salvaged wrecks are rebuilt, given new title information and sold to unknowing buyers. The Justice Department is working on a nationwide electronic vehicle information database to prevent…

    February 03, 2009
  • Earlier this week we told you about a phishing scam targeting certain TSP members. Some Department of Justice employees received emails saying that if they’ve lost more than 30-percent in their TSP, they should click…

    January 30, 2009