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The White House has proposed absolving CIA agents working abroad from proposed legislation barring "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment" of detainees, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The exemption introduced by Vice President Dick Cheney and CIA Director...

President Bush's former top procurement official was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on five felony counts, including making false statements and obstructing investigations into Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The charges against David Safavian relate to an investigation...

The White House Friday threatened to veto a $440.2 billion defense spending bill if the Senate amended it to establish a national commission on detainee operations or include provisions regulating the detention, treatment, or trial of terrorists. In an...

David Safavian , a former Bush administration official who served as the chief of staff of the General Services Administration (GSA) and until Friday served as the administration's top procurement official in...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales presented the FY 2006 Justice Department budget Tuesday to the US House Committee on Appropriations . Gonzales testified that the FBI's counterterrorism workload has...

The White House gave approval late on Wednesday to the REAL ID Act , a House bill which would prevent immigrants from being able to use state driver's license to board airplanes and entering federal buildings. The bill...

Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2006. White House Office of Management and Budget, February 6, 2005. Review the full set of budget documents, including the projected budget for the US Department of Justice. Reported in JURIST's Paper...

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, the Justice Department is investigating as many as 20 individual specialists on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) over allegations of using illegal trading practices...

The White House's proposed 2006 budget of $2.5 trillion released Monday allocates $18.7 billion for the Department of Justice. Among the key changes in the DOJ budget: a 19% increase in anti-terrorism funding, a moratorium on new Bureau of...

Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004, White House Office of Management and Budget, February 3, 2003. Review the full set of budget documents, including the projected budget for the US Department of Justice and Judicial Branch...