Read more Department of Justice stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/262/department-of-justice.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:43:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74031/google-offers-revised-digital-book-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle offered a compromise deal with authors and publishers late yesterday, in an effort to overcome Justice Department objections to an earlier agreement and clear the way for distribution of millions of digital books online. Two months ago Justice had blocked a settlement in a lawsuit brought by authors and...http://www.newser.com/story/74031/google-offers-revised-digital-book-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 6:04:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73032/cheney-wilson-mission-was-cia-amateur-hour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDick Cheney's memory may have been a little iffy about the Valerie Plame leak, but Politico reports that the former veep left no room for doubt about his opinion of her husband's trip to Niger to investigate an Iraqi purchase of plutonium. "It was amateur hour out at the CIA,...http://www.newser.com/story/73032/cheney-wilson-mission-was-cia-amateur-hour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 14:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72982/cheney-on-plame-leak-i-cant-recall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter years of effort by the Bush and Obama administrations to keep documents related to the CIA leak case secret, redacted portions of the special prosecutor’s 2004 interview with Dick Cheney released today show plenty of nothing. The then-VP apparently suffered acute memory loss: Cheney told Patrick Fitzgerald he couldn't...http://www.newser.com/story/72982/cheney-on-plame-leak-i-cant-recall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 18:02:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71826/feds-tear-into-ticketmaster-merger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConcerned Justice Department are considering blocking a deal that would create a music industry behemoth—unless major concessions are made. Antitrust officials are worried about the effect the proposed Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger would have on consumer cost and may require the companies to make major concessions, insiders tell the Wall...http://www.newser.com/story/71826/feds-tear-into-ticketmaster-merger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 1:41:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69804/justice-department-narrows-inquiry-into-cia-tactics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEric Holder continues to take heavy flak from critics who think he should leave the CIA alone, and the Washington Post has news that should give them at least a bit of satisfaction: The Justice Department's preliminary investigation will be smaller than anticipated. The lead investigator will look at only...http://www.newser.com/story/69804/justice-department-narrows-inquiry-into-cia-tactics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 10:17:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69772/feds-probe-bofa-merrill-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch is the focus of an ongoing investigation by the FBI and Justice Department, sources tell the Charlotte Observer, the bank's hometown paper. The SEC and the AGs of New York and North Carolina have already launched civil probes of the timing of huge...http://www.newser.com/story/69772/feds-probe-bofa-merrill-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 15:55:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69624/bush-cabinet-member-in-criminal-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether Gale Norton illegally used her power as secretary of the Interior to obtain three oil contracts for Royal Dutch Shell—which only months later hired her as a legal counsel. The 2006 decision to award Shell leases on oil-rich federal...http://www.newser.com/story/69624/bush-cabinet-member-in-criminal-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 6:40:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69499/obama-supports-extending-patriot-act-provisions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration supports extending three controversial provisions of the Patriot Act that are due to expire at the end of the year, AP reports. The Justice Department tells Congress in a letter they will back preserving the post-9/11 law's authority to access business records, monitor so-called "lone wolf" terrorists,...http://www.newser.com/story/69499/obama-supports-extending-patriot-act-provisions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 3:30:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68674/court-ashcroft-on-hook-in-post-911-detention-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer Bush attorney general John Ashcroft can be held personally responsible in a lawsuit brought by a US citizen who was detained on suspicion of being a material witness to terrorism but was never charged with a crime, an appellate court ruled today. Abdullah al-Kidd alleged the detention, begun in...http://www.newser.com/story/68674/court-ashcroft-on-hook-in-post-911-detention-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 19:36:47 CDT