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REPS. WEXLER AND NADLER DELIVER REMARKS DURING AN ACLU NEWS TELECONFERENCE ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON THE FBI...
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SENS. LEAHY AND SPECTER HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL'S INVESTIGATION OF THE USE OF NATIONAL SECURITY...
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On Petition for Review and Cross-Application for Enforcement of an Order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority
Howard S. Scher, Attorney, U.S. Dep...
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SENATOR DURBIN HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL'S INVESTIGATION OF THE USE OF NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS...
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Hundreds of FBI agents, including the head of the Washington field office and several supervisors, cheated on a mandatory test of new procedures employees must follow when conducting investigations of U.S. citizens, the Justice Department inspector general said in the second critical report handed down against the bureau in recent weeks.
The 35-page report issued Monday said that a limited review of allegations that agents improperly took the open-book test on the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide together or had access to an answer sheet has turned up "significant abuses and cheating.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department of Justice's independent Inspector General (IG) released a report -- http:// www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0601/final.pdf -- today on its in-depth investigation into the circumstances that led to the inaccurate identification of Brandon Mayfield, a Portland attorney, as a participant in the 2004 Madrid train bombings. The IG's report states, "We did not find any evidence that the FBI misused any of the provisions of the Patriot Act in conducting its investigation of Mayfield." House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.) released the following statement:
Today's report should finally end the baseless accusation lodged by PATRIOT Act opponents that federal law enforcement officials used this anti-terrorism l...
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WASHINGTON -- The government did not pay $16 for each muffin served at a legal conference after all, the Justice Department inspector general's office said, contradicting an earlier report that caused an uproar.
After Hilton Hotels denied reports that it charged $16 per muffin to the Department of Justice at a 2009 conference, the Department of Justice said the $16 fee included much more than muffins.
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WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday that he doesn't know how many of his agents cheated on an important test about the limitations of the bureau's powers to conduct surveillance and open cases without evidence that a crime has been committed.
The Justice Department inspector general is investigating whether hundreds of FBI agents cheated on the test - a brewing scandal that could be further embarrassment for the FBI as it continues cleaning up after years of collecting phone records without court approval.