Justice Department

The busiest project this week was the Civil Liberties Timeline, which has expanded its chapter on the PROMIS application, reportedly the granddaddy of today's government surveillance software. Claims that the...

The former FBI translator and whistleblower suggests blackmail may be at the heart of Congressional refusal to bring accountability and oversight to its own members - such as both Hastert...

April 23, 2009 by Prof. Marjorie Cohn Global Research Hayden had confirmed that the Bush administration only waterboarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Zabaydah, and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashirit for one minute each. I told Franks that I didn't...

April 21, 2009 by George Washington Washingtonsblog.com 5 hours after the 9/11 attacks, Donald Rumsfeld said "my interest is to hit Saddam". He also said "Go massive . . . Sweep it all up. Things related and not." And...

Two articles with more details on the Harman wiretap follow Lindorff's piece.

April 20, 2009 by Kevin Fenton History Commons Groups Former 9/11 Commission Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton recently made some bizarre comments about the Zacarias Moussaoui case in an interview for Vanity Fair. The interview was used for...