U.s. justice department

In September, a bipartisan group within the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to announce a deal to relieve overcrowded federal prisons.

Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, made front-page news in December when he booked an obscure Indian diplomat—deputy consul general Devyani Khobragade—for underpaying her maid. The foreign policy headache from the arrest ended when Khobragade left the country, but the more serious domestic hazard remains: that of the expanding latitude of U.S. attorneys in battling crime, which too often results in unchecked power that jeopardizes the public good.

Veteran journalists say the pervasive government surveillance and leak investigations are making people afraid to talk to them.

Just hours after the Justice Department filed an 11th hour brief supporting a federal monitor over the NYPD regarding stop and frisk, Mayor Michael Bloomberg responded to the suggestion.

Fox reporter targeted? Fox News slammed the Obama administration on Monday after reports emerged that the Justice Department specifically targeted Fox reporter James Rosen.

Attorney General Eric Holder says he played no direct role in the Justice Department’s secret review of Associated Press phone records but called it part of an investigation into what he termed a grave national security leak.

Eric Holder subpoena: The House Judiciary Committee will question Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday over the Justice Department’s secret review of Associated Press phone records.

Journalists and journalism groups are angry over the Justice Department’s seizure of two months of phone records from the Associated Press, which includes multiple sets of reporters in three states and both home and cell phones.

As part of an already scheduled oversight hearing on May 15, Attorney General Eric Holder will have to answer questions about record-taking.

Communist authorities say they are investigating claims of torture at Masanjia Labor Camp, following media exposure, but the investigators are the ones who carried out the abuse.