GAO criticizes Homeland Security lawyers
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Government lawyers have hampered investigations into waste and fraud at the Homeland Security Department, officials told Congress on Tuesday.
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U.S. attorney general nominee  Alberto Gonzales faced blistering criticism on Thursday for his  role in shaping administration policies blamed for contributing  to the torture of terror suspects, which Democrats said had put  Americans at greater risk.
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The homeland security chief on Sunday scolded the Senate for failing to pass an immigration bill and said it will be difficult for the government to crack down on illegal workers.
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The Justice Department on Wednesday assailed its own legal strategy in the case that had brought its first courtroom victory in the war on terror.
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The attorney for a soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal said Thursday the government is trying to intimidate defense lawyers and witnesses by making them sign
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A new Bush administration plan to create national standards for driver's licenses drew heavy criticism yesterday from civil liberties groups, some Republican and Democratic lawmakers, governors, and the travel industry.
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Legal experts criticized the Bush administration Wednesday for barring the news media from military hearings for 14 terror suspects in Guantanamo Bay.
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The Justice Department released a harsh review Wednesday detailing prosecutors' mistakes in a major post-9/11 trial that have forced the government to drop terrorism charges against three alleged members of a terrorist sleeper cell.
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New Jersey officials trying combat witness intimidation are concerned about cases involving one lawyerâs clients.
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The project has prompted criticism from those who worry that lawyers could skew new rules in favor of their clients.
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U.S. Attorney General nominee  Alberto Gonzales came under blistering criticism from Democrats  on Thursday at a Senate confirmation hearing focused largely on  his role in formulating administration policies blamed for  contributing to the torture of terror suspects.
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A senior Bush administration official on Tuesday played down claims by rights activists that the federal government assigns terror risk scores to millions of people who enter or leave the United States.
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U.S. military lawyers on Thursday   challenged President George W. Bush's plan to try terrorism   suspects, including the accused September 11 mastermind, as   Democrats charged the White House with election-year   fearmongering.
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Description: The Department of Homeland Security has been the target of criticism since its establishment two years ago. One of the priorities for Bernard Kerik as its new chief would be to facilitate the process of information sharing among agencies.
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A homeland security adviser to Rudy Giuliani came under fire Thursday for claiming there were "too many mosques" in the United States &#151; and defended himself by saying his point was that not enough Muslim leaders cooperate with law enforcement.
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BERLIN -- A group of American civil rights attorneys filed a criminal complaint in German court yesterday against top US authorities, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, for acts of torture committed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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White House officials yesterday blamed Bernard B. Kerik for repeatedly failing to disclose potential legal problems to administration lawyers vetting his nomination to be homeland