The legislation extends three controversial provisions of the Patriot Act that had been set to expire.
Stories Tagged ‘National Security’
Holder: Appropriate to Work With White House on KSM Trial
Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters at Monday’s news conference that in national security cases such as the trial of alleged terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Department of Justice consulted with the White House national security team.
Witness the Rise of the Expert
The Justice Department’s ever more complex national security and financial crime caseload is a boon for an often-overlooked cog in the federal legal system: the expert witness.
U.S. Identifies Russian ‘Nexus’ of Organized Crime
It’s not terrorism. But the suspected ties between Russia’s government, its oligarchs and criminal enterprises represent an insidious threat to Western interests, U.S. analysts have concluded.
Gibbs: Intel Officials Had Chance to Object to Abdulmutallab Charges
But no one spoke up at a Jan. 5 meeting with the president, the White House spokesman said Monday.
Report: CIA Participated in Teleconferences On Underpants Bomber
Unnamed sources push back against critics of the decision to read accused al-Qaeda operative Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab his Miranda rights, suggesting the CIA had been at the table all along.
Sen. Alexander Suggests Holder Should Consider Resigning
The Attorney General is “doing a better job of interrogating CIA employees than he is of interrogating terrorists,” Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the Senate GOP’s No. 3 leader, said on Fox News Sunday.
Credit Suisse Agrees To Pay $536 Million To Settle Iran Case
Attorney General Eric Holder will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. EST today to discuss the settlement.
New Offices to Coordinate Information-Sharing
Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday unveiled a new framework for sharing “sensitive but unclassified” information to detect terrorist activity.
