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Events (43)

• March 14, 2003: OLC Sends Second Memo Regarding Use of Information Collected During Classified Foreign Intelligence Activities 2003-03-14
• December 30, 2003: Justice Department Names Patrick Fitzgerald as Special Counsel for Plame Wilson Leak Investigation 2003-12-30
• January 1, 2004: Critics Worry about Fitzgerald’s Objectivity 2004-01-01
• February 6, 2004: Acting Attorney General Confirms Fitzgerald’s Broad Powers of Investigation, Prosecution 2004-02-06
• March 9, 2004: Cheney Leads Internal Battle for Approval of Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2004-03-09
• March 9, 2004: Cheney Blocks Promotion of Justice Department Official in Retaliation for Opposing Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2004-03-09
• March 10-12, 2004: Gonzales, Card Attempt to Pressure Hospitalized Ashcroft to Approve Secret Wiretapping Program 2004-03-10
• March 10, 2004: Cheney Briefs ‘Gang of Eight’ Congressional Leaders on Warrantless Wiretapping Program; Reportedly Misleads Them 2004-03-10
• March 11-16, 2004: OLC Clarifies Stance on Classified Foreign Intelligence Activities 2004-03-11
• March 12, 2004 and After: Bush Authorizes Incremental Changes in Secret Wiretapping Program 2004-03-12
• March 30, 2004: Justice Department Considers Terrorist Surveillance Program 2004-03-30
• June 22, 2004: Justice Department Officials Explain Withdrawal of Torture Memos 2004-06-22
• August 9, 2004: OLC Chief Sends Draft Opinion on Classified Intelligence Collection Activity 2004-08-09
• December 6, 2004: OLC Chief Advises Superior on Advice Given to Detainees by Defense Counsel 2004-12-06
• February 28, 2005: Deputy Attorney General Considers US Attorney ‘Weak’ due to Morale Problems in Office 2005-02-28
• March 2, 2005: Attorney General Chief of Staff Sends List ‘Ranking’ US Attorneys for Retention or Firing Based on Loyalty to White House 2005-03-02
• April 28, 2005: Deputy Attorney General, Justice Department Officials Enthusiastic about Exploring US Attorney’s Idea to Have FBI Tape-Record Interrogations 2005-04-28
• June 23, 2005: Bradbury Becomes Head of Office of Legal Counsel, Turning Office into White House Rubber Stamp 2005-06-23
• August 12, 2005: Deputy Attorney General Delegates Oversight of Special Counsel to Assistant 2005-08-12
• August 15, 2005: Resigning Deputy Attorney General References Fights over Torture, Warrantless Surveillance 2005-08-15
• February 15, 2006: Justice Department, Republicans Limit Information About Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2006-02-15
• March 31, 2006: Libby’s Lawyers Say Fitzgerald Violated Justice Department Policies, Charges Should Be Dismissed 2006-03-31
• February 18, 2007: Former Justice Department Official Challenges Libby Prosecution, Accuses Others of Malfeasance 2007-02-18
• March 6, 2007: National Review: Libby Trial a ‘Travesty,’ Demands Presidential Pardon 2007-03-06
• April 27, 2007: Goldsmith Subpoenaed in New York Times Wiretapping Leak Case 2007-04-27
• May 15, 2007: Comey Testifies Before Senate About 2004 Attempt to Pressure Ashcroft to Certify NSA Domestic Spying Program 2007-05-15
• May 16, 2007: Senators Accuse Gonzales of Misrepresenting Debate Over NSA Wiretapping Program 2007-05-16
• July 24, 2007: Gonzales Contradicts Comey’s Testimony about Pressuring Ashcroft to Reauthorize NSA Wiretapping Program 2007-07-24
• July 25, 2007: Documents Show Gonzales May Have Perjured Himself Before Congress 2007-07-25
• July 26, 2007: Legal Analyst ‘Shocked’ at Apparent Perjury by Gonzales 2007-07-26
• August 16, 2007: Mueller Contradicts Gonzales’s Senate Testimony 2007-08-16
• October 2, 2007: Goldsmith Testifies about Controversy over Wiretapping Program 2007-10-02
• January 26, 2009: Gonzales Says He Did Nothing Wrong as Attorney General, Blames Subordinates for ‘Lapses’ 2009-01-26
• July 2004: Justice Department Informs US Attorney Her Firearms Prosecution Numbers Are Too Low
• Early 2005 - Spring 2005: Pilot Program for Justice Department Information Sharing Database Implemented, Some Agencies Resistant
• Early 2004: US Attorney Pushes for Establishment of New Information Sharing Database
• Spring 2004 - August 2006: US Attorney Fights for Policy of Tape-Recording Interrogations, Runs into Justice Department Opposition
• March 12-Mid-2004: NSA Wiretapping Program Temporarily Suspended, Reviewed by Justice Department
• Early 2004: White House, Justice Department Clash over Secret NSA Data Mining Program
• Late March, 2004: Ashcroft Recertifies NSA Wiretapping Program
• December 2003-June 2004: OLC Head Goldsmith Withdraws Torture Memos
• Late 2003-2005: Some at Justice Department Oppose Bush Administration Civil Liberties Policies
• Late 2003-Early 2004: Office of Legal Counsel Head Goldsmith Reviews Legality of NSA Wiretapping Program, Declares It Illegal