Us Department Of Justice
Events (787)
- 1967: House Clerk Reports Campaign Finance Violators to Justice Department, Is Ignored
- 1969: ITT Negotiates with Nixon Aides to Avoid Antitrust Lawsuit
- 1974: Law Amendments Establish FEC, Full Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns
- 1979-1993: Over 313 Instances of Vandalism, ‘Animal Releases’ Reported
- 1979: Felt Denounces Watergate-Era Attempts by Nixon to Control FBI
- 1984: US Agencies Keep US Senator in Dark about BCCI’s Criminal Activities
- July-August 1991: Operation Rescue Occupies Three Kansas Women’s Clinics for Seven Weeks
- April or August 2002: US Attorney for Arkansas Does Well in Performance Review
- 2002: US Attorney for New Mexico Does Well in First Performance Review
- 2003: Justice Department Advises CIA Not to Destroy Interrogation Videotapes
- 2005: Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Supports ‘Jim Crow’-Style Voting Law
- Early 2005 - Spring 2005: Pilot Program for Justice Department Information Sharing Database Implemented, Some Agencies Resistant
- Early 2006: Effect of Compelling Reporters’ Testimony ‘Troubling,’ Says Lawyer
- 2006: Civil Rights Division Supports Attempt by Christian Group to Hold Worship Services in Public Library
- 2006: Civil Rights Division Says University Discriminating against White Males
- Early 1980s: FBI Encounters Problems Passing Intelligence Information to Criminal Prosecutors, ‘Wall’ Arises
- 1984-1986: CIA Reveals BCCI’s Drug and Terrorist Links to Other US Agencies, but No Action Taken
- 1986: Preliminary Report by Justice Department Oversight Unit Concludes No Bias in Inslaw Affair
- 1990: Court Rules Attorney General Does Not Have to Appoint Special Prosecutor in Inslaw Affair
- (Late 1995-1997): Additional Restrictions Placed on Sharing of Intelligence inside FBI
- 1996: Vulgar Betrayal Investigation Launched
- Between December 2002 and May 2003: Staffer Moves from One 9/11 Inquiry to Another
- Early 2004: US Attorney Pushes for Establishment of New Information Sharing Database
- August 2000: Vulgar Betrayal Investigation Shut Down
- Early July 2002: Moussaoui Expresses Willingness to Talk, Offer Is Rejected by Justice Department
- Early 1982: Justice Department Component Provides PROMIS Version to Colorado District Attorney’s Office
- Fall 2002: Justice Department Lawyers Lose Argument over Indefinite Detentions to Cheney’s Counsel
- Fall 2002 and After: Bush Administration Politicizes Civil Rights Division to Favor Whites, Christians, Conservatives
- Fall 2004 - October 2005: Unfounded Rumors of Favoritism, Sexual Liaisons Poison US Attorney’s Office
- Fall 2004: Media Reports of Turmoil, Turnover in US Attorney’s Office Cause Concern at Justice Department
- Late May 1973: Justice Department Unsure if Nixon Can Be Subpoenaed or Charged
- Late 2005: US Attorney for Arizona Receives Second Positive Evaluation
- (Late July) 2007: OLC Issues Secret Memo Explicating Torture Methods
- August, 1972: Reporters Have Difficulty with Terrified CREEP Employees, Gather Shreds of Information
- Late September or Early October, 2003: Libby Tells Cheney that He Learned Identity of Plame Wilson from Him
- Early 2003: Justice Department Prevents Detroit Prosecutors from Charging Al-Marabh and Hinders Case against Al-Marabh Associates
- Late 1973: Former Nixon Aide Says Nixon White House ‘Debauch[ed] Conservative Values,’ Used Antiwar Protests as Excuse for Unwarranted Power Grab
- Mid- and Late March, 2005: Former RNC Aide Learns of US Attorney Firing List, Tells White House Officials He Wants US Attorney Slot
- Mid-April 1982: Inslaw Asks Justice Department for Different Project Manager for PROMIS Implementation, Department Refuses
- Mid-May, 2002: CIA Proposes Waterboarding of Zubaida to Senior Administration Officials
- Mid-June, 2012: Casino Billionaire Intends to Spend $71 Million or More on Republican Candidates
- Mid-August, 1973: Kleindienst, Petersen Testify before Senate Watergate Committee
- Mid-October 2005: Justice Department Decides Not to Prosecute in CIA Abuse Cases
- Mid-1971 and Beyond: Agnew Refuses to Resign from Vice Presidency
- Spring 2004 - August 2006: US Attorney Fights for Policy of Tape-Recording Interrogations, Runs into Justice Department Opposition
- Spring 2004: Justice Department Official Learns of NSA ‘Stellar Wind’ Domestic Wiretapping, Data Collection Program, Leaks Information to Press
- Spring 2005: Senate Staffer Demands US Attorney Be Fired due to Dispute with Attorney’s Brother
- Spring 2007: Congress Opens Investigation into Civil Rights Division’s Hiring of Conservative Ideologues
- April 2002 and After: Cabinet-Level Bush Officials Frequently Discuss and Approve Specific ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Techniques
- Summer 2005: Justice Department, FBI Investigating Improper Collusion between House Democrat and Israeli Lobby