U.S. Department of Justice
Financier charged in fake pre-IPO Facebook sales
Mar 19, 2013 15:14 EDT
A Florida investment adviser was charged Tuesday with selling $8 million of fake Facebook shares ahead of the social network's highly anticipated public offering, officials said.
Microsoft targeted in bribery probe: report
Mar 19, 2013 15:12 EDT
US authorities are investigating whether Microsoft or its partners bribed officials in China, Italy and Romania to get software contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Supreme Court takes up voter rights again
Mar 19, 2013 01:46 EDT
Voter rights were back on the agenda at the Supreme Court as the nation's top court took up a controversial law that requires stringent proof of citizenship for voter registration.
US stocks fall on Cyprus bailout worries
Mar 18, 2013 18:13 EDT
US stocks fell for a second straight day Monday as the Cyprus banking crisis sent jitters through markets.
Obama taps civil rights lawyer as labor secretary
Mar 18, 2013 15:01 EDT
US President Barack Obama on Monday named Tom Perez, the head of the Justice Department's civil rights division, to the post of labor secretary.
Convicts caught after Quebec helicopter jailbreak
Mar 18, 2013 06:29 EDT
Two prisoners who staged a daring weekend escape from jail in eastern Canada using a hijacked helicopter have been re-arrested, authorities said Monday.
US govt investigated Wall Street Journal: report
Mar 18, 2013 01:52 EDT
The US Justice Department last year opened an investigation into allegations that employees at The Wall Street Journal's China news bureau bribed Chinese officials for information, the newspaper reported.
Obama to nominate Tom Perez as labor secretary
Mar 17, 2013 23:46 EDT
US President Barack Obama will announce Monday the nomination of Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez, a Hispanic American, as the next US secretary of labor, a White House official said.
Airline bomber to be freed from US prison
Mar 16, 2013 19:33 EDT
A Jordanian-born Palestinian man convicted of the 1982 bombing of a Pan Am flight traveling to Hawaii from Japan is set to be released from US federal prison Wednesday.
FBI snooping tactic ruled unconstitutional
Mar 15, 2013 22:00 EDT
A US judge has ordered the FBI to stop its "pervasive" use of National Security letters to snoop on phone and email records, ruling that the widespread tactic was unconstitutional.
Former Web producer indicted in hacking plot
Mar 14, 2013 18:36 EDT
A media online producer has been indicted on charges of conspiring with the hacktivist group Anonymous to break into the website of the station's parent the Tribune Co., officials said Thursday.
Apple CEO ordered to testify in e-books case
Mar 13, 2013 17:20 EDT
A judge on Wednesday ordered Apple's chief executive Tim Cook to testify in a case brought by the US government accusing the tech giant of conspiring to raise e-book prices.
BHP at centre of US graft probe into Beijing Olympics
Mar 12, 2013 23:47 EDT
Global mining giant BHP Billiton said Wednesday it was cooperating with a US probe into its sponsorship of the 2008 Olympics amid reports it used the event to curry favour with Chinese officials.
Google fined $7 million over hotspot data grab
Mar 12, 2013 16:20 EDT
Google agreed to pay a $7 million fine in the United States on Tuesday for stealthily collecting data from private Wi-Fi hotspots in a mapping service slip that irked an array of countries.
Dotcom promises 'interesting facts' in legal struggle
Mar 11, 2013 23:20 EDT
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said that "interesting facts" will emerge in his ongoing pitched battle against extradition to the United States over copyright infringement.
Bin Laden son in law pleades not guilty to terror
Mar 08, 2013 10:57 EST
Osama bin Laden's son in law pleaded not guilty Friday to terrorism charges.
Bin Laden son-in-law faces terror charges in US court
Mar 08, 2013 06:02 EST
Osama bin Laden's son-in-law has been captured and is due to appear in court in New York on Friday on charges he plotted with the Al-Qaeda leader to stage attacks on Americans.
Bin Laden son-in-law faces terror charges in US court
Mar 07, 2013 22:56 EST
Osama bin Laden's son-in-law has been captured and is due to appear in court in New York on Friday on charges he plotted with the Al-Qaeda leader to stage attacks on Americans.
Bin Laden son-in-law faces New York terror charges
Mar 07, 2013 17:02 EST
An alleged Al-Qaeda spokesman and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden has been detained and is to appear in court in New York on Friday on terror charges, the US Department of Justice said.
Google says FBI watching the Web
Mar 06, 2013 16:58 EST
Google says the FBI is monitoring the Web for potential terrorist activity. But it can't confirm the extent of the surveillance.
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| Department of Justice | |
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| Department overview | |
| Formed | June 22, 1870 July 1, 1870 |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of the United States |
| Headquarters | Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 38°53′35.7″N 77°1′29.9″W / 38.89325°N 77.024972°W |
| Employees | 112,500+ (2005) |
| Annual budget | $20.3 billion (2009) |
| Agency executives | Eric Holder, Attorney General David W. Ogden, Deputy Attorney General |
| Website | |
| usdoj.gov | |
