Attorney General Eric HolderÕs announcement Monday that the Justice Department will not prosecute medical marijuana users, if those people are following state laws where such use is legal, represented a display of compassion and common sense lacking in the previous administration. The department under the George W. Bush administration stuck to ...

A federal appellate court said Thursday it wouldn't reconsider its ruling that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for misuse of the material witness statute after the Sept. 11 attacks. The ruling came after a majority of the full 9th U ...

Criminals beware! US law enforcement authorities may be stalking you on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn or Twitter. Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reveal some of the ways the FBI and tax agents are allowed to use social networks for investigative purposes. The documents were posted this week on the website of ...

Criminals beware! US law enforcement authorities may be stalking you on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn or Twitter. Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reveal some of the ways the FBI and tax agents are allowed to use social networks for investigative purposes. The documents were posted this week on the website of ...