A high-level Spanish court has taken the first steps toward opening a criminal investigation against six former Bush administration officials, including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, on whether they violated international law by providing a legalistic framework to justify the use of torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an official said. ...more

March 29, 2009

A Spanish court has agreed to consider opening a criminal case against six former Bush administration officials, including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, over allegations they gave legal cover for torture at Guantanamo Bay, a lawyer in the case said Saturday. ...more

March 28, 2009

Some high-profile convicts past and present are among more than 2,000 people asking President George W. Bush to pardon them or commute their prison sentences before he leaves office. ...more

November 29, 2008

Attorney General Michael Mukasey named a prosecutor Monday to investigate whether former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, other Bush administration officials or Republicans in Congress should face criminal charges in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. ...more

September 30, 2008

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told investigators that he could not recall whether he took home notes regarding the government's most sensitive national security program and that he did not know they contained classified information, despite his own markings that they were "top secret - eyes only," according to a Justice Department report released Tuesday. ...more

September 3, 2008

The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed President Bush's former chief political adviser, Karl Rove, on Thursday to testify about whether the White House improperly meddled with the Justice Department. ...more

May 23, 2008

An internal watchdog office at the Justice Department is investigating whether Bush administration lawyers violated professional standards by issuing legal opinions authorizing the CIA to use waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques, officials said Friday. ...more

February 23, 2008

GAINESVILLE - Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian is scheduled to speak today at the University of Florida in Gainesville. ...more

January 15, 2008

Here is the list of the 10 most memorable quotes of 2007, according to Fred R. Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations. ...more

December 20, 2007

President Bush welcomed Michael Mukasey back into government Wednesday and promised to help the new attorney general rebuild the top leadership of the Justice Department. ...more

November 15, 2007