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WashingtonPost Business, 06.01.09 22:03 UTC

Former Blackwater Guards Plead Not Guilty to Manslaughter

Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards pleaded not guilty this afternoon in federal court here to charges they unleashed an unprovoked salvo of bullets and grenades in a busy Baghdad square ...
Sparta  BAGHDAD  Rochester  Maryville  Washington  Keller  +16 more

USA Today, 06.01.09 20:30 UTC

Judge: United States hiding evidence in detainee case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. judge has accused the Bush administration of hiding evidence in the case of a Yemen man who has been held as a terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay for six years.
Washington  Guantanamo Bay  United States  Yemen  Aymen Saeed Batarfi  Emmet G. Sullivan  +3 more

Seattle Times, 06.01.09 15:30 UTC

King County reaches deal with feds on improving jail

King County corrections officers, trained to restrain inmates by grabbing their hair, must learn more humane techniques under a tentative agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. And inmates, ...
Seattle  King County  Bob Ferguson  Kathy Lambert  Lynn Dale Iszley  Kathy Van Olst  +7 more

Seattle Times, 06.01.09 10:06 UTC

Iraq killing headed for court

Federal prosecutors in Seattle intend to charge a former Blackwater USA operative for fatally shooting the bodyguard of the Iraqi vice president after a drunken Christmas party in Baghdad's secure ...
Washington, D.C.  BAGHDAD  Seattle  Christmas  Blackwater USA  United States  +12 more

WashingtonPost Politics, 06.01.09 08:01 UTC

Obama Nominates Four To Senior Justice Posts

President-elect Barack Obama selected four prominent lawyers yesterday for senior posts at the Justice Department, naming pragmatic leaders who are likely to reverse some of the more divisive ...
Thomas J. Perrelli  Bill Clinton  David W. Ogden  Bradford Berenson  Dean Elena Kagan  Barack Obama  +11 more

WashingtonPost Politics, 06.01.09 08:01 UTC

Richardson, Obama Teams Trade Blame

Weeks before President-elect Barack Obama chose New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to head the Commerce Department, a small group of volunteers with ethics, tax and investigative expertise -- most of ...
New Mexico  California  Financial services  Bill Richardson  Richard Beckler  Barack Obama  +8 more

WashingtonPost Print Edition, 06.01.09 06:01 UTC

Richardson, Obama Teams Trade Blame

Weeks before President-elect Barack Obama chose New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to head the Commerce Department, a small group of volunteers with ethics, tax and investigative expertise -- most of ...
New Mexico  California  Financial services  Bill Richardson  Richard Beckler  Barack Obama  +8 more

WashingtonPost Top Stories, 06.01.09 04:31 UTC

Richardson, Obama Teams Trade Blame

Weeks before President-elect Barack Obama chose New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to head the Commerce Department, a small group of volunteers with ethics, tax and investigative expertise -- most of ...
Bill Richardson  Barack Obama  Department of Commerce  Federal Bureau of Investigation  Department of Justice  Senate 

USA Today, 06.01.09 04:00 UTC

Key Justice nominees rooted in academia

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama filled two prominent Justice Department posts Monday, choosing the dean of Harvard Law School to be the first female U.S. solicitor general and an outspoken Bush administration critic to lead the sensitive Office of Legal Counsel.
Washington  federal law  United States  Elena Kagan  Barack Obama  Dawn Johnsen  +8 more

Los Angeles Times, 06.01.09 02:32 UTC

Obama picks four former Clinton officials for Justice Department

David Ogden, Elena Kagan, Tom Perelli and Dawn Johnsen are tapped. The confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee Eric H. Holder Jr. is set for Jan. 15.
Washington, D.C.  Washington  Chicago  Harvard Law Review  Law Review  law enforcement agency  +21 more
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