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This slide show shows Department of Justice employees engaged in Department activities including: Attorney General Michael Mukasey at the Supreme Court, US Marshals at an airport, an ATF forensic scientist looking into a microscope, a US Marshal with a dog, an FBI agent at the Pentagon, a lawyer in a court room, and a DEA agent holding a child's hand




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Photo of Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey Joint Statement of Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller on the Issuance of the Attorney General Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations

October 03, 2008

Since the 9/11 attacks, the FBI and the Department of Justice more broadly have set priorities for and reorganized their activities to prevent future terrorist acts against the American people. In furtherance of those efforts, the Department has taken steps to provide the FBI with the authority and the flexibility it needs to protect the Nation from terrorist threats, including revising the Attorney General guidelines that govern the domestic operations of the FBI."

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Other News
October 10, 2008

The Department announced that it entered into a consent decree with Waller County, Texas, to resolve a lawsuit concerning the county’s voter registration practices that the Department alleges violate federal voting rights laws.  (Read More)

October 09, 2008

Operation Central, a three-year undercover operation conducted by federal agents and prosecutors, has resulted in the arrests and guilty pleas of seven individuals who took part in the illegal international trade of skins and products made from protected sea turtles and other wildlife.  (Read More)

Martin Villegas Terrones, a Mexican national, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his role in an illegal smuggling operation that trafficked in protected sea turtle species. (Read More)

Two Colombian citizens who were extradited from the Republic of Colombia earlier this week have made their initial appearances in federal court in Washington, D.C., on terrorism and drug charges related to their alleged involvement with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), a designated foreign terrorist organization in Colombia.  (Read More)


Project Safe Childhood
As part of Project Safe Childhood, the U.S. Department of Justice together with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and the Ad Council have partnered to produce the following Public Service Announcements (PSA’s) in an ongoing initiative to protect America’s youth. Further, the Project Safe Childhood Web site provides information to our federal, state, and local community partners that will help protect our children from online exploitation and abuse.

Links to the PSA’s and Project Safe Childhood Web site are below:

Watch PSC Videos:  Campaign Introduction      Everyone Knows Your Name      Bulletin Board
View Project Safe Childhood site

 
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