Tag: Global Justice Initiative
Posted on Thu May 28, 2009 at 02:21:12 PM EST
Tags: Global Justice Initiative, FBI (all tags)
The L.A. Times reports that the Obama Administration is giving the FBI a bigger role in fighting terrorism.
Bureau agents will gather evidence to ensure that criminal prosecutions of alleged terrorists are an option. The move is a reversal of the Bush administration's emphasis on covert CIA actions.
Under the "global justice" initiative, which has been in the works for several months, FBI agents will have a central role in overseas counter-terrorism cases. They will expand their questioning of suspects and evidence-gathering to try to ensure that criminal prosecutions are an option, officials familiar with the effort said.
Here's the Government's page on the Global Justice Initiative. Its mission: "the efficient sharing of data among justice entities." [More....]
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