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Tag Archives: Department of Justice

Hanaway confirms exit to Ashcroft law firm

Eastern District U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway confirmed Friday that she is joining a firm headed by former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. Hanaway is slated to leave the U.S. Attorney position Monday for a law firm to be known here as Ashcroft Hanaway. Missouri Lawyers Weekly reported in February that Hanaway planned to work with Ashcroft when she left office, but Hanaway declined to comment at that time, saying she first had to formally give her resignation to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Boeing unit lawsuit over CIA flight plans appealed

A unit of Boeing Co., the second-largest U.S. defense contractor, faced an appeal court hearing over claims it falsified flight plans to disguise the CIA’s delivery of suspected terrorists to secret prisons where they were tortured. A lawyer for the ...

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