<div><p>Inspector General (IG) Glenn Fine said former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled 18 documents that were classified as sensitive compartmentalized information (SCI), a security category for documents considered more highly classified than top secret The IG's report states that Gonzales kept classified material at his home and in an office safe ...

<div id="subtitle">Judge in southern Texas dismisses indictments against Cheney, Gonzales, other officials</div><div><p>A judge dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday and told the southern Texas prosecutor who brought the case to exercise caution as his term in office ...

<div id="subtitle">Junk-bond king, Taliban soldier among those asking Bush for pardons or release from prison</div><div><p>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.</p ...

<div id="subtitle">Preparing to leave office, Bush pondering how widely to wield his power to pardon</div><div><p>Historically stingy with granting pardons, President George W. Bush is facing a flood of requests for get-out-of-jail cards or wiping criminals' records clean on his way out of the White House.&lt ...