Besides chiefs for the various Justice Department components such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Drug Enforcement Administration, as well as sectors such as the Criminal and Antitrust Divisions, the department's recently established National Security Division will go through its first transition.
Although the assistant attorney general for national security is a political appointee, the key deputies for counterterrorism, intelligence and counterespionage are all career officials.
In anticipation of the transition and incoming new team of top lawyers, the department's components and divisions have created briefing books that, according to Justice Department sources, include information on key ongoing investigations and major policy initiatives.
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