"The defendants were paid $4,000 a month for information, and tens of thousands of dollars for murders and kidnappings," the government brief said.

The NAI is a private organisation with a government brief, which is to manage the collection of archives that document the history of Dutch architecture.

A beneficiary of Ed Miliband's first reshuffle, she moved from the communities and local government brief.

They've derided a government brief as proof that "poorly informed lawyers have no vocation for software design."

But today's government brief says, "The story Microsoft now tells of dependency between the operating systems and applications is, at the very least, greatly exaggerated."

Nevertheless, on the establishment of the Commonwealth he did not scruple to take the engagement, and held a government brief at the trial of Major Faulconer for perjury in May 1653.

Women's advocacy groups said they were troubled that the government brief offered no praise for Title IX, which in three decades has increased women's participation in college sports to 157,000 female athletes from 30,000.

"This is just one of many areas," a government brief said, "where it is inappropriate to compare C.S.R.T. proceedings with background principles that stem from domestic criminal law."

The government brief was submitted by the United States attorney in Manhattan, James B. Comey, and Paul D. Clement, deputy solicitor general.

The government brief adds that Judge Jackson has not yet ruled on Microsoft's request that the remedy order he imposed last week be stayed pending appeal.