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Department of Justice stories: 249 news summaries

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GOP Questions Put Brakes on Holder Vote

Committee will wait
week on AG nominee, infuriating chair Leahy

Jan 21, 09 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed today’s scheduled vote on Eric Holder’s confirmation by another week, CNN reports. Republican members engineered the move, saying they have questions about the attorney-general nominee’s stance on interrogation techniques. Chairman Patrick Leahy, who said he was “extremely disappointed,” banged down... More »

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Department of Justice • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • attorney general • Eric Holder • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Talk show ROUNDUP

Pelosi Open to Prosecuting Bushies

Emanuel: Blago didn't imply anything shady
in talks with me

Jan 18, 09 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi would consider prosecuting some Bush White House officials, she told Fox News Sunday, even though Barack Obama has signaled that he doesn't favor such a move. "We cannot let the politicizing of, for example, the Justice Department to go unreviewed," says the speaker of the House.... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Department of Justice • taxes • corruption • Illinois • governor • economic stimulus package • Rod Blagojevich • David Axelrod • financial crisis • President Obama • public corruption

UPDATED

 Holder Slams 
 Rendition, Tribunals 

Attorney-general nominee signals clear break with Bush practices

Jan 15, 09 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Attorney General-designate Eric Holder continued his forceful rebuke of Bush administration policies at his confirmation hearing today, Politico reports. Holder slammed rendition, saying it “should not be the policy or practice of our great nation,” and criticized the military commissions trying Guantanamo detainees. They don’t “have... More »

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rendition • Department of Justice • military tribunal • Attorney General • Guantanamo Bay • Senate confirmation hearings • Eric Holder

Stalkers Terrorize 3M Americans a Year: Study

Statistics prompt new calls for updated laws

Jan 14, 09 4:36 PM CST
(Newser) - More than 3 million Americans, mostly women aged 18-24, are stalked each year, but it’s an abuse rarely prosecuted, the Chicago Tribune reports. The staggering figure from a first-ever Justice Department study highlights the need to strengthen laws and enforcement, especially with technology now making it easier for stalkers... More »

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Department of Justice • law • crime • stalker • domestic violence • Illinois • cybercrime • intimate partner violence • stalking

Purge of 'Crazy Libs' by Bush Civil Rights Boss Broke Law

'Commies' pushed out for 'real Americans'

Jan 14, 09 3:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A Bush appointee who headed the Justice Department's civil rights division blatantly violated federal anti-bias laws in his hiring policies and then lied about it to Congress, according to government authorities. An internal report quotes emails from Bradley Schlozman, who ran the department from 2003 to 2006, in which he... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • civil rights • bias • political appointee • Bradley Schlozman

Illegal Immigrant Cases
Hog Justice's  Resources

Once-federal cases get bounced to state, local officials

Jan 12, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - A federal focus on prosecuting immigration crimes is killing resources to deal with a wide variety of other cases—meaning those cases go to state and local authorities, often overwhelming them, the New York Times reports. Immigration cases have soared in the past 5 years, while federal prosecution of drugs... More »

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Department of Justice • crime • prosecutor • illegal immigration • white collar crime • federal prosecution

Republicans
Picking a Fight
Over Holder

Dems need one GOP vote to move AG pick out of committee

Jan 9, 09 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Senate Republicans seem to have settled on attorney-general-designate Eric Holder as their main target for a tough confirmation hearing. Thanks to his liberal leanings and his role in the Clinton administration—especially the controversial 11th-hour Marc Rich pardon—Holder will get a grilling in the Judiciary Committee. Ranking Republican Arlen... More »

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Department of Justice • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • confirmation hearings • Eric Holder

4 Justice Dept. Picks Mark Break From Bush Era

Obama taps Harvard dean, Clinton vets

Jan 6, 09 5:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama announced his nominees for four top positions in the Justice Department yesterday, all of whom suggest a sharp turn away from Bush-era legal policies. Among them is Elena Kagan, the dean of Harvard Law School and a Clinton adviser, who is the first woman named solicitor general. In... More »

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Barack Obama • Department of Justice • Deputy Attorney General • attorney general • Eric Holder • Obama administration • President Obama

 Bell, Carter's AG, Dead at 90 

Bell defanged Jim Crow as appellate court judge

Jan 5, 09 5:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Griffin Bell, a Southerner who opposed racial segregation and led the Justice Department under President Carter, died today at age 90, the New York Times reports. Bell handled damage control as a post-Nixon attorney general, de-politicizing the Justice Department and the FBI. His earlier rulings as an appeals court judge,... More »

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Department of Justice • law • Attorney General • Jimmy Carter • obituary • racism • segregation • US Circuit Court of Appeals

 'American Taliban' 
 Pleads for Mercy 

Seeks freedom after 7 years in prison

Dec 18, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A young California man captured with the Taliban in 2001 is asking President Bush to commute the remaining 13 years of a 20-year prison sentence. John Walker Lindh, 27, joined the Taliban a month before the US-led invasion of Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks. Lindh claims he was never a... More »

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Afghanistan • Islam • Taliban • Department of Justice • Northern Alliance • George W. Bush • 9/11 attacks • John Walker Lindh • Marilyn Walker • Frank Lindh

 Wiretap Whistleblower 
 Reflects on Fateful Leak 

Fmr. Justice official wrestles with effects of NYT call

Dec 15, 08 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The government lawyer who blew the whistle on the Bush administration’s domestic wiretapping program has wrestled with the consequences of his decision, but he felt obligated to tell the truth, Newsweek reports. “I thought this (secret program) was something the other branches of the government—and the public—... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Thomas Tamm • warrantless wiretapping • domestic spying • domestic wiretapping • whistleblower

Illinois' New
Eliot Ness Bags Another Scalp

From twin towers to Valerie Plame, Fitzgerald is relentless

Dec 10, 08 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - With the arrest of Rod Blagojevich, federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald notched up his second indictment against an Illinois governor in five years. But it's just another scalp for the US attorney who's brought down everyone from World Trade Center bomber Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman to media mogul Conrad Black, not... More »

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Department of Justice • US attorney • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • corruption • Lewis Scooter Libby • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

(Newser) - Five former Blackwater guards involved in a 2007 shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead turned themselves in today and were charged with voluntary manslaughter, attempted manslaughter, and using firearms in the commission of a crime, CNN reports. The men, all in their 20s, were arraigned in Salt Lake City... More »

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Iraq • Department of Justice • State Department • civilian casualties • Blackwater • Salt Lake City • manslaughter • defense contractors • weapons charges

Holder's Nom
Raises Ghost
of Rich Pardon

 AG pick played key—if inadvertent—role in clearing fugitive

Dec 2, 08 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Eric Holder has earned a lot of praise in his career, but there’s one glaring blemish on his resume: the pardon of Marc Rich. Critics say Barack Obama’s attorney general pick was the driving force behind the fugitive’s backdoor pardon, while supporters say he’s an innocent... More »

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Department of Justice • Attorney General • pardon • Eric Holder • Marc Rich

Execs Cashed Out as Subprime Giant Staggered

Irregular trades by execs at doomed subprime firm raise questions

Nov 26, 08 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Bosses at one of the country's biggest subprime lenders made some suspicious stock sales as the firm's mortgages soured, a Los Angeles Times investigation reveals. Records show that executives at now-bankrupt New Century Financial sold nearly $20 million in company shares shortly after setting up new trading plans, often within... More »

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Department of Justice • executive compensation • insider trading • subprime mortgages • stock options • New Century Financial • subprime lender

NYPD Clashes With Justice on Surveillance

Cops say feds blunt anti-terror efforts; AG testy in series of letters

Nov 20, 08 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The Department of Justice has firmly rejected efforts by the New York Police Department to relax restrictions on eavesdropping, triggering a war of words between the agencies’ heads, the New York Times reports. The NYPD wants broader latitude for electronic surveillance, and less red tape for its requests, but Justice... More »

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Department of Justice • NYPD • New York • FISA • Michael Mukasey • eavesdropping • electronic surveillance laws • police department • Raymond Kelly

OPINION

 Holder Is 'Sept. 10' Pick for AG 

Conservative mag urges GOP to vote against Obama's Justice nominee

Nov 19, 08 4:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Eric Holder is “a conventional, check-the-boxes creature of the Left,” the editors of the National Review write of Barack Obama’s reported choice for Attorney General, and his selection reveals a “September 10 mentality” and a “lack of seriousness about the terrorist threat.” They add,... More »

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Barack Obama • Department of Justice • Attorney General • Clinton administration • Janet Reno • National Review • Eric Holder • Marc Rich

Proof Mounts of Impropriety by Feds in Siegelman Case

US Attorney continued to guide case after recusing herself over GOP ties

Nov 14, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - New court documents call further into question the actions of Justice Department officials in their prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman on corruption charges, Time reports. With the Democrat’s appeal scheduled for next month, the House Judiciary Committee disclosed violations by the Bush-appointed US Attorney, Leura Canary, who... More »

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Department of Justice • US attorney • US attorneys scandal • corruption • Don Siegelman • Alabama • John Conyers • Michael Mukasey • bias • Leura Canary

ANALYSIS

Justice Dept. Math: Subtract Politics, Add Confidence

Obama needs to tread careful bipartisan line in cleaning up after Bush

Nov 13, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Repairing a Justice Department heavily politicized by the Bush administration’s ideologically motivated hiring practices and controversial counterterrorism measures will be one of Barack Obama’s most daunting challenges, Carrie Johnson writes in the Washington Post. One key area is the secretive Office of Legal Counsel, which advises the government... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Department of Justice • counterterrorism • warrantless wiretapping • President Obama

Feds Indict UBS Exec on
Tax Evasion Charges

Raoul Weil has headed wealth management division since 2002

Nov 13, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The US Department of Justice indicted UBS’ head of global wealth management for enabling the Swiss bank’s American clients to avoid taxes, the Financial Times reports. Although authorities are only specifically pursuing Raoul Weil at this time, they hold that several senior UBS executives are “unindicted co-conspirators.”... More »

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Department of Justice • Switzerland • UBS • tax evasion • Swiss bank • banks

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