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Conservatives: lose the obsession with Obama
Conservatives have long viewed Washington as one giant, inevitable disaster waiting to happen. For conservative political strategists, part of our job is helping to frame that eventual disaster as President Barack Obama's fault. But conservatives should...Tags: Washington, DC, Justice System, Elections, Mitt Romney, Internal Revenue Service
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Atty. Gen. Holder defends record, hints at possible successor
WASHINGON — Embattled Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. sharply defended his work as the Obama administration’s top federal law enforcement official but also conceded Thursday that he sees a day when he will meet with the president at the White...
Tags: Justice System, Operation Fast and Furious, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, U.S. Senate
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Open thread: Weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but not limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup...... -
Holder recuses himself from Associated Press investigation
WASHINGTON — Attorney Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. recused himself from the leak investigation in which federal prosecutors seized records from 20 telephone lines used by reporters and editors at the Associated Press, and the matter is instead being...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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COLUMN - What war on the press?
Reuters(Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer May 24 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has declared war on the press, say writers at Slate, the Daily Beast, Reason, the Washington Post (Jennifer Rubin, Dana Milbank...Tags: Stuxnet Virus, Dianne Feinstein, Justice System, Elections, Lindsey O. Graham
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Editorial: IRS stonewalling makes the case for a special prosecutor
"If you refuse to answer, you will leave us no choice but to ask for a special counsel or the appointment of a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of this. I hope that's not the approach of the IRS going forward, because there will be hell to pay."...
Tags: Stephen F. Lynch, Lewis Libby, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Elections, Justice System
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EU oil pricing probe spurs lawsuit against BP, others
ReutersNEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago-based commodities trading firm has filed suit against three of the world's largest oil companies, accusing them of colluding to fix oil prices after European authorities opened an investigation last week. Prime...Tags: Chicago Board of Trade, Laws, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Justice System, Energy Resources
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Will Justice Department grant request?
After IRS official Lois Lerner exercised her Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the House Committee on May 22, Chairman Darrell Issa said he would seek Department of Justice cooperation in granting Lerner criminal immunity in return for her...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Pompano Beach
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Light Must Shine On Government Secrecy
The Hartford CourantMamie Till did the unspeakable almost 60 years ago. She opened the casket at her son Emmett's funeral so the world could see how this 14-year-old was shot, bludgeoned, mutilated and then drowned in Mississippi's Tallahatchie River with a cotton gin fan...Tags: Justice System, Dannel P. Malloy , Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Crime, Law and Justice, Freedom of the Press
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Obama orders review of guidelines on investigating reporters
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Thursday he was troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may "chill" investigative journalism and said he had asked Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. to review Justice Department guidelines for going after...Tags: Washington, DC, Laws, U.S. Department of Justice, Media Industry, Crime, Law and Justice
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ANALYSIS-In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
Reuters(Repeats from earlier May 23 for wider distribution) By Joan Biskupic and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23 (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared...Tags: Justice System, Baseball, U.S. Congress, Richard Nixon, Lawyers
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Fourth American fatality by U.S. drones disclosed
WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepared to deliver a major speech on national security Thursday, his administration acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four U.S. citizens — one more than previously known — in drone...
Tags: Washington, DC, Elections, Justice System, U.S. Congress, Al-Qaeda
May 29, 2013
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Jun 6, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 2, 2013
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May 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 24, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 23, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 23, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 24, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 23, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
May 23, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 23, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 22, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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