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Already, some whistle-blowers have lost their nerve
Two weeks after the press partied hearty with President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, the administration admitted that federal authorities had secretly combed through phone records for dozens of Associated Press...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, News Agency, The Washington Post, Al-Qaeda, The Associated Press
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Plugging leaks the right way
When it comes to prosecutors' investigations of leaks, you can count on journalists to dispense with impartiality and scream bloody murder. Upon learning that the Justice Department had seized the phone records of its reporters, The Associated Press...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Judges, U.S. Department of Justice, Prosecution, U.S. Supreme Court
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Atty. Gen. Holder defends seizure of AP's telephone records
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. strongly defended the far-reaching probe in the disclosure of security information by the Associated Press and said American lives were jeopardized when the wire service revealed details of a foiled plot to...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System, FBI, The Associated Press, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Crime, Law and Justice, John Boehner, Jack Lew, Taxation
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Sen. Warren goads Fed, SEC, DOJ to explain no-fault bank deals
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, having chastised bank regulators for failing to put Wall Street giants on trial, is demanding to see any analyses that the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission have conducted...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Issues, Parties and Movements, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Attorney general orders criminal review of IRS
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department began a criminal investigation Tuesday into overzealous scrutiny by the IRS of applications for tax exemptions by conservative groups, an improper targeting that an inspector general's report blamed on a...
Tags: George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), U.S. Senate, Jack Lew
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Justice Department's Phone Records Grab Chilling
Every presidential administration hates leaks of classified or politically sensitive information and promises to put a stop to them. The Obama administration's baying-bloodhound chase of suspected leakers, however, is beyond the pale. A prime example of...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, Justice System, Government, Media Industry
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White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists
WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....
Tags: Judges, Freedom of the Press, Crime, Law and Justice, Journalism, WikiLeaks
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10 things to know for today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE IRS FOR TARGETING TEA PARTY Attorney General Eric Holder is testifying in Congress today after launching an investigation...Tags: U.S. Congress, Sex Crimes, Trials, Breast Cancer, Punishment
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Holder defends subpoena of journalists' phone records
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the criminal investigation into the leak of classified details about a successful U.S. undercover operation, calling it "within the top two or three most serious leaks" of...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, John O. Brennan, Freedom of the Press, Al-Qaeda, Crime, Law and Justice
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Government secretly obtains phone records from journalists
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Department of Justice, Al-Qaeda, Freedom of the Press, Crime, Law and Justice
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GOP ramps up criticism of Perez
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans, including Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, stepped up their criticism of Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez on Tuesday, amplifying their concerns a day before the former state official faces a Senate committee vote on his...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Takoma Park (Montgomery, Maryland), Career and Workplace
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