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• FBI Reports 11 Percent Increase in Victims of Hate Crimes Based on Sexual Orientation

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Today the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued hate crimes statistics from 2008 showing the number of victims of bias-motivated crimes based on sexual orientation increased by 11 percent that year — the third year in a row reported hate crimes against LGBT people have increased.  Hate crimes based on sexual ...
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• Senate Confirms Paul Martin as NASA Inspector General

  
  The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times — Authority: 547
  Paul Martin, formerly of the Justice Department, is re-launching his career. Sort of. Martin was confirmed by the Senate on Friday as the inspector general for NASA. Since 2003, Martin had been Justice’s deputy inspector general, serving under Inspector General...
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• The Meteoric Rise In Sex Offender Prosecutions

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 437
  The Washington Post’s Jerry Markon has an unsettling piece about law enforcement officer’s failure to stop sex offenders from repeating their crimes even with the recent proliferation of state sex offender registries and tracking devices.  These problems derive from the astonishing rise in federal resources ...
  9 hours ago

• Justice Department Vendetta Against The CIA Suspected

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 516
  Jim sent this in: When the best-selling author of political-thriller novels, Vince Flynn (Act of Treason, Consent to Kill), appeared on Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck Show last Friday, he blasted Attorney General Eric Holder.  Flynn flatly stated that he suspected Holder’s reason for trying murderous ...
  10 hours ago

• Will DoMA case change the constitutional standard for sex/o discrimination?

  
  hunter of justice — Authority: 512
      The issues are now joined in Gill v. OPM, the GLAD case challenging the constitutionality of DoMA.  Unlike the Perry case in California, the decision in Gill will have no effect on state marriage laws.  The plaintiffs are same-sex couples or surviving spouses in Massachusetts, and are arguing that the ...
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• 9/11 Suspects to Use Trial to Explain Themselves

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 156
  Since Attorney General Eric Holder announced the alleged masterminds of the 9/11 attacks would be tried in New York, there’s been much speculation about whether they’ll plead guilty, as some have suggested they would before military commissions, or insist on a trial and put on a defense. Scott Fenstermaker, a ...
  12 hours ago

• Who’s Afraid of a Fair Trial?

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 767
  Chickenhawk The Washington Post’s Michael Gershon wrote the most cowardly chickenhawk op-ed I have seen in a long time. I know I should not take the bait, but somehow can’t stop myself. He asks: So how did Holder become the most destructive member of Barack Obama’s Cabinet? Apparently Gershon finds ...
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• Israel Matzav: Obamas Justice Dept. argues against executing judgment against Iran

  
  Rick's Caf American — Authority: 164
  Obamas Justice Dept. argues against executing judgment against Iran Remember the 1983 bombing of the Beirut marine barracks in which 241 US troops were murdered by Iranian-backed Hezbullah? Well, two years ago, a Federal court found Iran liable and imposed a $2.65 billion judgment against it. Now, the ...
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• What Is So Patriotic About Hysteria?

  
  'Imagine' A World Of Peace,Understanding,Tolerance — Authority: 137
  The loudest voices on the right never tire of telling us that they are the truest patriots. They claim to be the deepest believers in our system, the strongest defenders of our Constitution, the most upbeat, bold and courageous Americans anywhere. But now that the government is finally prepared to put the perpetrators ...
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• US couple plead guilty to spying for Cuba over 30 years

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  An elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years have pleaded guilty, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence, the US Justice Department said. Walter Myers, 72, a former State Department official with top-secret security clearance, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage and ...
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• ON TERRORISTS, JUSTICE RECUSED -- EDITORIAL EXCLUSIVE, The Washington Times

  
  COURAGE IN AMERICA — Authority: 167
  Attorney generals advisers have conflicts on detainee cases The Obama Justice Department is having problems prosecuting terrorist cases because top department attorneys have conflicts of interest. According to documents obtained exclusively by The Washington Times, Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, No. ...
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• EDITORIAL EXCLUSIVE: On terrorists, Justice recused

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  Attorney generals advisers have conflicts on detainee casesThe Obama Justice Department is having problems prosecuting terrorist cases because top department attorneys have conflicts of interest. According to documents obtained exclusively by The Washington Times, Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, No. 3 ...
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• Another 200K For ACORN

  
  Charlotte Conservative Blog — Authority: 126
  ACORN and its affiliates received $200,000 in Justice Department grants between 2002 and 2009, according to a report issued Friday by the department’s inspector general. No DOJ grants went directly to ACORN, but a handful of grants were awarded either to ACORN affiliates or to other organizations that ...
  2 days ago

• Report: ACORN mismanaged grant money [Gasp! Shock!......]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  Report: ACORN mismanaged grant money S.A. Miller A report Friday by the Justice Departments independent inspector general revealed that ACORN won approval for nearly $200,000 in Justice grants since 2002 and mismanaged some of the money. The grant tally, though only from a single department, provides a glimpse of the ...
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• Editorial: Speech and privacy

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 151
  The following editorial appeared in the Providence Journal: It may have been mere incompetence, but it is chilling that the Obama Justice Department sent a subpoena for an undeclared reason to an Internet news site, Indymedia.us, demanding records of all traffic to that site on June 25, 2008. Even more ominously, it ...
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• Report: ACORN mismanaged grant money

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  A report Friday by the Justice Departments independent inspector general revealed that ACORN won approval for nearly $200,000 in Justice grants since 2002 and mismanaged some of the money. The grant tally, though only from a single department, provides a glimpse of the taxpayer dollars the embattled liberal activist ...
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• Herbert J. Miller Jr., 85, Justice Dept. Leader, Dies

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 916
  Mr. Miller, standing, at the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973.
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• Liberian Laws Are A Secret Due To Copyright; Even The Govt Does...

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 167
  Weve seen a few ridiculous cases whereby local governments claim copyright on a law, but its still stunning to see whats going on in Liberia. read more
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• Dismissal of Case for Guard in Iraq

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 916
  he Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the security guards from the company formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide who was involved in deadly Baghdad shootings.
  3 days ago

• Medical-pot backers react to new Obama policy

  
  The Konformist Blog — Authority: 126
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/19/MNO01A7S79.DTL Medical-pot backers react to new Obama policy Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, October 20, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO -- Medical marijuana advocates in California said the Obama administrations announcement of new guidelines for pot ...
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