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Justice Dept. Says Acorn Can Be Paid
The Political Carnival —
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By GottaLaff Happy Friday! The Justice Department has concluded that the Obama administration can lawfully pay the community group Acorn for services provided under contracts signed before Congress enacted a law banning the government from providing funds to the group . Yeah, hmm, right, that would ...2 hours ago -
Justice Dept. Says Acorn Can Be Paid
Stupidica —
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WASHINGTON The Justice Department has concluded that the Obama administration can lawfully pay the community group Acorn for services provided under contracts signed before Congress enacted a law banning the government from providing funds to the group. The departments conclusion, laid out in a recently disclosed ...2 hours ago -
Justice Dept. Says Acorn Can Be Paid
NYT > Theater —
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The administration is advised to honor contracts signed before Congress banned funds to the group.3 hours ago -
Irish bishops “routinely” covered up abuse, report shows
GenevaLunch —
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Four successive archbishops of Dublin, over a period of 30 years, “routinely” covered up child sexual abuse by priests in their diocese, an Irish government report published Thursday 26 November shows. Dermot Ahern, the Irish justice minister responsible for the “Report of the Commission of Investigation into ...14 hours ago -
Fear is in the hearts of justice-demanding Americans
Letters to the Editor —
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Two separate stories in the Nov. 22 Post-Dispatch should cause great fear in the hearts of justice demanding Americans. To go over the events of 9/11 is unnecessary and will cause nothing but the rending of hearts just beginning to mend. Attorney General Holder,…20 hours ago -
‘Disappointed’ Siegelman: Obama Justice Dept. Virtually The Same As Bush DOJ
Progressive News Daily —
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by Justin Elliott TPM Muckraker When the Obama Administration argued in a filing earlier this month that the Supreme Court should not consider an appeal by Don Siegelman, the former Alabama governor wasn’t surprised, even though the Obama filing maintained the Bush-era stance in Siegelman’s controversial ...1 day ago -
Slap in the face to all Americans
Letters to the Editor —
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The fact that Eric Holder and the Obama Administration have chosen to bring Khalid Shakh Mohammed and his cohorts to the U.S. , New York particularly, to try them for their crimes against the U.S. is a slap in the…1 day ago -
Disappointed Siegelman: Obama Justice Dept. Virtually The Same As Bush DOJ
TPMMuckraker —
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When the Obama Administration argued in a filing earlier this month that the Supreme Court should not consider an appeal by Don Siegelman, the former Alabama governor wasnt surprised, even though the Obama filing maintained the Bush-era stance in Siegelmans controversial corruption case. "Theres really been no ...2 days ago -
National Briefing | Washington: Sentencing in Lobbying Case
NYT > Theater —
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A former Justice Department lawyer was spared a jail sentence for his role in the influence-peddling case surrounding the convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.2 days ago -
Dem Rep Controls DOJ Budget While Under DOJ Investigation
TPMMuckraker —
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Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) has his hands on the reins of the Justice Department budget at the same time the Feds are investigating his personal finances and allegations he steered taxpayer dollars to non-profits Mollohan himself created. The Washington Post today reports on the conflict, which led Mollohan to ...3 days ago -
Is The SEC Intercepting Your Instant Messages?
zero hedge —
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In the aftermath of Galleon, the SEC is aggressively ramping up its enforcement techniques, and while we all know that the regulators, in "joint venture" with the Justice Department, are likely eavesdropping on every single telephonic conversation originating or terminating in a financial firm, it is likely that Mary ...3 days ago -
Obama Goes to the Mattresses
Stupidica —
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The ugliness surrounding the pushing out of White House Counsel Gregory Craig was months in the making, but culminated on the day on which the White House announced that the Justice Department would be prosecuting Guantanamo prisoners on U.S. soil, the very project Craig was supposedly brought into the administration ...3 days ago -
FBI Reports 11 Percent Increase in Victims of Hate Crimes Based on Sexual Orientation
OutGayLife.com —
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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 ...4 days ago -
Senate Confirms Paul Martin as NASA Inspector General
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times —
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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...4 days ago -
The Meteoric Rise In Sex Offender Prosecutions
Understanding Government —
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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 ...4 days ago -
Justice Department Vendetta Against The CIA Suspected
The Republican Temple —
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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 ...4 days ago -
Will DoMA case change the constitutional standard for sex/o discrimination?
hunter of justice —
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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 ...4 days ago -
9/11 Suspects to Use Trial to Explain Themselves
The Washington Independent Blog —
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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 ...4 days ago -
Who’s Afraid of a Fair Trial?
Firedoglake —
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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 ...4 days ago -
Israel Matzav: Obamas Justice Dept. argues against executing judgment against Iran
Rick's Caf American —
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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 ...5 days ago
