Attorney General Holder

Exxon Profits Ironically Jump 41% While Our Government Snoozes Away

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 01.03.2012

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Ironically, Exxon's significant increase in profits of late comes after its Chairman and CEO virtually pleaded in May with the pooh-bahs of the Senate Finance Committee to rein in the excessive speculation, if not manipulation, of oil on the commodity exchanges.

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Holder Answers Critics On 'Fast And Furious'

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 12.07.2011

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday that his testimony to Congress about a controversial gun-smuggling probe was truthful and ...

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Federal Government Refuses to Defend Defense of Marriage Act -- So Now What

Todd A. Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite the obviously symbolic value of the Attorney General's press release, the release by itself does not change the existing federal law which still defines marriage as between one man and one woman.

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AP Nails It Again: Cartel Arrests Don't Accomplish Sh*t -- But Do Increase Violence

Tony Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The AP story confirms what critics of drug war have said for years: The government is quick to boast about large arrests and seizures, but its efforts result in little, if any, slowdown in the drug trade.

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Holder Accuses Critics Of Trying To Deny Him Tools To Fight al Qaeda

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Attorney General Eric Holder offered a strong defense of his department's handling of terrorism-related cases on Thursday, arguing that critics in Con...

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The Underwear Bomber Laid Bare

Mary Shannon Little | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attorney General John Ashcroft, Attorney General Holder, Underwear Bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Politics News

This unorthodox disclosure of Abdulmutallab's cooperation raises serious concerns about this Administration's handling of cooperating witnesses in terrorism investigations.

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Teflon Dick: How Cheney Uses Media For Protection

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dick Cheney has committed unconstrained, and as yet unprosecuted offenses, that include circumventing the Constitution and lying the nation into war.

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Breaking the 'Golden Shield'

Martin Garbus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prosecutions must start against the lawyers who gave legal cover to both Bush officials and the line of command that led to those who performed torture.

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Dear AG Holder, We Want Your Children to Fail

Dennis Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dear Attorney General Holder, Here's what I know from having taught in big city public high schools for the past 15 years: We want your children to fail. That's the truth.

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For Wealthy Tax Cheats, The Moment of Reckoning is Coming

Laurence Leamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the Bush years, the IRS became so lax in its enforcement that cheating became routine and hidden Swiss bank accounts almost as much a status symbol as private jets.

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Eric Holder: Help Save 49 Lives, Please!

Claudia Ricci | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Death Penalty, Criminal Justice System, Eric Holder, Senator Feingold, Death Row, Capital Punishment, Alberto Gonzalez, John Ashcroft, Texas Death Penalty, Attorney General Holder, Obama Death Penalty, Buddhism, Politics News

If it were up to me, I would withdraw death penalty eligibility in all of the pending cases, and I would tell prosecutors never to seek the death penalty. There is the possibility of saving 49 lives.

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Aide: Holder Has Made No Decisions On Prosecuting Bush Officials

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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An aide to Eric Holder rejected a report Wednesday suggesting that the Attorney General nominee had pledged not to prosecute members of the Bush admin...

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