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Darrell Issa Fights Subpoenas After Chastising Eric Holder For Doing The Same Thing

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Video, DOJ Fast and Furious, Doj, Darrell Issa Subpoena, Steven Chu, Darrell Issa Subpoena Power, Darrell Issa, Issa Subpoena, Elections 2012, Issa Holder Subpoena, Eric Holder Fast and Furious, Fast and Furious, Justice Department, Subpoena, Eric Holder, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who for more than seven months has been chastising Attorney General Eric Holder for failing to comply with...

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Obama Administration Expands Prison Rape Elimination Act To Protect Immigrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Cca, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Doj, Prea, Prison Rape, Prison Abuse, Sexual Assault, T. Don Hutto Facility, Department of Homeland Security, Video, Detention Center, Corrections Corporation of America, Department of Justice, Dhs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Immigrant detainees will no longer be treated differently under the law than prison inmates for purposes of rape prevention, the Obama a...

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What Steve Jobs Said To Publishers

news.cnet.com | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Doj, Steve Jobs, Books News

New details have surfaced in the class-action e-book price-fixing lawsuit against Apple, according to tech news site paidContent. The most notable rev...

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Arpaio Suit Reveals Disturbing Details

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Video, Arpaio Sued, Doj, Arpaio Lawsuit, Doj Arpaio, Joe Arpaio, Racism, Joe Arpaio Lawsuit, Arizona, Arizona Immigration Law, Justice Department, Arpaio, Politics News

The Justice Department filed suit Thursday against Maricopa County, Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office for unlawfully discriminating against Lati...

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Justice Department Announces Plan To Move On Arpaio

AP | WALTER BERRY | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Department of Justice, Video, Doj, Justice Department, Joe Arpaio Civil Rights, Joe Arpaio Department of Justice, Joe Arpaio Lawsuit, Joe Arpaio Case, Arpaio, Joe Arpaio, Joe Arpaio Sued, Joe Arpaio Justice Department, Politics News

PHOENIX — Federal authorities said Wednesday that they plan to sue Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office over allegations of civil rights vi...

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Money Well Spent: Why Corruption Continues to Pay

Chris Morgan Jones | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Corruption, Walmart, Doj, Mexico, Bribery, Sec, Siemens, Fcpa, Business News

The victims of crimes of corruption are diffuse, invisible, and often vulnerable: every dollar paid in bribes tilts the scales further against the most unfortunate in societies where fairness frequently goes unprized.

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Dem On SB 1070 Argument: 'Felt Better Going In Than I Did Coming Out'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Jan Brewer, Raul Grijalva, Luis Gutierrez, Doj, Kris Kobach, Supreme Court Sb 1070, S.B. 1070, Arizona, Justice Department, Sb 1070, Arizona Immigration Law, Russell Pearce, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Two top Democratic opponents of Arizona immigration law SB 1070 said Wednesday they were less confident that contested provisions of the...

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Obama Administration's War On Weed Rolls On

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.18.2012

WASHINGTON -- When federal agents raided Oaksterdam University, Richard Lee's downtown Oakland, Calif.-based trade school, earlier this month, it wasn...

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Why The DoJ Lawsuit Is Good For EBooks

Will Entrekin | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Change My Mind, Publishing, Apple, Doj, Price Fixing, E-Books, Lawsuit, Amazon, Books News

The DoJ lawsuit might make things more difficult for those who have based their business models on paper books, but it could well be a boon to smaller publishers, authors, and--most importantly of all--readers.

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Why The DoJ Lawsuit Is Bad For The eBook Marketplace

Michael Bourret | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Change My Mind, Competition, Agency Model, Doj, Anti-Trust Lawsuit, Ebooks, Amazon, Books News

The DOJ says that their lawsuit and settlement terms are intended to return competitiveness to the market. But just one retailer, Amazon, stands to gain.

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Does Agency Pricing Lead to Higher eBook Prices?

Mark Coker | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Ebook Distribution, Agency Ebook Pricing, Doj, Ebooks, eBook Prices, Agency Ebook Prices, Apple eBooks, Books News

Over the last two years, my appreciation for the agency model has grown as I've come to fully understand its benefits for our authors, publishers, retailers and customers. Here's why I support agency.

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BIG BROTHER: U.S. Government To Expand Ability To Hold Citizens' Data

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: National Counterterrorism Center, Video, Doj, Counterterrorism, Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community will now be able to store information about Americans with no ties to terrorism for up to five year...

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DOJ Conducting Criminal Probe Involving World's Biggest Banks

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Ubs, Citigroup Inc. Hsbc, Video, Doj, Criminal Libor Probe, Reuters, Banks, Department of Justice, Doj Criminal Libor Probe, Royal Bank of Scotland, Business News

(Adds background about Libor, investigations) By Carrick Mollenkamp NEW YORK, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Depar...

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Journalist Recovers Video Of Arrest After Police Deleted It

ars technica | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Occupy-Wall-Street, Doj, Occupy Wall Street Protests, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Carlos Miller, OWS Movement, Occupy Miami, Occupy Miami Journalist Arrested, Department of Justice, Carlos Miller Arrested, Ows Protests, Miami Politics, Miami News

A Miami journalist has recovered video of police officers arresting him after it was deleted from his camera. The man was covering a police effort to ...

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Dems Make New Claim On 'Fast An Furious'

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Mexican Drug Cartels, Operation Fast and Furious, Video, Doj, Drug War, Drug Violence, Atf, Gun Smuggling, Fast and Furious Report, Fast and Furious, Eric Holder Fast and Furious, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Democrats looking into Operation Fast and Furious say a yearlong investigation has turned up no evidence that the flawed gun smuggl...

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Judge: BP Contract Shielded Transocean From Spill Damages

AP | CAIN BURDEAU and HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 03.27.2012

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Judge: BP Contract Shielded Transocean In Spill

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First Convictions From Fast And Furious Gun Probe

AP | By JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 01.24.2012

PHOENIX -- Two men pleaded guilty to buying guns that were destined to be smuggled into Mexico, the first convictions in the federal government's botc...

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Tucson School Walk Outs Grow: Protest School District's Folly and Mexican American Studies Banishment

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Mexican American Studies, Doj, Tucson Arizona, Tucson, Sheriff Joe, John Huppenthal, Arizona, Racial Profiling, Arizona Gone Wild, Ethnic Studies, Cesar Chavez, Tea Party, Tom Horne, Protests, Schools, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Tucson Ethnic Studies, Education News

As the nation watches the Tucson Unified School District's spiral into disarray, hundreds of students have walked out of their Tucson schools today in a coordinated protest against the banishment of the district's acclaimed Mexican American Studies program.

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MegaUpload: le dossier accablant de la justice US

www.numerama.com | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Doj, Anonymous, Mpaa, Technology News, Anonymous Megaupload, Riaa, Megaupload, Culture, Kim Dotcom, Anoymous Hackers, Hackers, Home News

L'acte d'accusation à l'encontre de MegaUpload met à jour le système mis en place par son richissime fondateur pour encourager financièrement le p...

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Notorious Hackers Apparently Retaliate For Megaupload Takedown

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Video, Doj, Anonymous, Mpaa, Anonymous Megaupload, Megaupload, Riaa, Anonymous Hackers, Hackers, Anoymous Hackers, Technology News

The hacktivist group Anonymous launched its "largest attack ever" Thursday, claiming credit for a coordinated takedown of websites managed by the Depa...

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DOJ Subpoenas Twitter Records Of Several WikiLeaks Volunteers

Salon.com | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Twitter, Doj, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Julian Assange, Department of Justice, Jacob Appelbaum, Bradley Manning, Iceland, Wikileaks, Rop Gonggrijp, Technology News

Last night, Birgitta Jónsdóttir -- a former WikiLeaks volunteer and current member of the Icelandic Parliament -- announced (on Twitter) that she ha...

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Rick Santorum-Linked Universal Health Services Facility: Fraud, Assault And Alleged 'Exorcism'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 01.06.2012

WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) has become a top-tier candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in recent weeks by appealin...

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Verizon's Deal With Big Cable Spells the Demise of the Telecom Act

Joel Kelsey | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Competition, Telecommunications, Technology, 1996 Telecommunications Act, Fcc, Time Warner, Verizon, Doj, Consumers, Comcast, Consumer Protection, Wireless Spectrum, Technology News

We all remember the 1980s and its awesome fashion and music. While some may want to revisit those aspects of the past, I don't think anyone wants to return to the era of the cable and Ma Bell monopolies.

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Anna Chapman's Big Russian Life

Capital New York | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Russia, Anna Chapman Russian Spy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Doj, Anna Chapman, Anna Chapman Russia, Anna Chapman Russia Spy, Fbi, Department of Justice, World News

It has been nearly a year and a half since the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized Anna Chapman, the Russian spy who had been working undercover in...

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Justice Department Announces Good News

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Tony West, Department of Justice, Whistleblowers, Video, Doj, Justice Department, Attorney General Eric Holder, Eric Holder, Justice Department Fraud Recovery, Fraud Recovery, Medicare Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Assistant Attorney General Tony West, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department reported Monday that it has recovered nearly $9 billion in fraud against the government since the beginning ...

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