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Senate, White House Reach Agreement On Reporter Protections Legislation

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.01.2009 | Media

Read More: American Society of Newspaper Editors, Sen. Arlen Specter, White House Reporter Protections, Lucy Dalglish, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Reporters Protect Sources, Reporter Protections Legislation, Sen. Charles Schumer, Attorney General Eric Holder, Media Shield Bill, Senate Judiciary Committee, Free Flow of Information Act, Ben LaBolt, Reporter Protections Compromise, Media News

WASHINGTON — The White House, key senators and media representatives have reached a compromise on legislation to protect reporters from being fo...

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"We're Going to Kill Your Children": The CIA Inspector General's Report

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rendition, Waterboarding, Detainees, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA Interrogations, Torture, George W. Bush, Attorney General John Ashcroft, CIA Interrogators, Attorney General Eric Holder, Glen Beck, Robert F. Kennedy, Dick Cheney, Waterboard, Savak, CIA Torture Policies, Sean Hannity, CIA Prisoners, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, 9-11, CIA Inspector General, John Durham, Dina, Orden, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

A.G. Holder's appointment of John Durham to investigate this sordid episode should be only the first step in a wholesale reevaluation of American national security priorities in the post-9-11 world.

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FBI Interrogators At Gitmo Acted Like Frat Boys On Spring Break: Female Agent

Courthouse News | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fbi Agents, Interrogations, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Theresa Foley, Guantanamo, Fbi, Guantanamo Spring Break, Attorney General Eric Holder, Gitmo, Politics News

The first full-time female FBI agent to be stationed at Guantanamo says she was made to bunk with vermin that gave her a tropical disease and was ostr...

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Holder Pushes Hate Crime Bill in Wake of Recent Wave of Hate

Janet Murguía | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mexicans, Attacks, Hate Crimes, Congress, Nclr, Attorney General Eric Holder, Violence, Fbi, Immigrants, Southern Poverty Law Center, Eric Holder, Hate Crime Legislation, Dr. George Tiller, Eric Holder Attorney General, Hateful Rhetoric, Suffolk-County, u.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Talk Show Hosts, Jose Osvaldo Sucuzhanay, Elected Officials, Immigration Debate, Latinos, Shenandoah, Shooting, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hate Crimes Bill, Hispanic, Pennsylvania, New York, Murder, Luis Ramirez, Marcelo Lucero, National Council of La Raza, Ecuadorean, Politics News
Janet Murguía

Hate has always been present. But the recent spike in violence against immigrants is being fanned by the flames of the anger and hateful rhetoric being voiced in the debate over immigration.

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It's Time to "Profile" Potential Killers of Abortion Providers

Norm Stamper | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Abortion, Stalking, Tiller, Reproductive Rights, Violence, Attorney General Eric Holder, Bill O'Reilly, Racial Profiling, George Tiller, George Tiller Murder, Politics News
Norm Stamper

There's an axiom in police circles: if someone is determined to kill another there's not a whole lot you can do about it. Hogwash.

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Alaska House Demands Canonization For "Uncle" Ted!

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska House, Senator Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens, House of Representatives, Bill Allen, Sarah Palin, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Habeus Corpus, Attorney General Eric Holder, Mike Doogan, Sarah Palin Reaction, Canonization, Ted Stevens Corruption, Girdwood-Alaska, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

I think Mr. Stevens should wait as least as long as the interned Japanese during WWII did for their apology.

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Putting "Justice" Back Into D.O.J.

David O. Stewart | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Constitutional Amendment, Justice, Attorney General, Holder, Abortion, Pandering, Hot-Button-Issues, Atty General Eric Holder, Terrorism, Obama's Lawyers, Legald Advisors, Election Anxiety, Attorney General Eric Holder, Drug Enforcement, Eric-HOlder-Atty-General, Eric Holder, Fund-Raising, Obama Lawyers, Obama's Cabinet, Obama's Attorney Gneral, Death Penalty, Politics News
David O. Stewart

Why shouldn't the people also have their own lawyer?

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Prosecutorial Misconduct

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Scanlon, Sen. Ted Stevens, President Obama, Col. Oliver North, Department of Justice, Attorney General Eric Holder, Honest-Services Fraud, Justice Department, Sen. John McCain, The Washington Post, Suborning Perjury, Brendan Sullivan Jr., Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

After the dark days at the Department of Justice under President Bush, not surprisingly integrity seems to have returned under President Obama and Eric Holder. But how far will that integrity go?

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Neo-Confederacy Erupts with Governors' Rejection of Stimulus Money

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Southern Republicans, Mark Sanford, George W. Bush, Confederate Flag, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Reconstruction, Attorney General Eric Holder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Representative James Clyburn, Sarah Palin, Budget Deal, Governors Reject Stimulus Aid, Rick Perry, Bill Frist, Arlen Specter, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Republican National Committee, John McCain, State Budget Cuts, Bobby Jindal, Haley Barbour, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, President Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, President Andrew Johnson, Gary Coleman, Opposition to Stimulus Bill, Southern Governors Reject Stimulus Money, Recall Election, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Susan Collins, Opposition to Receiving Stimulus Money, Olympia Snow, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Tom Delay, Council of Conservative Citizens, Barry Goldwater, Stimulus Bill, Southernizing the Republican Party, Neo-Confederacy, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Today, the Neo-Confederacy obstructs the federal government's attempt to alleviate some of the suffering of the descendants of those slaves even while the nation endures its worst economic disaster in 70 years.

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Holder, the New York Post and Us

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Post Monkey Cartoon, New York Post, President Obama, Racism, Attorney General Eric Holder, New York Post Cartoon, Eric Holder, Black History Month, Media News
Rabbi Irwin Kula

In calling Americans "cowards," Attorney General Holder undermines his very goal of helping us to become a more just society.

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Obama's National Security Team

Huffington Post/AP/NYT | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Napolitano, Obama Rice, Jim Jones, Obama Gates, Attorney General Eric Holder, Obama Clinton, Eric Holder, Obama's Cabinet, Obama National Security Team, Obama Jones, Robert Gates, National Security Adviser Jim Jones, Obama Holder, Janet Napolitano, Slideshow, John Brennan, Politics News

The New York Times, in previewing President-elect Obama's national security team, reports that several key members have more "hawkish" records than he...

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