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Google, Yahoo Revise Search Deal: MediaBytes With Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Streaming Video, Jerry Yang, Sumner Redstone, Mediabytes, Brightcove, Yahoo, Department of Justice, Shelly Palmer, Fcc, Paramount Pictures, Mtv, Phone, Phillipe Dauman, Eric Schmidt, Transformers, Media News, Viacom, Kevin Martin, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Google and Yahoo will narrow the focus of their search ads deal in order to win approval from the Department of Justice. The revised plans have a tw...

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Google May Walk Away From Yahoo Deal: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 31, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Twitter, Daily Show, Ads Deal, Sprint, Electronic Arts, Union Square Ventures, Mediabytes, Yahoo, Department of Justice, Fred Wilson, Nextel, Feedburner, Shelly Palmer, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Colbert Report, Jon Stewart, Estelle Reiner, Silicon Alley, Media News, The Colbert Report, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Google may back out of its proposed search ads deal with Yahoo. The deal, which has been held up in regulatory scrutiny for months, has faced increa...

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Officials Disagree Over F.B.I. and U.S. Attorney Involvement in Nevada ACORN Investigation

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 03.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Natalie Collins, Voter Fraud, Registration Fraud, Black Voters, Bob Walsh, Nevada, Acorn, Latino Voters, Vote Fraud, Voter Registration, Ross Miller, John Conyers, John McCain, F.B.I., Voter Suppression, Barack Obama, Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney Scandal, U.S. Attorney, Politics News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Spokespeople for Nevada's top federal and state law enforcement authorities have staked out different positions when asked whether federal officials a...

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Obama's Assistant Attorney General For The Civil Rights Division: Charles Ogletree?

Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Charles Ogletree, Obama Cabinet, Department of Justice, Doj, Barack Obama, Politics News

***Check Back For Updates*** A recent article in the ABA journal said that Ogletree may be on the short list for Obama's Assistant Attorney General F...

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Prosecutor Named In DOJ-US Attorney Investigation

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN and MARK SHERMAN | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Attorneys Scandal, Department of Justice, Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzales, Alberto Gonzales and Fired US Attorneys, Nora Dannehy, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael Mukasey named a prosecutor Monday to investigate whether former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, other B...

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Move Over Wall Street, Hollywood and the Chamber of Commerce Want Their Handouts Too

Gigi Sohn | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Recording Industry, Department of Justice, Wall Street Crisis, Justice Department, Copyright, Hollywood, Economy, Business News
Gigi Sohn

These lawsuits could be brought even if the copyright holder has sued the alleged violator for civil damages; your tax dollars could be used to punish the same person or company twice.

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Urge Congress to Vote Contempt for Karl Rove

Don Siegelman | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Department of Justice, Congress, Alberto Gonzales, Politicization, Karl Rove, Doj, Don Siegelman, Justice Department, Nancy Pelosi, Judiciary, Judiciary Committee, John Conyers, Politics News
Don Siegelman

I'm urgently enlisting your help to hold Karl Rove accountable for politicizing the Department of Justice -- including the prosecution that targeted me -- because our time may well be running out.

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Obama Asks DOJ To Block Terrorist Ad, Investigate Donors

Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Harold Simmons, John McCain Negative Ads, Department of Justice, Election 2008, Barack Obama, John McCain, Swift Boats, Politics News

***Check back for updates*** The Politico has the story that Barack Obama has appealed to the Department of Justice in his efforts to fight a Republi...

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Justice Department Subpoenas Its Former Lawyers In Civil Rights Probe

Murray Waas | Posted 06.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Department of Justice, Hans Von Spakovsky, Justice Department Lawyers Subpoenaed, Justice Department Civil Rights Investigation, Doj, Bradley Schlozman, Justice Department Attorneys Subpoenaed, Jason Torchinsky, Justice Department Subpoena, Home News
Murray Waas

A federal grand jury has subpoenaed several former senior Justice Department attorneys for an investigation into the politicization of the Department'...

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Memo To Obama And McCain: Add To Your To-Do List

William Fisher | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Next President, Department of Justice, War on Terror, Civil Rights, Terrorism, Politics News
William Fisher

Millions of words have been written and spoken about the politicization of the Department of Justice, but the silence on two of the DOJ's most toxic practices has been deafening.

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Contempt for Rove

Don Siegelman | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzalez, Judiciary Committee, Don Siegelman, Linda Sanchez, Doj, Politicization DOJ, Department of Justice, Contempt, House Judiciary Committee, Artur Davis, Karl Rove Don Siegelman, Contempt for Rove, Politics News
Don Siegelman

Karl Rove and his right-wing political cronies targeted me through a malicious, unfounded, politically-motivated prosecution. Now is the time to take action.

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Of Partisanship and Political Tribalism

Rep. Linda Sanchez | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, DOJ Corruption, Linda Sanchez, Michael Mukasey, Department of Justice, Department of Justice Firings, Karl Rove Subpoena, Politics News
Rep. Linda Sanchez

If Mr. Mukasey is truly interested in restoring credibility to the Department of Justice, he will enforce our subpoena for Karl Rove rather than obstruct it.

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Jason Linkins

Slate's Mapped Diagram Of Administration Wrongdoing Demonstrates The Awfulness Of Alberto Gonzalez

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Wrongdoing, Bush White House, Torture, George W. Bush, Wiretapping, Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney Scandal, Politics News

The only thing in all the world I love more than flowcharts, which are awesome, are Venn diagrams. I especially adore interactive Venn diagrams and I...

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2001 DOJ Memo Justified Warrantless Surveillance

AP | PAMELA HESS and LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Department of Justice, DOJ Memo, John Yoo, Warrantless Surveillance, Warrantless Wiretapping, Politics News

WASHINGTON — For at least 16 months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, the Bush administration believed that the Constitution's protecti...

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Lawmaker Demands Ashcroft Testify Over DOJ Consulting Job

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Department of Justice, John Ashcroft, House Judiciary Committee, Politics News

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee demanded that former Attorney General John Ashcroft testify about his appointment to oversee a Justice D...

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Veteran Prosecutor Takes Over CIA Probe

Associated Press | Matt Apuzzo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: CIA Terror Interrogation Tapes Destroyed, CIA Interrogation Tapes, Michael Mukasey John Durham, Cia, Missing CIA Torture Tapes, Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, John Durham CIA Tapes, Department of Justice, Attorney General Mukasey, Justice Department, John Durham, Politics News

For the high-profile, politically charged investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videos, the Justice Department is turning to a low-p...

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Mukasey Launches Criminal Probe Over Destroyed CIA Tapes

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice Department Investigates Cia, CIA Terror Interrogation Tapes Destroyed, Department of Justice, Missing CIA Torture Tapes, Cia, Michael Mukasey, Michael Hayden, Cia Terror Tapes Investigation, Politics News

The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes and Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey ap...

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Bush Appointee Blocked By Nine-Second Senate Session

USA Today | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Bush Appointees, Democratic Congress, Senator Jim Webb, Virginia Senator, Senate Interim Appointments, Department of Justice, Senate Democrats, Interim Appointments, Jim Webb, Senate Break, Politics News

The House was quiet as a mouse the day after Christmas. But across the Capitol, the Senate was operating in an unusually efficient manner in its ongoi...

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Will Thomas

The Ghost Of Gonzales: Justice Dept Still Backs Controversial Voter ID Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, American Center for Voting Rights, Voter Fraud Acvr, Thor Hearne, George W. Bush, Todd Rokita, Voter Picture ID, David Iglesias, Justice Department, DOJ Voter ID Laws, Alberto Gonzales and Fired US Attorneys, Georgia Voter Id Laws, Indiana Supreme Court, Voter ID Laws, Supreme Court Bush vs. Gore, Department of Justice, Alberto Gonzales, Voter Fraud, Indiana Photo Id Law, Indiana Voting Law, US Attorneys Scandal, Muckraker, New York Times, Washington Post, Politics News

Though Alberto Gonzales is gone, the Justice Department is still backing controversial voter identification laws that many believe are specifically de...

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CIA, Department Of Justice Begin Probe Of Interrogation Videotape Destruction

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Breaking Politics News, CIA Interrogation Tapes, CIA Interrogations, Department of Justice, Cia, CIA Interrogation Scandal, Politics News

The Justice Department and CIA announced a joint inquiry Saturday into the spy agency's destruction of videotapes of interrogations of two suspected t...

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Justice Department Reopens Warrantless Domestic Spying Investigation

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Department of Justice, Domestic Spying Investigation, Justice Department, Politics News

The Justice Department has reopened a long-dormant inquiry into the government's warrantless wiretapping program, a major policy shift only days into ...

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Justice Dept Under Gonzales Issued Secret Opinion Authorizing 'Harsh CIA Interrogations'

New York Times | SCOTT SHANE, DAVID JOHNSTON and JAMES RISEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Department of Justice, Alberto Gonzalez, Cia, Interrogation Techniques, Home News

When the Justice Department publicly declared torture "abhorrent" in a legal opinion in December 2004, the Bush administration appeared to have abando...

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