[Freedom2specul8]

Not Blogging...again.

[machogirl]

There’s that darn “T” word again. Transparency.

[Jim Robinson]

But according to an official DOJ statement, there is no DOJ blog squad. DOJ employees do not post on twitter, facebook, forums, etc.

Someone’s lying.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Why would “Americans” need to “interact” with the DOJ in “entirely new ways”? Hmmmm.

[Congressman Billybob]

Is this a sick joke from the Onion? Or, is this for real?

Congressman Billybob

Don't Tread On Me (9/12 photo and poster"

"Ben Franklin was in D.C."

[jessduntno]

There were no matches for "ohio voter fraud"

[Sparko]

Jim,

That makes me feel so warm and fuzzy over. Thanks for sharing.

[Eaker]

It won’t be my new home page.

[IrishPennant]

Utilizing a variety of online tools, we will be able to share news and information, not just on our own web site, but through popular social networks Twitter, YouTube and MySpace, and Facebook and Free Republic.

Just a dream...

[M Kehoe]

Do you happen to know if this new web portal is run from the White House basement?

5.56mm

[NormsRevenge]

Can you report commie sympathizers and perverts on this ‘Justice’ blog?

They ought to investigate O’s cabinet and czars if they are really series..

What a regime. sigh

[Kimberly GG]

"A New Day at Justice.gov [Announcing Obama's new DOJ Blog Squad]"

hmmmmm....LOL Jim...which is it? I can't keep up ;)

"DOJ denies existence of a 'blog squad'"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360185/posts

[luckybogey]

First posted here on 10/2....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353325/posts

[Bahbah]

How does this comport with the dignity and solemnity of the dispensation of justice in this country? (I know, I know, Eric Holder and all that, but I’m serious.)

Maybe this sort of thing kind of might work for some other departments, though I’m having trouble thinking of them, but the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE!!!! C’mon.

[meyer]

Cool - ‘Net goons. Jack-booted electronic Thugs (JBeT’s).

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.usodj.gov
http://www.usdoj.gov/briefing-room.html
http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/
http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/author/trusso/
http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/category/opa

[luckybogey]

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans

The United States Department of Justice Website

"Mr. Attorney General Holder, I expect a higher standard of ethics for DoJ employees as I'm sure you are familiar with the Hatch Act. I would also suggest an investigation of Charisse Carney-Nunes while at the National Science Foundation and the apparent "conflict of interest" in administrating government grants? Read more here and here.

I'm sure I can count on you and your staff to guarantee that NO government owned or DoJ owned computer systems are astroturfing private and personal websites. I'm confident that we both agree with the above mission statement of your department and this also applies to your DoJ employees."

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To Mr Holder on Oct 3 from me.... US Department of Justice: Astroturfing, Propaganda, And Hatch Act Violations

[thouworm]

Matthew Miller
Director of Public Affairs
Office of Public Affairs

The Office of Public Affairs is responsible for ensuring that the public and press are informed about the Department's activities and about the priorities and policies of the Attorney General and the President with regard to law enforcement and legal affairs. Mission Statement

The Office of Public Affairs is the principal point of contact for the Department of Justice with the news media.

The Office is responsible for ensuring that the public is informed about the Department's activities and about the priorities and policies of the Attorney General and the President with regard to law enforcement and legal affairs.

The Office advises the Attorney General and other Department officials on all aspects of media relations and communications issues. The Office also coordinates the public affairs units of all Department component organizations.

The Office of Public Affairs prepares and issues Department news releases and frequently reviews and approves those issued by component agencies. It serves reporters assigned to the Department by responding to queries, issuing news releases and statements, arranging interviews and conducting news conferences. The Office of Public Affairs issues approximately 700 news releases each year involving the activities of the Department.

The Office ensures that information provided to the news media by the Department is current, complete and accurate. It also ensures that all applicable laws, regulations and policies involving the release of information to the public are followed so that maximum disclosure is made without jeopardizing investigations and prosecutions, violating rights of individuals, or compromising national security interests.

Staff Contacts:

Tracy Russo
New Media Specialist
(202) 514-2007
DOJ


Matthew Miller, Holder's spokesman, said Holder does not believe his probe will affect CIA employees' commitment to their work.

"The attorney general's decision to order a preliminary review into this matter was made in line with his duty to examine the facts and to follow the law. As he has made clear, the Department of Justice will not prosecute anyone who acted in good faith and within the scope of the legal guidance given by the Office of Legal Counsel regarding the interrogation of detainees," Miller said in a written statement.

Seattle Times


Matthew Miller
Department: Justice
Position: Director, Office of Public Affairs
202-514-2007
Age: 35
Childhood State: Texas
Previous State: Texas

Miller, 35, is the front man for repairing DOJ's damaged public image after the scandals of the Bush years. "We took office with enormous challenges," he says. "People at the department were demoralized." Miller, who landed his job as a result of his work on Eric Holder's confirmation team, praises the new AG for his efforts to increase professionalism and transparency, specifically citing the release of the interrogation and executive power memos earlier this year.

During the last election cycle, Miller ran communications for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Previously, he was communications director for Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., a position he also held in Florida with the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004. A true Texas son, the Amarillo native and University of Texas graduate lives in the District with his chocolate Lab, General Sam Houston.

National Journal


Politicization Alert:Matthew Miller to Justice?
posted at 3:50 pm on January 26, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Remember when Democrats screeched about the politicization at the Department of Justice when George Bush replaced nine at-will political appointees? I’ve written that AG nominee Eric Holder’s work at Justice in the Clinton administration demonstrated a lot more political hackery than anything seen under Bush, and apparently that won’t be the end of politicization at Justice under Barack Obama, either. Chris Cillizza notes that Matthew Miller has taken the job of spokesperson for the DoJ despite his past history of politicizing an actual investigation:

Matthew Miller, who spearheaded the communications operation at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee during the 2008 election, is moving inside the walls of the Obama administration as chief spokesman for the Justice Department. With Eric H. Holder Jr. expected to be confirmed as attorney general this week, Miller will be jumping from the frying pan into the fire. He’s had good practice. Before working under Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) at the DSCC, Miller was communications director for the successful 2006 Senate campaign of Robert Menendez (D-N.J.).

If you don’t remember Matthew Miller, it’s a shame — because he played a central role in a scandal that helped put Republicans in the minority in 2006. Miller got the e-mails between disgraced Congressman Mark Foley and underaged interns, but instead of giving them to investigators, Miller instead tried giving them to reporters in Florida, Foley’s home state. When that apparently didn’t work, Miller turned the material over to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The Washington Post reported after the election:

"Democratic Caucus communications director Matt Miller saw the e-mails as inappropriate, but rather than taking them to authorities, he shopped them to the press, first to the Miami Herald and the St. Petersburg Times that November, then to the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. He also gave the e-mails to the communications director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, a point apparently validating Republican charges that senior Democrats were behind the revelation of Foley’s conduct."

Republicans objected to the handling of the e-mails and accused Miller of politicizing Foley’s conduct rather than ensuring that the House interns were safe from any potential predatory conduct. In fact, a familiar name headed the DCCC and knew about the e-mails long before the Ethics Committee was apprised of their existence:

"The head of the House Democrats’ campaign committee, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, had heard of former Rep. Mark Foley’s inappropriate e-mails to a former male page a year before they became public, a campaign committee aide told CNN. …

In his deposition to the ethics committee, Miller said he also sent Foley’s e-mails to the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, the Miami Herald and Roll Call, according to the report."

Miller also sent the material to Harper’s Magazine “and possibly others,” the report said.

"Miller told the ethics committee he had sent the e-mails to the media because he considered them inappropriate and predicted “nothing would come” from giving them to the ethics panel or the House Page Board, according to the report."

Matthew Miller had evidence of possible pederastic predatory behavior, and instead of acting to protect the interns, he tried to make political hay out of the e-mails. I guess he’ll fit right in at a Holder-led Department of Justice. Will that be normal procedure for investigating potential crimes at the Obama DoJ?

HOT AIR

[thouworm]

Friday, October 09, 2009
The Department of Justice Visited My Blog and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

Back in August I posted a few videos of Rep. John Dingell's Town Hall on Health Care. Over the next few days I wasn't surprised to see a few visits from House.gov and Senate.gov on my web site. As you can see, near the bottom of my blog is a counter that tracks visits to this site. I can't tell who visited, but I can see what I.P. address they were using. Imagine my surprise that a few weeks later I see that someone from DOJ.gov logged onto my site. That's right: The Department of Justice. Why would they be looking at my blog, a blog that was getting at that time an average of 50 visitors a day? Sure, I have been critical of the Obama Administration, but there has been nothing on this site that broke any laws in anyway.

Well, I may have found my answer.

The New Republic Online posted this story on October 6th:

" Is the Department of Justice engaging in fraud, or is it simply trying to hide its propaganda? Those of you wondering how DOJ uses your tax dollars to enforce our nation’s laws might be interested to learn that Eric Holder has apparently hired former Democratic campaign bloggers to work at the department in what appears to be a secret propaganda unit.

According to a story at The Muffled Oar website, the bloggers are housed in the Office of Public Affairs (the press office). Their job is to place “anonymous comments, or comments under pseudonyms, at newspaper websites with stories critical of the Department of Justice, Holder and President Obama.” One of the bloggers is former DNC and John Edwards staffer Tracy Russo, whose name was featured prominently on the department’s introduction of its new website on October 1."

Matthew Miller Director of Public Affair at the Justice Department told the Washington Times:

""There is no 'blog squad'. There is Tracy [Russo] who handles online media. It’s the policy of the office of public affairs to not post anonymous comments. We have not seen any evidence that anyone does post comments, and if we did have evidence of that, people would no longer work here.""

Mr. Miller countered accusations of the existence of a "blog squad" pointing to what he says is lack of evidence.

Except for the fact that the DOJ.gov was on my site back in August. Now maybe I gained a fan from someone in Attorney General Holder's office, but considering it was a one time visit, I figure they were looking for something.

Are we seeing a trend develop in the Obama Administration? First we read about employees working out of the White House to get artists to work with the National Endowment for the Arts to create propaganda that will "push" the President's agenda on health care. Now we may have the Department of Justice scanning web sites for dissent against the policies of the White House.

The Hippo's Ass

[mojitojoe]

They won the election by using 1000’s of paid and volunteer bloggers. They want to keep the momentum going. The DOJ doing this with our tax dollars paying for it is illegal. Period!