http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/doj/ en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:43:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413994/posts Quite intentionally, the Obama administration is making so many radical moves on so many different fronts simultaneously that it's difficult to stay on top of them all, much less give them the attention they deserve. But while we argue health care and Iran policy and a civilian trial for KSM and the decision to transfer enemy combatants to a U.S. prison, it's important to notice how dangerously irresponsible the administration's obsession to close Gitmo has become, and how tawdry the Justice Department is allowing itself to appear. Not content with the Friday bad-news dump, the administration announced on the Sunday... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413994/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:43:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412242/posts Showdown in Sterling on 12/22: rally against the jailhouse jihad moving north to Thomson No, al Qaeda will not break out of “beyond Supermax.” They’ll just wage jailhouse jihad at every opportunity and force guards to extract them from their cells when its feeding time. The slightest bruise will be dutifully reported to the press by their pro bono lawyers. Those indicted will have similar fun in lockups around the country for, in addition to Manhattan and Brooklyn, an additional 50 detainees will be farmed out for federal prosecution. Gitmo in the heartland Attorney General Eric Holder is, of course,... 911NeverForget.Us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412242/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:36:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411823/posts The United States Civil Rights Commission, an eight-member agency that investigates accusations of discrimination, has launched a new offensive against a most unusual target: the Justice Department. The commission is investigating why the Justice Department dropped charges in May against three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in a voter intimidation case that the government won. The Justice Department has defended its actions, saying it obtained an injunction against one member while dismissing charges against the others "based on a careful assessment of the facts and the law." But that explanation hasn't satisfied the commission or Republican... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411823/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:02:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409965/posts Note: Contact info and telephone numbers deleted by me. # Note: The following text is a quote: Presidential Task Force on Controlled Unclassified Information Releases Report and Recommendations Release Date: December 15, 2009 For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Secretary Napolitano and Attorney General Holder announce dedicated offices to support threat-based information sharing and reporting between all levels of government Report and Recommendations of the Presidental Task Force on Controlled Unclassified Information (PDF - 50 pages, 1.25 MB) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder today announced two major steps in their... DHS.gov - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409965/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:30:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408849/posts Controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., is no stranger to hardball tactics, so he probably isn't fazed by being on the receiving end of rough politics. Still, that doesn't excuse the Obama administration's apparent ideological vendetta against him. By the (il)logic of the administration and its allies at the American Civil Liberties Union, Sheriff Arpaio should not set up a phone tip line to search for immigration violators, and he is not allowed to tell the public about federal immigration enforcement policies even if he is merely disputing demonstrable falsehoods told about him; yet the Justice Department can... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408849/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:52:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405873/posts Another scoop for Breitbart, but with a caveat. The One’s team insists that the memo’s only a draft, even if it does just so happen to jibe with news reports from last month. “This is a draft, predecisional document that lawyers at various agencies were drafting in preparation for a potential future announcement about where to house GTMO detainees,” the administration official said. “Drafts of official documents are often prepared for any and all possibilities, regardless of whether a decision has been made about the policy or if the document will be used.”… The leaked memo was met with approval... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405873/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:51:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405722/posts The Land of Lincoln may still be licking its wounds–and certain real estate transactions–over Chicago’s losing the Olympics to Rio, but the Obama Administration has delivered up a small consolation prize: the state’s very own federal prison for terrorists. Big Government has received what is claimed to be a leaked DOJ memo that was allegedly sent yesterday from Eric Holder’s Department of Justice to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Memo below: Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405722/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:05:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389528/posts War On Terror: Sen. Dick Durbin calls a plan to transfer 100 Guantanamo detainees to northwest Illinois "a dream come true." It would paint a bull's-eye on America's heartland in time for the 2012 Iowa caucuses. It seems the question of where to put the Guantanamo detainees is being settled as we speak, with liberal Democrats in the very blue state of Illinois welcoming them with open arms and outstretched hands for the federal dollars that will come with them. Federal officials last Friday inspected the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill., a town of 500 on the Iowa border,... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389528/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:48:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405597/posts The heat is rising against the Justice Department's mishandling of the voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party and three of its members. The last thing Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. needed was for the party's national chieftain to resurface in Mr. Holder's defense, but that's exactly what Malik Zulu Shabazz, the party chairman, did on Dec. 4. It says a lot about the Obama Justice Department that it is being promoted by a Black Panther. In doing so, Mr. Shabazz refocused the spotlight on the fact that he was one of the original defendants for whom... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405597/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:04:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404562/posts Congress -- and possibly Citigroup -- may be gearing up to start funding the organized crime syndicate ACORN again. The current federal funding ban expires Dec. 18. On Tuesday evening the House Appropriations Committee rejected on a party line vote of 9 to 5 an amendment offered by Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) that would have blocked federal funding of the radical advocacy group. The amendment was needed because the Obama administration thumbed its nose at a provision in spending legislation that banned ACORN funding until the end of next week. In a ruling revealed late last month by the Justice... American spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404562/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:53:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405029/posts The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, frustrated by the Justice Department's failure to explain the dismissal of charges against New Black Panther Party members who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place during last year's elections, has subpoenaed the department demanding records showing how the case was handled... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405029/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:02:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405011/posts Dear Supporters, Last Saturday, thousands of people took to the streets of New York City to protest Attorney General Eric Holder's outrageous plan to transfer 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other admitted war criminals to the United States for trial in a civilian court in New York City. The protest sent a clear message to the politicians in Washington: the terrorists who targeted innocent men, women and children and who were captured by our military on a foreign battlefield should not have the same rights and legal protections as American citizens. We will fight them all the way!watch... 911NeverForget.Us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405011/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:45:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404924/posts A year is too long to spend at a crime scene with people shooting at you. Attorney General Eric Holder made an "unannounced" visit with Assistant U.S. Attorneys in Manhattan yesterday about the planned prosecution there of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four additional 9/11 conspirators. Also yesterday, NBC New York spot polling indicated that 82% became furious when word leaked "a federal grand jury in New York is [secretly] now hearing evidence and testimony" as prosecutors seek a federal indictment of the five. Perhaps coincidentally, one 9/11 family member's commentary appeared and offered, "In four years, America can hold Obama... 911FamiliesForAmerica.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404924/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:34:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397107/posts Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 27% are not angry about the government's policies, including 10% who are Not at All Angry........ The data suggests that the level of anger is growing. The 71% who are angry at federal government policies today is up five percentage points since September. Even more stunning, the 46% who are Very Angry is up 10 percentage points from September. Rasmussen Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397107/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:02:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403824/posts The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, frustrated by the Justice Department's failure to explain the dismissal of charges against New Black Panther Party members who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place during last year's elections, has subpoenaed the department demanding records showing how the case was handled. David P. Blackwood, the commission's general counsel, said Tuesday in a letter to the Justice Department that efforts since June to obtain an explanation had proceeded "without any success" and the "dearth of cooperation" had prompted the commission to issue subpoenas. "We are both mindful of the sensitivity of the subject matter involved and... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403824/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:24:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399481/posts The second-in-command at the Justice Department is leaving his post, officials announced Thursday — making him the third top Obama legal official to announce his departure in recent weeks. Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden will return to private practice in February. White House General Counsel Greg Craig will step down in January, and Phillip Carter, a top Defense Department deputy assistant secretary dealing with detainee issues, has already left. Ogden, who managed the civil division during the Clinton administration, headed up President Barack Obama’s transition into office last year. In a statement, Ogden said that his tenure in the... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399481/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:00:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399140/posts When the Bush administration ran the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, career lawyers wanted to look into accusations that officials in one state had illegally intimidated blacks during a voter-fraud investigation. But division supervisors refused to “approve further contact with state authorities on this matter,” according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office auditing the activities of the division from 2001 to 2007. Congress is set to release that report, which did not identify the state in question, on Thursday as the House of Representatives takes up its first oversight hearing of the Civil Rights Division... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399140/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:04:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397792/posts The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, more commonly known as ACORN, has earned its notoriety. The New Orleans-based far-Left nonprofit network has been implicated in embezzlement, tax evasion, voter registration fraud and other criminal activity. In response, the Senate, House of Representatives, Census Bureau and IRS each have decided to cut off ACORN funding. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) may or may not join them, but an audit issued this month by its Office of Inspector General isn't likely to help the group's case. The audit, conducted at congressional behest, examined the size and nature of DOJ funding to ACORN and/or affiliated... NLPC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397792/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:25:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395710/posts The Justice Department has ruled that the federal government can honor some existing contracts to fund ACORN, despite a law barring the flow of all federal money to the beleaguered community group. David Barron, the acting assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, concluded in a five-page ruling that the funding ban signed by President Barack Obama in October as part of the legislative branch appropriations bill does not direct the Department of Housing and Urban Development to breach pre-existing contracts to pay ACORN. Much of ACORN’s federal funds come in the form of housing subsidies. The ruling,... Politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395710/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:35:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393677/posts Mollohan's leadership of Appropriations panel seen as possible conflictFor three years, Rep. Alan Mollohan has chaired the important Appropriations subcommittee that controls the Justice Department's $65 billion budget. At the same time, he has been under a Justice Department investigation, according to documents and two sources briefed on the probe. The investigation has centered on the West Virginia Democrat's finances and nonprofits he created and helped fund in his district, and has put him in the unusual position of wielding control over an agency at the same time it is probing his conduct and contractors he helped while in office.... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393677/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:13:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391395/posts On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee met to question Attorney General Eric Holder about his decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in criminal courts rather than military tribunals. As the father of Todd Beamer, who died on United Airlines Flight 93, I was able to attend that hearing. What transpired caused me great concern and shook my confidence in our current administration....How can we be assured that these enemies will be found guilty? Given that criminal courts are now the presumed venue for those captured on the battlefield, will soldiers need to read them their rights at... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391395/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:17:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389726/posts I want to know more about who is advising you on these decisions. There are attorneys at the Justice Department working on this issue who either represented Guantanamo detainees, or worked for groups who advocated for them. This prior representation I think creates a conflict of interest problems for these individuals. Grassley brought up the case of Neal Katyal, who is now the Principal Deputy Solicitor General. Katyal, formerly a law professor at Georgetown University, worked on legal challenges to the Military Commission Act -- he represented Osama bin Laden's driver -- and is reportedly still working on detainee questions... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389726/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:06:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388560/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Home • Briefing Room • Presidential Actions • Executive Orders The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 17, 2009 Executive Order - Establishment of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to strengthen the efforts of the Department of Justice, in conjunction with Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local agencies, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes and other violations relating to the current financial crisis... WHITEHOUSE.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388560/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:36:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387942/posts "Soldier of Allah" NIDAL MALIK HASAN How do we know that the attack at Fort Hood was an act of Islamist terrorism? Simple, Major Nidal Hassan told us so. Hasan is the first terrorist in history to give an academic lecture explaining why he was about to attack. Yet that still isn’t enough for too many people—including the president of the United States--to understand that the murderous assault at Fort Hood was a Jihad attack. Hisan's Powerpoint Presentation on Jihad "Soldier of Allah" SHEIKH MUBARAK GILANI Gilani, whose organizations oversee 35 jihadist training camps in 22 states in America, is... Atlas Shrugs and The Rubin Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387942/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:58:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386731/posts Some critics say a civilian trial -- instead of a military tribunal -- for self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his accomplices could end up targeting the Bush administration and its anti-terror policies. The Obama administration, in deciding to try alleged Sept. 11 conspirators in a New York courtroom, has said it is setting its sights on convictions, but some critics say a civilian trial -- instead of a military tribunal -- could end up targeting the Bush administration and its anti-terror policies. One of those five defendants, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has been at the center of the... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386731/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:44:36 GMT