http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/justicedepartment/ en-us Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:29:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386104/posts What’s Holder’s hold-up? One major factor of course is that ACORN serves as a taxpayer-funded Democrat army. As with unions, it behooves Democrats to ignore corruption amongst the ranks of the powerful forces that elect them. What appears on the surface to be mere political payback for a job well done is in fact much more insidious. One family’s involvement with ACORN and the Obama administration is of particular interest BIGGOVERNMENT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386104/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:29:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356817/posts Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder, has apparently hired a cadre of left-wing, Democrat campaign bloggers to troll through the Internet looking for news stories and blog posts that denigrate the Obama agenda. After such websites are found it is the job of these secret lefty bloggers to leave comments that come to the support of Obamaism in the comments sections. It seems that Eric Holder has created his own little propaganda unit in a valiant effort to become the Bloggi Riefenstahl of the Obama era. As reported at The Muffled Oar, a blog that first broke the story of Holder's... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356817/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:23:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355736/posts Federal authorities have opened an investigation into allegations of “discriminatory policing” by the Suffolk County Police Department over how officers responded to reports of crimes against Latinos, a Justice Department spokesman said Monday. Latino residents and their advocates have accused the police in that Long Island county of systematically failing to fully investigate allegations of assaults on Latinos. After the highly publicized stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant last November — prosecutors said that his attackers were driven by prejudice against Latinos — residents stepped forward with accounts of other attacks they believed were racially motivated. Some of those cases... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355736/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 05:51:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333899/posts South Phila. Native: ‘I Am A Believer In The Voting Rights Act’ Rep. Frank Wolf R- Va., told The Bulletin in an exclusive interview, that he fully intends to learn why Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit — for which they already obtained a judgment — against two members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense for violation of the Voting Rights Act that occurred last Election Day in North Philadelphia. Mr. Wolf is the ranking member of the House subcommittee, which has jurisdiction of the Dept. of Justice (DOJ). He is an unapologetic staunch... The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333899/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:07:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329700/posts Calls Dismissal of New Black Panther Case “Corrosive to Rule of Law” An August 10, 2009 letter sent to Attorney General Eric Holder by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, contained a stinging rebuke to the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ). A footnote in the letter states that the explanation for the dismissal of a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (NBP) “is even more corrosive to the rule of law than the dismissal without comment.” The DOJ filed a lawsuit in January under the Voting Rights Act against ... Tea Time Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329700/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 20:08:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306685/posts ... It is therefore surprising that in the first seven months of the Obama administration, a series of hyper-partisan decisions, questionable appointments, and the inexplicable dismissal of a high-profile voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther party have once again fanned suspicions that the Justice Department is a pawn in partisan political battles. ... Sitting in his Capitol Hill office, Texas Republican Lamar Smith, the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, speaks in careful, clipped sentences, rephrasing at times to convey precisely what he means. His irritation is apparent. "The whole concern here is an administration that would... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306685/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:24:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2305238/posts Three Black Panthers, Minister King Samir Shabazz, Malik Zulu Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were charged in a civil complain in the final days of the Bush administration with violating the voter rights act by using coercion, threats and intimidation. Shabazz was seen holding a nightstick or baton that prosecutors said he pointed at people and menacingly tapped it. The men hurled racial slurs at both blacks and whites. Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2305238/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:32:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277641/posts The potential loss of tens of billions of dollars in damages is not what the Saudis fear most, should the Supreme Court allow this lawsuit to move forward. Way down in the Washington Times' article today about the Obama administration irking 9/11 families by asking the Supreme Court to deny their appeal of a ruling barring a lawsuit against Saudi princes was this gem: "A Justice Department spokesman said the administration held the meetings to hear from family members and declined to discuss details. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said that while he sympathized with the families, the State... 911FamiliesForAmerica.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277641/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276622/posts Executive Order 13493 on Jan. 22 appointed Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. co-chairman of the Special Task Force on Detainee Disposition, the interagency group charged with determining the status of persons captured or apprehended in connection with armed conflicts and counterterrorism operations. But according to Justice Department regulations, Mr. Holder is required to recuse himself from certain detainee matters because his law firm represented the detainees. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276622/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:41:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273683/posts But I see your true colors Shining through Cyndi Lauper, 1984 President Barack Hussein Obama received the votes of the Howard Dean wing of the Democratic Party, the fringe leftists, because they thought he was going to enact their vision of “civil liberties.” They believed he would undo what they said were the Bush’s authoritarian policies and hypocrisy. So far during his short tenure in office President Barack Hussein Obama has: • Continued the Bush’s policy of invoking “state secrets” to dismiss a lawsuit about a CIA extraordinary rendition case. • Continued Bush’s policy of not allowing prisoners at Bagram... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273683/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:39:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262112/posts Only one congressman has the courage to ask why the Justice Department dropped the case. http://www.thebulletin.us/articles/2009/06/01/top_stories/doc4a23b1ae4c1bd410553609.txt The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262112/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 13:43:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251827/posts The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts directed employees earlier this month not to log onto the Drudge Report website with government-issued computers due to potential viruses on the site. In an e-mail message sent May 4, Paul Harvey, an information-technology official for the Boston office, wrote that security specialists with the U.S. Attorney’s Office at the Department of Justice asked them “to reformat/reimage two computers because the user visited the drudgereport.com site.” “Please avoid the Drudgereport website from the [United States Attorney’s Office] computers,” Harvey wrote. Harvey said that if employees had a “work-related reason to visit the site,” access... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251827/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 20:34:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249626/posts From White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs’s press briefing today: Q ... Is this something that is being considered, by the president, for reversal? Or is this the policy that will go forward? And does he have any anxiety about the potential consequences of the release of these photographs? MR. GIBBS: Well, obviously the president has great concern about any impact that pictures of potential detainee abuse, in the past, could have on the present-day service members that are protecting our freedom either in Iraq, Afghanistan or throughout the world. That's something the president is very cognizant of. And we are... The Blog @ TWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249626/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 23:06:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245172/posts Link Only:http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20090505_Weldon_probe_may_be_over____without_indictment.html Philadelphia Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245172/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 09:37:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242911/posts The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. Attorney General of the United States United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 Dear Attorney General Holder: This letter is respectfully submitted to inform you that I must decline the invitation to participate in the May 4 roundtable meeting the President’s Task Force on Detention Policy is convening with current and former prosecutors involved in international terrorism cases. An invitation was extended to me by trial lawyers from the Counterterrorism Section, who are members of the Task Force, which you are leading. The invitation email (of April 14) indicates... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242911/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 22:14:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227295/posts The Justice Department has secured more than three dozen bribery-related convictions in the awarding of reconstruction contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. At least 25 theft investigations are underway. SNIP In a federal indictment last month, prosecutors alleged that (Capt. Michael Dung) Nguyen managed to skim more than $690,000 in cash as the civil affairs officer overseeing millions of dollars intended for reconstruction projects and payments to private Iraqi security forces northeast of Baghdad. The 28-year-old West Point graduate is accused of packing stacks of cash into boxes and mailing them to his family's home in Beaverton, OR. LAT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227295/posts#comment Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:02:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219670/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has decided to drop all charges against former Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens amid charges of prosecutorial misconduct, NPR reported on Wednesday, citing Justice officials. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219670/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:43:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191481/posts Detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan cannot use US courts to challenge their detention, the US says. The justice department ruled that some 600 so-called enemy combatants at Bagram have no constitutional rights. Most have been arrested in Afghanistan on suspicion of waging a terrorist war against the US. The move has disappointed human rights lawyers who had hoped the Obama administration would take a different line to that of George W. Bush. ... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191481/posts#comment Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:58:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2182329/posts February 10, 2009 Part Two: Islam in American Prisons By Kathy Shaidle RightSideNews Copyright © 2009 "One in 10 inmates behind bars turns to Islam." It was small story in a local newspaper called the Daily Herald out of Everett, Washington, but it spread quickly around the internet, thanks to that startling claim. The paper's February 2009 investigation declared that so-called "prison Islam" was the fastest-growing religious group in U.S. correctional facilities. Some of those worshippers claim affiliation with the Nation of Islam (NOR), a black separatist movement that was launched and promoted by two convicts, Elijah Mohammed and his... Right Side News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2182329/posts#comment Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:07:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2186119/posts NEVER-BEFORE-REVEALED TERRORIST TRAINING VIDEO EXPOSES 35 COMPOUNDS ON AMERICAN SOILBy Steve Foley - Posted on February 9th, 2009 Press Release from the Christian Action Network “Act like you are his friend. Then kill him.” – Sheik Muburak Gilani explaining how to kill American infidels Washington, DC—Christian Action Network will show Homegrown Jihad at the Landmark Theater in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2009, at 7:30 pm. There is no charge to attend the viewing. Copies can also be obtained at www.christianaction.org. The American public was never supposed to know. The 2006 Justice Department document that exposes 35 terrorist training compounds... The Minority Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2186119/posts#comment Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:57:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178876/posts The leading candidate to head the Justice Department office that oversees legal policy and judicial nominations recently has been a lobbyist for several business clients, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and would require a waiver from the Obama administration's recently imposed ethics rules. The likely nominee to head Justice's Office of Legal Policy, Mark Gitenstein, worked as a lobbyist for the chamber between 2000 and 2008, helping his firm earn more than $6 million in fees, according to federal lobbying records. Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178876/posts#comment Thu, 5 Feb 2009 14:06:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160022/posts As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama won applause from legal adversaries of the recording industry. Stanford law professor Larry Lessig, the doyen of the "free culture" movement, endorsed the Illinois senator, as did Google CEO Eric Schmidt and even the Pirate Party. That was then. As president-elect, one of Obama's first tech-related decisions has been to select the Recording Industry Association of America's favorite lawyer to be the third in command at the Justice Department. And Obama's pick as deputy attorney general, the second most senior position, is the lawyer who oversaw the defense of the Copyright Term Extension Act--the... CNet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160022/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jan 2009 03:17:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2158990/posts In the summer of 1984, 10th-grader Irwin Nanofsky and a friend were driving down the Apalachee Parkway on the way home from baseball practice when they were pulled over by a police officer for a minor traffic infraction. After Nanofsky produced his driver’s license the police officer asked permission to search the vehicle. In less than two minutes, the officer found a homemade pipe underneath the passenger’s seat of the Ford Aerostar belonging to the teenage driver’s parents. The minivan was seized, and the two youths were taken into custody on suspicion of drug possession. Illegal possession of drug paraphernalia... The Crit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2158990/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:07:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148914/posts 12.10.08 VIDEO: Secretary of State Mark Ritchie discusses the Recount of the 2008 Senate Race in Minnesota between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. These remarks are part of a forum held on "The Minnesota Tradition of Fair Elections" hosted by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. 12.12.08 VIDEO: Ritchie On Counting Improperly Rejected Absent Ballots # # # # # 11.20.08 VIDEO: Minnesota Majority (Standing Together for Traditional Values) blasts commie Soros puppet SOS Mark Ritchie. Announce they are filing a formal complaint with the U.S.... Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs/Others http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148914/posts#comment Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:36:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134116/posts According to Newsweek President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the presidential transition. Holder, who served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration, still has to undergo a formal “vetting” review by the Obama transition team before the selection is final and is publicly announced, said one of the sources, who asked not to be identified talking about the transition process. But in the discussions over the past few days,... KISN-FM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134116/posts#comment Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:41:53 GMT