On AlterNet: justice department
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Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2009.
The New York Republican refuses to acknowledge the gruesome implications (and facts) of the previous administration's torture program.
Agence France Presse July 28, 2009.
Grants totaling $1 billion will be awarded to some 1,046 law enforcement agencies in 50 states according the Justice Department.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. July 3, 2009.
Former Bush administration officials say documents detailing Cheney's involvement must remain secret. The Obama administration agrees! Hopey changey!
Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 10, 2009.
A major allergy and respiratory management company knowingly produced flawed clinical trials of FDA approved drugs currently on the market.
Scott Horton, The Daily Beast. April 28, 2009.
Obama insists America must "look forward" on the question of torture and accountability, but we're far from closure.
John W. Dean, Find Law. April 6, 2009.
Holder has placed all federal prosecutors on notice that his Justice Department will play by the rules.
Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. March 12, 2009.
ACLU: "This new information underscores the need for full and immediate disclosure of the CIA's illegal interrogation methods."
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. March 11, 2009.
Experts say it's the first civil rights probe to focus on immigration enforcement.
Stuart Whatley, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 4, 2009.
A deal has been reached whereby Karl Rove will finally testify, under oath, before the House Judiciary Committee.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. February 19, 2009.
As the first African American leading the DOJ, Holder called for a national dialogue on race -- something the U.S. has generally avoided.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 31, 2008.
Bush's former attorney general appears to be trying to making some kind of comeback.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. November 30, 2008.
"I'd like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace."
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. November 26, 2008.
But the Minnesota Democrat's latest hurdle to a U.S. Senate seat might affect the GOP's senate candidate in Georgia's upcoming runoff election.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: PEEK. October 29, 2008.
Pennsylvania ordered to provide emergency paper ballots while the Justice Department backs away from White House request to push for Ohio voter files.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: PEEK. October 25, 2008.
The White House has forwarded a letter from congressional Republicans asking the Attorney General to intervene in the Ohio voter registration fight.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 23, 2008.
On the eve of the 2008 election, the Department leaks a FBI probe of ACORN but remains silent on widespread voter intimidation tactics.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 17, 2008.
From the FBI to Ohio county prosecutors, GOP-connected lawmen are seeking to scare new voters.
Staff, Talking Points Memo AlterNet: Video. October 15, 2008.
The return of former Bush Justice Dept. official Hans Von Spakovsky.
dday, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. August 22, 2008.
This time, in Mississippi.
Murray Waas, Huffington Post. August 6, 2008.
As the Bush era comes to a close, the Justice Department starts to question the administration's selective enforcement of voting rights law.
Susie Bright, AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. May 2, 2008.
Somewhere in Washington a U.S. Attorney is hard at work watching porn. Pun intended.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. April 2, 2008.
Thanks to Gonzales and Monica Goodling, applicants for civil service jobs were quizzed with personal questions that the DoJ can't legally ask.
Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. March 18, 2008.
Spitzer needed to go, but it wasn't the federal government's place to force him out.
Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. March 12, 2008.
Spitzer has absolutely no excuse. In the current political climate, selective prosecution is a fact of life.
Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 11, 2008.
This level of minutiae in the descriptions of the investigation suggests an FBI or USAtty's office source.
