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AG Holder: Whichever way SCOTUS goes, work continues

21 hours agoLGBT / Gay : Good As You

Attorney General Eric Holder: "There are, as we all know, two important decisions the Supreme Court must render in the coming days. Through our capable Solicitor General, and backed by the President, we have made our positions clear. Though we...

Eric E. Sterling: Obama's Justice Department Is Sending More People of Color to Prison on Drug Charges

You would think that Eric Holder, the first African American Attorney General, and Barack Obama, the first African American President, would be vigilant that there was no racial discrimination in the Justice Department of their Administration. You would think.

AG Holder Tied to Indicted Ga. Abortionist

Pro-life groups argue that Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department has been assiduous in its efforts to prosecute pro-life advocates who (legally) counsel women outside of abortion clinics, but considerably less dogged in prosecuting the abortionists inside -- and they are pointing to a recent revelation as a possible reason why. Show More Summary

Indicted Abortionist at Building Eric Holder’s Wife Owns Faces Trial

An indicted abortion practitioner who works at a abortion clinic in a building owner by Attorney General Eric Holder’s wife will face trial. Georgia-based abortion practitioner Tyrone Cecil Malloy was responsible for killing a patient in an abortion and he currently faces charges related to Medicaid fraud. A Georgia grand jury indicted Malloy on Medicaid [...]

Len Levitt: Kelly and Holder: A Midsummer's Tale

Here is the transcript of what could have been last week's telephone exchange between Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who informed Kelly of the White House's intercession in the Stop and Frisk lawsuit. Reader, be cautioned. It is not pretty.

Apple’s Activation Lock Feature May Be Partial Answer to Growing Theft Problem

As smartphone theft is on the rise, New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman and San Francisco district attorney George Gascón announced an initiative to push the tech industry to develop technologies to discourage theft and restrict the market for stolen handsets and tablets. They have created a new group, the Secure Our Smartphones Initiative (S.O.S), [...]

Washington Post: Eric Holder’s Kind Of An Awesome AG, Isn’t He?

Unsurprisingly, the authors of the letter to the editor served under Holder Eric Holder has been an excellent attorney general We were disappointed to read David Ignatius’s June 9 op-ed column, “A mediocre attorney general,” purporting to represent the views of a number of unnamed Washington lawyers about Attorney General Eric H. Show More Summary

Palin embraces SNL sketch, dishes out her own humor

(CNN) - There are so many scandals in Washington, Sarah Palin said, they could be lumped under the name of the botched gun-running sting that landed Attorney General Eric Holder in hot water long before the Benghazi, IRS or NSA stories came to light. "These scandals are coming at us so Fast and Furious," she […]

Top Former Justice Officials Defend Holder

A group of former senior officials of the Department of Justice is strongly defending Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. in response to a recent Washington Post column that criticized Holder's "mediocre performance" in the job. Holder is "a leader with...

Republicans say Holder will submit answers to leak questions next week

Washington (CNN) – Attorney General Eric Holder will send the House Judiciary Committee additional information next week to clarify his earlier testimony about reporters and leak investigations, according to Republican leaders of the panel. Show More Summary

EU gets assurances NSA isn’t spying on Europeans en masse

4 days agoTechnology : GigaOM

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has told EU commissioner of justice Viviane Reding that the NSA is primarily targeting U.S. citizens and suspected foreign terrorists in its data collection efforts.

Attorney General Eric Holder ‘Confident’ Edward Snowden Will Be Brought To Justice

Justice will be done, says Holder for “extremely damaging leaks” at the hands of Edward Snowden. Snowden is hiding in Hong Kong and the United States has launched a criminal investigation after the former CIA technical assistant blew the lid on the National Security Agency’s vast electronic surveillance operation. “This case is still under investigation [...]

Holder Says Prism Subject to Oversight

European Union and U.S. computing experts will work together to understand what has been done with European data gathered under the National Security Agency's Internet surveillance program Prism, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder said Friday.

EU justice commissioner on Prism: EU citizens' rights are not negotiable

Europe's justice commissioner will not sacrifice European citizens' rights for U.S. national security, she said Friday. Commissioner Viviane Reding spoke after meeting with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder after sending him a long list of questions regarding the U.S. Show More Summary

New York Government Demands Tech Companies Create A 'Kill Switch' For Stolen Smartphones

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading the charge in an effort to get smartphone manufacturers to implement some sort of "kill switch" to render electronics useless if stolen, reports the AP. Apparently, one in threeShow More Summary

Holder: Leaks damaged U.S. security

(CNN) - Attorney General Eric Holder called the leaks about U.S. surveillance programs "extremely damaging" and vowed justice for whoever disseminated the information. Appearing at a U.S.-European Union ministerial meeting Friday inShow More Summary

DOJ Delaying Prosecution of McConnell Bugger?

Why have Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department been dragging their feet in prosecuting Curtis Morrison, the Democrat activist who publicly admitted in a piece at Salon on May 31 that he secretly recorded Mitch McConnell...Show More Summary

DOJ Spent $58M on Conferences in 2012, Employs 558 Prison 'Recreation Specialists'

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) sent a bracing letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday accusing him of failing to redirect wasted money within the Department of Justice from frivolities to necessities. Pointing out that the Department...Show More Summary

DOJ Calls For Federal Oversight Of Stop-And-Frisk

If a federal district court finds New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk program unconstitutional, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder wants his agency to monitor the city police department. In a last-minute motion that left the city with little opportunity to respond, the Department of Justice disputes the city’s argument that a federal monitor is excessive, noting [...]

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