Justice Department
Veteran Justice prosecutor to lead agency's internal ethics unit
Washington Post - 4 days agoA Veteran Justice Department prosecutor will head the agency's internal ethics unit, which polices misconduct involving department lawyers, officials said Thursday. This Story As applications drop, work on secret wiretaps grows, U.S. government…
Read more >>James Cole, Obama's Justice Nominee, Derailed By Senate GOP Amid Questions Over AIG Role
The Huffington Post - 5 days agoOver the last 30 years, no one has waited longer to take the number two position at the Justice Department. For over five months, James Cole, a lawyer and longtime friend of Attorney General Eric Holder, awaited a Senate vote on his nomination t…
Read more >>Last-Ditch Effort for Cole Confirmation Fails
Main Justice - 5 days agoA Republican senator on Wednesday rebuffed one last attempt to confirm Deputy Attorney General nominee James Cole before Congress adjourned, underscoring how intense political polarization in the Senate is now gumming up even nominations that typi…
Read more >>Halliburton settles Nigeria bribery case
UPI - 6 days agoPublished: Dec. 22, 2010 at 9:18 AM Halliburton will pay Nigeria $35 million to settle a Bribery case that led to charges against Richard Cheney and others, the company said. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch) HOUSTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Halliburton will pay…
Read more >>Julian Assange Picks a Media Fight With the Guardian
Daily Intel - 7 days agoPhoto: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Between the hacktivists' first information war and the United States's crusade to bring down Wikileaks, it's hard to keep the lines of battle surrounding Julian Assange straight. The mercurial whistle-blower muddie…
Read more >>DOJ's Holder: We didn't worry about homegrown terrorists two years ago?
Washington Examiner - 7 days agoIn a rare and wide-ranging interview, the Attorney General disclosed chilling, new details about the evolving threat of homegrown terror, and touched on topics ranging from Wikileaks to the Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. What was uppermost on his mi…
Read more >>Quiet deal on Obamas judge nominees in the Senate
The Daily Caller - 7 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a monthslong Blockade, Senate Republicans have agreed to let at least 19 of President Barack Obama’s non-controversial judicial nominees win confirmation in the waning days of the congressional session in exchan…
Read more >>Embattled Christians -- If You'll Forgive the Expression
National Review Online - 7 days agoRoss Douthat has a nice column today on the plight of believing Christians at Christmas time. An excerpt: In a sense, of course, there’s no better time to be a Christian than the first 25 days of December. But this is also the season when Am…
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