Eric Holder

Eric Holder

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  AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

  The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone ... 

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  Obama acts on scandals; Republicans unsatisfied

  President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred ... 

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  Holder: Potential civil rights violations at IRS

  Attorney General Eric Holder says the FBI's criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service could include potential civil rights violations, ... 

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  Holder says he played no role in AP phone subpoena

  Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he ... 

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  Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe

  The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news ... 

• Holder: Civilian courts best to try terror cases

  Attorney General Eric Holder says those who argue that civilian courts are incapable of handling terrorism cases "are simply wrong." He says that ... 

• Judge orders mediation in Fast and Furious lawsuit

  A federal judge has ordered mediation in a lawsuit over congressional efforts to get records related to Operation Fast and Furious, a bungled federal ... 

• Appeals court reverses CIA drone secrecy ruling

  A federal appeals court Friday reversed a lower court ruling that allowed the CIA to refuse to confirm whether it had information on the use of ... 

• UN official urges US to fight new marijuana laws

  The head of the U.N. drug watchdog agency is urging U.S. federal officials to challenge the decriminalization of possessing small amounts of marijuana ... 

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  Holder promises more openness on national security

  Attorney General Eric Holder promised the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the Obama administration will share more information with ... 

• Justice Dept joins suit against Lance Armstrong

  The Justice Department joined a lawsuit Friday against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former seven-time Tour de France champion ... 

• US AG meets with Caribbean leaders in Haiti

  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder discussed regional crime with Caribbean leaders on Monday during a summit in Haiti. Holder talked with the leaders ... 

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  Transocean's $1.4B oil spill deal will help Gulf

  A $1.4 billion settlement between the Justice Department and Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean Ltd. will pump hundreds of millions of dollars ... 

• UBS to pay $1.5 billion over interest rate rigging

  The U.S. Justice Department says an international investment bank will pay more than $1.5 billion in penalties in three nations to resolve charges of ... 

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  48 nations join forces to fight online child abuse

  Forty-eight countries united Wednesday in a global alliance to fight child sexual abuse online, a cross-border crime that experts say is increasing ... 

• US, EU to help launch alliance against pedophilia

  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström will launch a global alliance targeting online ... 

• Long scandal highlights faults of British press

  Here are key developments in the phone hacking scandal involving segments of Britain's unruly press: November 2005: The News of the World tabloid ... 

• Western lawmakers seek probe of refineries

  Six Democratic senators representing states along the Pacific Coast asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate the role of oil refineries ...