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Holder: We Didn't Lie About 'Fast and Furious'

He says charges are forthcoming against those who screwed up

(Newser) - Eric Holder angrily denied that the Justice Department was trying to hide anything about the botched "Operation Fast and Furious" program in his testimony before Congress today—and insisted that he'd had no knowledge of the gun-tracking operation. "There's no attempt at any kind of coverup,...

Online Hacking Group 'Anonymous' Deletes CBS Website, Takes Down Universal Music Site
 Anonymous Deletes CBS Site 
Jan 22, 2012 1:23 PM CST

Anonymous Deletes CBS Site

Hackers also take down Universal Music again

(Newser) - Those pesky online pirates known as Anonymous struck again today, knocking CBS.com offline for "a good period of time" and deleting all of its files, Gizmodo reports. Unlike earlier strikes this week against the Justice Department and the Motion Picture Association of America, the hackers actually deleted everything,...

BofA Pays $335M to Settle Claims Over Minority Loans

It's the largest fair-lending settlement in history

(Newser) - Bank of America's purchase of Countrywide in 2008 just got more expensive. BofA agreed today to pay $335 million to settle a Justice Department complaint that Countrywide discriminated against black and Hispanic home buyers. The Wall Street Journal calls it the "largest residential fair-lending settlement in history."...

Sheriff Joe Fires Back at Feds' Allegations

Discrimination case a 'witch hunt': lawyer

(Newser) - Arizona's embattled Sheriff Joe Arpaio is hitting back at Justice Department allegations that his office shows "a pervasive culture of discriminatory bias" against Hispanics. "Don't come to use me as a whipping boy for a national, international problem," he told reporters, saying he has "...

Feds: Sheriff Joe Violated Civil Rights

Arpaio conducted 'egregious' racial profiling: Justice Department

(Newser) - Tough times ahead for America's Toughest Sheriff : The Justice Department has accused Joe Arpaio of major civil rights violations. Arpaio's office committed what a top Justice official called the most egregious racial profiling he'd ever come across, the AP reports. Arpaio also conducted immigration "sweeps" prompted...

White House: We've Recovered $5.6B in Fraud

Cabinet secretaries to meet on wasteful spending

(Newser) - The Justice Department has managed to recover some $5.6 billion lost to fraud over the 2011 fiscal year, officials will announce today. Civil fraud accounted for some $3.4 billion, with the rest attributable to criminal fraud, insiders tell the Washington Post . Much of the money was recovered by...

FCC Moves to Block T-Mobile, AT&T Merger

Which means the government will have two cracks at stopping the deal

(Newser) - AT&T thought its muscular lobbying operation would ensure regulatory approval of its deal to buy T-Mobile , but it’s not working out that way. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski moved to block the merger yesterday, giving the government a second chance to break up the sale should an antitrust suit...

Merck Pays $950M to Settle Vioxx Charges

Feds accused company of illegal marketing

(Newser) - Drug maker Merck will pay $950 million to resolve investigations into its marketing of the painkiller Vioxx. The Justice Department said Merck will pay $321.6 million in criminal fines and $628.4 million as a civil settlement agreement. The company also will plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge that...

Feds Sue South Carolina Over New Immigration Law

State's proposed law is one of the nation's toughest

(Newser) - The federal government is suing South Carolina to put a stop to the state's tough new immigration law. US Attorney Bill Nettles said today the government wants a judge to stop enforcement of the legislation. The law requires that officers call federal immigration officials if they suspect someone is...

Oops: $16 Muffin Never Happened

Government auditor apologizes for headline-grabbing error

(Newser) - Remember how impossible it seemed that the government would pay $16 for a single muffin ? Well, apparently it was so impossible that it didn't really happen. The inspector general of the Justice Department apologized yesterday for the original report in September, saying it was all a misunderstanding, reports...

Court Blocks Parts of Alabama Immigration Law

Schools won't have to check legal status of kids

(Newser) - The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction today blocking two key provisions of Alabama’s controversial immigration law : the one requiring immigrants to carry special alien registration cards, and another forcing schools to check the immigration status of enrolling students. The court said the legal challenges against those...

Obama Mulls Release of Awlaki Memo
Obama Mulls Release of Awlaki Memo
Oct 11, 2011 7:51 AM CDT

Obama Mulls Release of Awlaki Memo

As al-Qaeda chides US for contradicting its own values

(Newser) - The Obama administration is currently debating whether to release a legal memo outlining its rationale for assassinating American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki without a trial. Some argue the disclosure could quiet questions about the killing, sources tell CNN , while others say the memo is too sensitive, since it refers to a...

Accessory to Murder? Holder Cries Foul on GOP Charge

Rhetoric on Fast and Furious program is out of hand, he tells Congress

(Newser) - When a congressman suggested that White House officials could be charged with accessory to murder over the botched Fast and Furious gun-tracking program , he apparently touched a nerve. Attorney General Eric Holder fired off an unusually aggressive five-page letter to Congress complaining about the "base" level of public discourse,...

US Asks Court to Block Alabama Immigration Law

Justice Department wants tough new measures stopped

(Newser) - The US government asked an appeals court today to halt the Alabama immigration law considered by many the toughest in the nation, saying it could have dire diplomatic consequences abroad, invites discrimination, and merely forces illegal immigrants into neighboring states. The motion, filed in the 11th US Circuit Court of...

Justice Department Memo Approved Killing of Awlaki

It gave the CIA the necessary written go-ahead

(Newser) - It's no secret that the White House gave the CIA its blessing last year to kill Anwar al-Awlaki despite his US citizenship, and the Washington Post today fleshes out more details on the move. It says the Justice Department analyzed the legal ramifications—specifically Awlaki's right to due...

Obama Goes on Offense Vs. Immigration Laws

Administration may challenge laws in a half dozen states

(Newser) - Even as Alabama’s stringent new immigration law takes effect today , the Obama administration is ramping up efforts to challenge it and other laws like it around the country. The administration has already sued Arizona and Alabama, its lawyers are talking with Utah officials about another suit there, and Georgia,...

$16 Government Muffins? It&#39;s a &#39;Myth&#39;
$16 Government Muffins?
 It's a 'Myth'
OPINION
Sep 22, 2011 4:39 PM CDT

$16 Government Muffins? It's a 'Myth'

Audtiors clearly aren't familiar with conference invoices: Kevin Drum

(Newser) - A recent government audit wagged its finger at the Justice Department for spending $16 on muffins. It's a great story, a classic case of government abuse—and almost certainly not true, writes Kevin Drum at Mother Jones . Yes, the invoices show the department spent $4,200 on 250 muffins...

Full Tilt Poker Was Ponzi Scheme: Feds

Poker celebs cheated users out of $300M: Justice Department

(Newser) - More trouble for Full Tilt Poker: The popular website cheated players out of $300 million while reaping hundreds of millions for a number of poker celebrities, the Justice Department says. The site brought in $444 million for luminaries of the game, including site execs Howard Lederer and Christopher Ferguson,...

Report Finds $16 Muffins at Justice Dept. Conferences
Report Finds $16 Muffins at Justice Dept. Conferences
what budget cuts?
Sep 20, 2011 1:15 PM CDT

Report Finds $16 Muffins at Justice Dept. Conferences

Budget cuts? What budget cuts?

(Newser) - One possible reason we’re broke: US Justice Department agencies like to spend extravagantly when it comes to conferences, to the tune of providing $16 muffins at one. (No, that is not a typo.) An audit released today found that the “costly meals, refreshments, and themed breaks” provided...

Société Générale Probed Over Role in Ponzi Scheme

Justice Dept. will probe whether subsidiary ignored suspicious transactions

(Newser) - The Justice Department has launched a criminal probe against a subsidiary of Société Générale that alleged Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford funneled money through, based on suspicions that it ignored some fishy transactions, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . A Société Générale spokesman confirmed...

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