Eric Holder
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee about the FBI's proposed budget estimates for FY2014 on Capitol Hill May 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Eric Holder has tapped the FBI to lead an investigation into allegations that the Internal Revenue Service gave extra scrutiny to tax exemption requests from conservative organizations with names including 'Tea Party' and 'Patriot.'
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We are in the process of speaking to that ... We have a rollout that will be happening relatively soon.
I don't know ... I was recused from the case.
I have to say that this is among, if not the most serious, in the top two or three most serious leaks that I’ve ever seen ... It put the American people at risk — and that is not hyperbole.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Holder defends subpoenas for AP telephone records
-- Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press as he stood by an investigation in which he insisted he had no involvement.Pestered by Read more »
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Attorney General defends Justice Department's secret probe of AP phone records
General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he had played no role in it, saying it was justified as part of an investigation into a grave national security leak.The Read more »
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Rand Paul filibuster blocks vote for John Brennan nomination to CIA top spot
son of former Texas congressman and libertarian leader Ron Paul , offered to cease if President Barack Obama or Attorney General Eric Holder issued a statement assuring that drones would not be used in the United States to kill terrorism suspects who are U.S. Read more »
Around the web
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Don’t dismiss drones’ abilities to be an ethical weapon of war
— In a press conference last week, Attorney General Eric Holder was asked what he planned to do to increase the Obama administration’s transparency with regard to the drones program. “We are in the process of speaking to that,” Holder said. “We have a rollout 3:42 AM from The Register Guard Read more »
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Obstruction of justice, Holder-style
Obama and his minions, much as was true with the Chinagate scandal during the Clinton years, summoned Attorney General Eric Holder into action. Announcing that he had commenced a criminal investigation of IRS-gate, Holder, as he and Attorney General Janet 5/18/13 from Renew America Read more »
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Politico Ignores WaPo Story on Govt.-AP Timing Discussions About Publishing Scoop Which Led to DOJ Phone Record Snooping
PR-oriented behavior of the Obama administration described in the WaPo pair’s story, along with the AP’s Sherman’s claim that Eric Holder’s Department of Justice didn’t obtain the phone records until “earlier this year,” would lead anyone, apparently except 5/18/13 from BizzyBlog Read more »
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How the IRS scandal unfolded
for the AP. It was not clear if the records also included incoming calls or the duration of the calls. Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records as he stood from Baxter Bulletin Read more »
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Eric Holder: idiot zen master
In his recent testimony before Congress, US Attorney General Eric Holder, the so-called highest law-enforcement officer in the land, responded to questions about the AP scandal. Holder's Justice Dept. had secretly subpoenaed and seized the phone records of from NewsTarget - Natural Health & Wellness News Read more »
