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Obama Secrecy Watch II: A State Secrets Affidavit Straight from the Bush Era
When Attorney General Eric Holder invoked the “state secrets” privilege to quash a lawsuit alleging illegal National Security Agency spying last Friday night, his department
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We Kept America Safe
As one of President George W. Bush's top intelligence officials, Gen. Michael Hayden conceived the controversial warrantless-wiretapping program while head of the National Security Agency and then, in 2006, was sent to clean house at the Central Intelligence Agency. Hayden spoke recently to
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Feds’ Plan to Prosecute 25 Guantanamo Detainees in US Courts Offers Catharsis – and Security Challenges.
The Obama administration is developing plans to ship more than two dozen accused terrorists from Guantanamo to the United States so they can be placed on trial in four federal courts, according to two knowledgeable government officials, who asked not be be identified talking about the sensitive matter.
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10/22/2009BlogsFeds Crack Down on 'Robin Hood' Drug Cartel
Arnoldo Rueda Medina Photo by Gregory Bull / AP Attorney General Eric Holder announced this morning a massive nationwide crackdown against members of a bizarre Mexican drug cartel that officials say operates like a “quasi-religious” cult.
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10/19/2009BlogsWill the 'Merchant of Death' Walk?
…recently gotten the attention of top Obama administration officials. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder have both raised the issue with Thai government officials. And last week Deputy Attorney General David Ogden made the Bout …
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10/15/2009NationWelcome to Potopia
…it was outlawed, over the objections of the American Medical Association, in 1937. But in February, Attorney General Eric Holder stunned critics when he announced that the feds would cease raiding medical-marijuana dispensaries that are authorized under …
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10/15/2009NationThe Wild West of Weed
…all of Southern California. Today, L.A. is overrun with close to 1,000 of them. Ever since U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called off federal raids on dispensaries in February, the number of these businesses in L.A. has exploded in what's …
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10/14/2009PoliticsWill Democrats Keep Campaign Promises, or Committee Chairs?
…good graces. But Lieberman hasn't lived up to those expectations—he issued a statement criticizing Attorney General Eric Holder 's decision to investigate alleged Bush-era torture of terrorism suspects, and he just said he will not support the Baucus …
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