Browsing All posts tagged under »Attorney General Eric Holder«

Gitmo North Returns: Obama’s Shady Prison Deal

December 4, 2012 by

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By Michelle Malkin ~ If you thought President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder had given up on closing Guantanamo Bay and bringing jihadists to American soil, think again. Two troubling developments on the Gitmo front should have every American on edge. The first White House maneuver took place in October, while much of the […]

Univision Scoops Big Leftmedia

October 3, 2012 by

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The Foundation “I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” –Thomas Jefferson Editorial Exegesis “We may never know how many deaths, kidnappings and other criminal activities were facilitated by more than 2,000 weapons that were allowed to ‘walk’ into Mexico under the Obama […]

MSNBC Host Harris-Perry Suggests Democrats Dump Blue Dogs for a ‘More Easily Corralled’ Caucus

July 3, 2012 by

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By Tim Graham ~ On Sunday morning’s Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC, the host noted angrily that 17 Democrats voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to produce documents in the Fast & Furious scandal. Harris-Perry brought on Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, to […]

A Busy and Dreadful Week for the Court + More

June 29, 2012 by

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  Today we take a look at several big rulings handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. These include the travesty of a decision upholding ObamaCare, the assault on the sovereign state of Arizona, the ever-evolving definition of “cruel and unusual punishment” with regard to the sentencing of minors, and campaign cash in Montana. The […]

Watergate Redux

June 21, 2012 by

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By Alan Caruba ~ So now the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, voting along party lines (23-17), has cited Attorney General Holder for contempt of Congress. If you are old like me, this has such a familiar feel to it. This is Watergate Redux. It was June 1972—almost exactly forty years ago—when the bungler-burglars […]

Fast and Furious: Covering up the Death of a U.S. Agent

June 21, 2012 by

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By Hans von Spakovsky ~ Todd Gaziano has outlined at the Foundry the legal doctrine of executive privilege that President Obama has asserted in the congressional investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. The most important part of that doctrine to understand is that a President cannot assert executive privilege for the purpose of hiding wrongdoing […]

Titanic II — Obama’s Second Term + More

June 15, 2012 by

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The Patriot Post  Digest The Foundation “It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. … For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, […]

Is Fast and Furious the Next Watergate?

May 6, 2012 by

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By Alan Caruba ~ When suspects in a crime are interrogated, they often develop memory loss. When the crime is running guns to drug cartels on both sides of the border, the crime involves the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol officer, Brian Terry, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, Jaime Zapata, and countless Mexican citizens. […]

The World After Kim Jong Il + More

December 21, 2011 by

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The Patriot Post  Chronicle   The Foundation “States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” –Alexander Hamilton Editorial Exegesis “When President George W. Bush included North Korea in his ‘Axis of Evil’ along with Iraq and Iran, he was […]

Holder, Blago, Richardson: Triangle of Sleaze

December 10, 2011 by

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By Michelle Malkin It was a rough week for the corruptocracy. White House officials better ho-ho-hold on tight because the sleigh ride isn’t going to get any smoother. On Wednesday, disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, D-Ill., received a 14-year prison sentence for scheming to sell President Barack Obama’s Senate office, along with several other pay-for-play […]

Senators to Obama, DHS: Stop Ignoring Illegal Alien Sanctuaries

November 29, 2011 by

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By Jim Kouri, CPP. With a Justice Department fiercely focusing on taking legal action against state laws that help to combat illegal aliens and crimes they commit, a group of U.S. Senators is asking the Obama Administration to stop ignoring local ordinances that undermine federal laws by offering undocumented aliens sanctuary. Two cities were recently […]

When Government Knows No Limitation

October 30, 2011 by

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By Frank Salvato I was once told by someone involved in a federal investigation not to let any identified federal law enforcement officer into your house without: a) a warrant, and, b) your lawyer present. At the time this notion seemed a bit less than cooperative, to wit: shouldn’t law abiding citizens be able to […]

Obama’s ‘Jobs’ Bill Going Down in Flames + More

October 14, 2011 by

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The Patriot Post  Digest The Foundation “In planning, forming, and arranging laws, deliberation is always becoming, and always useful.” –James Wilson Government & Politics Obama’s ‘Jobs’ Bill Going Down in Flames On Sept. 8, Barack Obama made yet another speech to a joint session of Congress. In it, he demanded that they pass his latest […]

Issa Subpoenas Holder for Fast and Furious Documents

October 13, 2011 by

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By Lachlan Markay Citing recent revelations in the investigation into a failed sting operation against Mexican drug cartels, the House’s lead investigator served Attorney General Eric Holder with a subpoena on Wednesday, requesting a range of documents related to the cross-border law enforcement effort. “Top Justice Department officials, including Attorney General Holder, know more about […]

Wall Street Protests Against Liberty + More

October 10, 2011 by

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The Patriot Post  Brief The Foundation “To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation may be promoted.” –Alexander Hamilton Government “One of my favorite economics essays from which I’ve drawn bottomless […]

Playing Fast and Furious With the Facts + More

October 7, 2011 by

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The Patriot Post  Digest The Foundation “Facts are stubborn things.” –John Adams Government & Politics Playing Fast and Furious With the Facts “When did you first know about the program, officially called, I believe, ‘Fast and Furious’?” That question was asked of Attorney General Eric Holder in congressional testimony on May 3, 2011. Fast and […]

Screw Up, Move Up, Cover Up: The Fast and Furious Edition

September 1, 2011 by

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By Michelle Malkin There are now enough Operation Fast and Furious officials playing hide-and-seek in the Obama administration to fill a “rubber room.” That’s the nickname for taxpayer-subsidized holding pens, such as the ones in the New York City public schools, where crooked employees are separated from the system and paid to do nothing. Perhaps […]

Obama, Holder Pursuit of Sheriff Joe Arpaio Continues

June 7, 2011 by

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By Jim Kouri, CPP. The U.S. Attorney General and officials with the Justice Department last week boasted that it had entered into a court-enforceable agreement with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, resolving a longstanding dispute over access to information related to the department’s Title VI investigation of the […]

Why America is Less Safe

May 16, 2011 by

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Why America is Less Safe… …and What We Are Doing About It By Guy Rodgers, Executive Director, ACT! for America Osama bin Laden is dead, but America is less safe than it was three years ago. Why? Because the very interrogation techniques that provided valuable intelligence that led to our government finding bin Laden have […]

Terrorists Still On The Loose

May 9, 2011 by

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By Cliff Kincaid One of the popular topics of conversation in the media since the killing of Osama bin Laden has been how many other fugitives from justice are out there, waiting to be caught or terminated. Castro is hosting several of them. They include FALN terrorist leader William Morales and Black Liberation Army cop-killer […]

Bin Laden Operation: CIA Officers Praised for Their ‘Transgressions?’

May 4, 2011 by

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By Jim Kouri, CPP. No one expects the denizens of America’s newsrooms to remind Americans that the Obama Administration all but prosecuted those CIA officers who interrogated terrorism suspects — especially now that President Barack Obama and his minions are taking bows for the elimination of Osama bin Laden. However, some patriots remember the days […]

Should Eric Holder Be Fired?

April 19, 2011 by

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By American Congress for Truth Take Our Poll Now Allegations Leveled Against Attorney General Investigation Warranted Some Calling It Holder-Gate Last week, Pajamas Media contributor, Patrick Poole, broke an exclusive story claiming the Department of Justice (DOJ), late last year, squashed pending terror finance support indictments that were about to be issued by the US […]

Holder Backs Down on Trials for Terrorists at Gitmo

April 5, 2011 by

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By Jim Kouri, CPP. On the same day that President Barack Obama officially announced his intention to seek re-election in 2012, his Attorney General, Eric Holder, on Monday held a brief press conference at which he announced that the terrorism cases involving Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of conspiring to […]

We, the Unhyphenated Americans: Meet My People

March 5, 2011 by

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By Michelle Malkin My fellow Americans, who are “your people”? I ask because U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who is black, used the phrase “my people” in congressional testimony this week. It was an unmistakably color-coded and exclusionary reference intended to deflect criticism of the Obama Justice Department’s selective enforcement policies. It backfired. In pandering […]

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