Attorney General Eric Holder

 Attorney General Eric Holder will stay on the job for another year during President Obama’s second term, Fox News reports.

Citing senior administration officials, Fox News said Obama wants to prevent a mass exodus from his administration at the end of his first term.

That follows news that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to leave soon.

Among those mentioned a potential replacements are Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Steve Neavling

A retired DEA agent was arrested on accusations of trying to buy sex from an undercover officer in Palm Bay, Florida, WDBO reports.

The former agent, David Costa, 76, was nabbed as part of a sting operation  undercover officers posing as prostitutes, WDBO reported.

“It just sometimes amazes me how many people go up to our undercover officers at any given time,” said Palm Bay police Sgt. Ron Lugo.

WDBO wrote that Costa approached the undercover officer and offered $10 for a sex act.

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Reno Gazette-Journal

The ongoing dispute between the Reno offices of the U.S. Attorney and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — a dispute that should have been resolved months ago in the interest of effective law enforcement — has gone from the absurd to the downright dangerous.

The rift, more than a year old, already has resulted in the near decimation of the Reno ATF office, with five of six agents transferring to other offices, the Reno Gazette-Journal’s Martha Bellisle has reported, when the U.S. Attorney’s office refused to prosecute cases prepared by the ATF. In at least one case, the Washoe County District Attorney’s Office has stepped in to prosecute.

On Sunday, Bellisle reported the ATF is no longer picking up weapons purchased by nearly three dozen people who failed to pass a background check required by federal law. The ATF doesn’t have sufficient personnel to meet its most basic responsibilities, leaving guns in the hands of people who aren’t allowed to have them, most often because they’ve been convicted of felonies.

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Joseph Stalin

The FBI monitored Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s only daughter after she defected to the United States in 1967, newly declassified documents show, the Associated Press reports.

The documents show FBI agents were gathering information to find out how Lana Peters’ arrival to the U.S. was affecting relations with other countries.

One source said the impact was “profound.”

“Our source opined that the United States Government exhibited a high degree of maturity, dignity and understanding during this period,” according to the memo, the AP wrote. “It cannot help but have a profound effect upon anyone who is considering a similar solution to an unsatisfactory life in a Soviet bloc country.”

Peters lived a relatively quiet life before she died in a nursing home in 2011.

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A CBP officer who bought guns at local sporting goods stores for other people and then lied about it was sentenced Monday to fives years on probation, the Associated Press reports.

Manuel Eduardo Pena had faced up to five years in prison after prosecutors say he bought hunting rifles for other people and lied to authorities when asked about it, the AP reported.

A federal jury convicted Pena in August of two counts of making a false statement on a firearms record and one count of making a false statement to a federal authority.

The AP wrote that Pena is on unpaid leave.

The FBI announced Monday night that it had busted four men -, including one who served in the Air Force —  who allegedly plotted to join Qaeda and the Taliban to commit “violent jihad” and bomb military bases and government facilities,  the Los Angeles Times reported.

The four men had ties to southern California.

A criminal complaint alleges that one of the men Sohiel Omar Kabir, 34, traveled in July to Afghanistan, where he arranged for terrorist training to be conducted with Al Qaeda and Taliban operatives.

The complaint, according to the LA Times, also alleged that Kabir introduced Ontario, Calif. resident Ralph Deleon, 23, and Upland, Calif., resident Miguel Alejandro Santana, 21, to “radical and violent Islamic doctrine.”

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The job market may be suffering in Detroit, but not at its FBI office.

The FBI is searching for special agents, intelligence analysts and interns to work at its field office in Detroit, WWJ reports.

“We’re looking for special agents who have either an extended degree or a degree with at least three years work experience. We’re looking for interns who are either in grad school or will be juniors next year,” Special Agent Laura Watters said told WWJ. ”And for the intelligence position, we’re looking for folks who are ready to move on, possibly relocating in March when the position is posted.”

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