Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder defended the secret gathering of telephone records at the Associated Press on Wednesday, citing a serious national security leak, the AP reports. Grilled by Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House, Holder testified that he has faith in those conducting the investigation and recused himself from the case…
By Sari Horwitz and William Branigin Washington Post WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that he recused himself from involvement in a Justice Department leak investigation that secretly acquired telephone records of Associated Press journalists. But in response to questions at a news conference, he defended the department’s conduct in probing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Nixonian-like probing by the IRS into conservative organizations is causing a stir. The Washington Post reports that Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered a criminal into the matter. “I have ordered an investigation to be done,” Holder said Tuesday. ”The FBI is coordinating with the Justice Department to see if…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Last time I checked, John Mitchell of the Nixonian era was no longer our Attorney General. But you’d be hard pressed not to feel that the crooked Mitchell was heading up the Justice Department, which we now learn, secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Last time I checked, John Mitchell of the Nixonian era was no longer our Attorney General. But you’d be hard pressed not to feel that the crooked Mitchell was heading up the Justice Department, which we now learn, secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder said he’s prevented the furloughs of prison staffers nationwide to protect prison staff, inmates and the public, the Associated Press reports. Holder prevented the furloughs of some 38,000 employees at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons by moving $150 million from from Justice Department account, the AP wrote. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two corporate-style jets that the FBI insisted it needed for the global fight against terrorism are primarily being used for personal and business trips by Attorney General Eric Holder, the former AG and FBI Director Robert Mueller, the Washington Guardian reports. Taxpayers financed “non-mission flights” on the luxury Gulfstream V jet to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com 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…
