Processing Distortion with Peter B. Collins: Obama, Holder Sharply Curtail Press Freedom
Peter B. Collins Presents Pulitzer Prize Winner David Cay Johnston
Eric Holder
Despite Obama Statements, Justice Dept. Ranked Mortgage Fraud as Low Priority
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | March 17, 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has treated mortgage fraud cases as a low priority, even though President Barack Obama promised to crack down on such crimes in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
Palestinians sue US groups over support for settler attacks
Palestinians sue US groups over support for settler attacks
Children walk past Hebrew-language graffiti reading “price tag,” referring to settler attacks on Palestinian property.(Wagdi Eshtayah / APA images)
Charlotte Silver -The Electronic Intifada
House Judiciary investigating whether Attorney General Holder lied under oath
By Jonathan Easley – The Hill – 05/28/13
The House Judiciary Committee is investigating whether Attorney General Eric Holder lied under oath during his May 15 testimony on the Justice Department’s (DOJ) surveillance of reporters.
US attorney claims no knowledge of AP phone taps
RT | May 16, 2013
US Attorney General Eric Holder has claimed he was unaware of the subpoenas for AP’s phone records, but defended them as a necessary measure. Holder recused himself from the case that has been branded as an “unprecedented intrusion” into press freedom.
US: Justice Department secretly seized AP reporters’ phone records
By Brendan Sasso and Jordy Yager – The Hill - 05/13/13
Federal prosecutors secretly obtained two months’ worth of telephone records of Associated Press journalists in what the news agency described Monday as a “massive and unprecedented intrusion.”