http://www.mainjustice.com/ Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:29:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en-us http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/15/nypd-replies-to-kessler/ Deputy commissioner says characterization of intel-gathering is wrong. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80483 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/15/nypd-to-ron-kessler-we-respect-constitution-and-courts/ The deputy commissioner for legal matters tells author Ron Kessler he's wrong about the department's intelligence gathering in mosques and relationship with the FBI. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80475 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/15/justices-chilling-overreaction/ Editorial: Damage to press freedom likely outweighs national security gain. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80472 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/15/spying-on-ap/ Editorial: This looks like a fishing expedition for sources and an effort to frighten off whistle-blowers. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80470 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/14/ap-responds-to-latest-doj-letter/ http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80464 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/14/justice-department-launches-irs-criminal-probe/ Eric Holder said today that the department has opened a criminal investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s inappropriate targeting of conservative and Tea Party groups. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80458 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/14/fcpa-guidance-summary-of-the-dojsec-handbook-from-ernst-young-llp/ The Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services practice for the Americas at Ernst & Young LLP provides a summary and analysis of the joint DOJ/SEC Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80404 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/14/big-brother/ This latest scandal may present the most serious threat to Obama’s reputation. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80402 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/14/holder-should-resign/ Commentary: This isn’t a time for letting processes play out. This is a time to take action. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80399 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/14/in-ap-leak-probe-holder-facing-first-real-scandal/ Left-leaning columnists and members of the media joined Republicans in demanding an explanation for the Justice Department's move to secretly obtain two months of telephone records from the Associated Press. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80398 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/13/sen-charles-grassley-statement-on-dojs-collection-of-associated-press-phone-records/ "The Obama administration needs to be transparent with its rationale for such a sweeping intrusion," the Iowa Republican said. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80396 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/13/sen-patrick-leahy-comment-on-dojs-collection-of-associated-press-phone-records/ "I am very troubled by these allegations and want to hear the government’s explanation," the Vermont Democrat said. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80394 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/13/doj-subpoenas-seizes-ap-phone-records-for-undisclosed-investigation/ The Associated Press said the Justice Department obtained records from phone lines assigned to AP offices and its reporters, which the news service described as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion." http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80392 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/13/judge-rejects-request-to-release-names-in-swartz-case/ Family members of Swartz, who committed suicide Jan. 11 while facing hacking charges, sought to make public the names of the federal prosecutors, law enforcement officials, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors and others involved in the case. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80374 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/13/behind-the-boston-bombing-case/ Commentary: Limits on FBI powers appear to strike right balance between safety and civil liberties. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80357 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/13/ex-arizona-congressman-going-on-trial-in-big-test-for-public-integrity-section/ A conviction of Rick Renzi would be a big consolation after the setbacks in the cases of Ted Stevens and John Edwards. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80340 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/13/holder-defends-the-role-of-federal-courts-in-trying-terrorism-cases-during-commencement-address/ The Attorney General told graduates at the University of California Berkeley School of Law that terrorism suspects should be tried in U.S. courts. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80339 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/13/utah-ag-should-resign/ Editorial: John Swallow cannot and should not continue representing Utah’s legal interests. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80335 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/13/indefinite-detention-of-justice/ Guantanamo Bay represents a painful legacy of American fear and excess. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80333 News http://www.mainjustice.com/2013/05/13/ban-solitary-confinement-of-youth/ Commentary: Tell Eric Holder to end the unhealthy practice. http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=80331 News