Seeking Tough Justice in Probes into Financial Institutions, But Settling for Empty Promises

By Jesse Eisinger  ProPublica  Don’t get too excited about bank indictments. The Justice Department is talking tough. In an unusually frank video statement, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. proclaimed that he was personally overseeing major financial investigations and that his department was poised to bring charges against several large institutions. The United States attorney in Manhattan,…

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Seeking Tough Justice in Probes of Financial Institutions, But Settling for Empty Promises

By Jesse Eisinger  ProPublica  Don’t get too excited about bank indictments. The Justice Department is talking tough. In an unusually frank video statement, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. proclaimed that he was personally overseeing major financial investigations and that his department was poised to bring charges against several large institutions. The United States attorney in Manhattan,…

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Former Israeli Ambassador: FBI Never Scolded Foreign Diplomats for Widespread Spying Since 9/11

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Trying to combat published reports that the FBI has scolded Israeli diplomats dozens of times for spying on American intelligence since 9/11, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. said the allegations were baseless. The Jerusalem Post reported that the former ambassador, Michael Oren, insisted the relationship between the two countries has…

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Arizona Republic Editorial: Border Patrol Has Reckless Accountability That Should Worry Everyone

By The Arizona Republic Editorial  The Border Patrol’s opaque approach to law enforcement and its reckless lack of accountability does not just affect undocumented border crossers. It’s your problem, too. The latest example of how bad things are comes from the American Immigration Council, which examined 809 complaints of abuse filed against the Border Patrol….

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