Atty. Gen. Holder Gets Grief in the Heartland; Protesters Interrupt Speech

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.  gets his fair share of grief inside the Beltway, particularly from Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee. But some of that grief on Friday came from elsewhere: the heartland. Minnesota Public Radio reported that Holder’s speech in Minneapolis at a conference on preventing youth violence…

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Juan Osun Gets Nod as Permanent Dir. of Justice Dept’s Exec. Office of Immigration Review

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Former Associate Deputy Attorney Juan Osuna, who has been acting director of the Director for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) at the Department of Justice will become the permanent director, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. “Having served with the department for over a decade, Juan has developed…

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Politicians Voice Opposition to the Axing of Justice Unit that Cracked Down on Adult XXX

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some conservative politicians — mostly Republicans but some Dems — are beating their chest over pornography. The politicians including Sen. Orin Hatch (R-Utah) signed a letter earlier this month that was sent to Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. complaining about the Justice Department shuttering its Obscenity Prosecution Task Force. The unit…

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Rep. Peter King Urges Atty. Gen. Holder to Go After WikiLeaks; Holder Says There’s “Active, Ongoing Criminal Investigation”

Update: Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. said the Justice Department will prosecute anyone found to have violated U.S. law in the leaks, the Associated Press reported.”To the extent that we can find anybody who was involved in the breaking of American law, who put at risk the assets and the people I have described, they…

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