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22. The "Justice Department"
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 08:30 PM
Feb 2015

of this Trojan horse administration. Lest we forget:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025587151

So Eric Holder is finally resigning as Attorney General....

First, he refused to prosecute George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld for breaking the treaty against torture and the statutes that also prohibit it.

Second, he let Wall Street CEOs off the hook for messing around with mortgage derivatives, misleading investors and clients, and crashing our economy.

Third, he prosecuted more whistleblowers than any other Attorney General, and he used the hideous 1917 Sedition Act to go after them. He even pursued James Risen, the terrific New York Times reporter, threatening him with jail.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025586874

Justice declines to pursue allegations that CIA spied on Senate Intelligence Committee
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014843337

Obama DOJ Asks Court to Grant Immunity to George W. Bush For Iraq War
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11781446

NDAA on trial: Obama Administration DOJ fights ban on indefinite detention of Americans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101748688

DEA and DOJ Struck Deal with Mexico's Most Notorious Drug Cartel
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4410768
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-government-and-the-sinaloa-cartel-2014-1#ixzz2qKWem3w8

Chilling Legal Memo From Obama DOJ Justifies Assassination of US Citizens
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101654954

DOJ lied to Supreme Court about domestic surveillance
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140514/06214727229/doj-still-trying-to-hide-fact-it-flat-out-lied-to-supreme-court-about-domestic-surveillance.shtml

The Obama administration/DOJ war on whistleblowers and federal unions
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5586389

DOJ Mysteriously Quits Monsanto Antitrust Investigation
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021911441

Holder/Obama administration seeks to legalize lying in response to Freedom of Information requests.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5586380

NSA Phone Spying Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say ..
http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/1014542562

The Obama DOJ urged the Supreme Court's endorsement of strip searches for minor traffic stops.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5586369
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002521527

Holder overlooks DEA abuse of spying information, construction of false evidence trails against Americans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1168570

DOJ goes all the way to the SC to argue for warrantless GPS tracking on cars
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5586375

Obama/Holder War on Journalism coming to a head (Risen)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101699216
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/04/obamas-war-journalism-coming-head
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1269998

Obama/Holder more hostile to medical marijuana patients than any president in history
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002650922
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5585204

Feds seek hard prison time for rural Washington pot growers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014801804

DOJ spying on AP reporters, editors re: leaks; other news organizations
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/opinion/spying-on-the-associated-press.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014487549

US DOJ drags out Tesoro investigation (Refinery Explosion) for 4 years; no criminal charges vs. Big Energy
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025407823

DOJ drags feet at accountability on Deepwater Horizon
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/04/22/doj-sits-on-its-thumbs/

DOJ Allows Bank of America to Deduct $12 Billion of $17 Billion Settlement
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5427407

Exporting Corruption (Asset Forfeiture), DOJ Looks for Lucrative Overseas Partnerships
http://www.forfeiturereform.com/exporting_corruption_doj_looks_for_lucrative_overseas_partnerships

Obama/Holder Leak Investigations Outrageous and Unprecedented
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/05/obama_s_justice_department_holder_s_leak_investigations_are_outrageous_and.html

The DoJ under Holder refused to prosecute anyone for torture...but Holder had no problem prosecuting a CIA agent who leaked the name of a torturer
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022846735
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/us/former-cia-officer-pleads-guilty-in-leak-case.html?_r=0

Too Big to Jail: Letting criminal banks and bankers off the hook
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024906501
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017201343
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025558689
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014571503
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025503531

Justice Department Sues Telecom for Challenging National Security Letter
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014170619

DOJ Argues ‘No Constitutional Right Not to Become an Informant’
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/10025309330

Operation Choke Point- The DOJ using banks to shut down industries they don't like
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024880788

Holder Looks To Overturn Ruling That Would Apply Fair Sentencing Act Retroactively
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023334909

How Eric Holder Facilitated the Most Unjust Presidential Pardon in American History
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023253563

Holder and Obama Dishonesty On Mandatory Minimums, the Drug War and Mass Incarceration
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023492539

US & NSA Accused of (Holder defends) Criminal Privacy Violations in Dozens of Nations
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023086724

DOJ defends NSA's Associational Tracking Program; No justification even in Patriot Act
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023455121

US declares socialists Freedom Road a terrorist organization
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/09/raid-s29.html

ACLU sues as DOJ ignores surveillance transparency law
https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/aclu-sues-doj-ignores-surveillance-transparency-law

Obama Justice Department has launched twice as many Espionage Act prosecutions against domestic leakers as all previous administrations combined.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022276941

The only official punished by DOJ for the illegal NSA program was the one who discussed it. The same is now true of torture
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/27/obama-war-on-whistleblowers-purpose

DOJ Drone Memo revealed: Government can overrule 4th amendment
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11784727

Heavy Redactions in DOJ Memo leave doubts on Data Surveillance Program
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016101952

Justice Department And NSA Memos Proposing Broader Powers For NSA To Collect Data
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023114180

DOJ's outrageously aggressive prosecution of internet activist, Aaron Swartz
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/al-franken-eric-holder_n_2934627.html

Bradley Birkenfeld, UBS Whistleblower, Finds Himself in Federal Prison
http://www.cnbc.com//id/41257962

Holder/DOJ sided with Rove in politically motivated prosecution of fr. AL governor, Don Siegelman,
Then, the person who handled the paperwork, got onto the Supreme Court.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Elena-Kagan--Willing-Acco-by-Michael-Collins-100622-971.html

I cant say what I think about Karl Rove who orchestrated this...my blood pressure will kill me NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #1
another blow for me against obama for allowing this. the buck stops at the top roguevalley Feb 2015 #7
It is extremely aggravating, especially knowing they are doing it for political reasons NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #8
Siegelman's on my short list 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #2
+1 Enthusiast Feb 2015 #48
Other: Obama is not going to pardon this guy. The optics are bad. MADem Feb 2015 #3
Really? Justice, not optics, matters to a strong leader. He did not do anything wrong, even sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #5
+100000000 woo me with science Feb 2015 #17
Yes, really--and optics do matter, even to strong leaders. MADem Feb 2015 #37
First, Ted Stevens was a Republican. THAT is the difference. As for believing you, I don't doubt a sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #41
Ted Stevens had a good legal team that found "the loophole." MADem Feb 2015 #42
Don Siegelman not only had a great legal team, he had support from all over the country sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #43
I don't agree. MADem Feb 2015 #44
Facts are facts whether you agree with them or not. There wasn't a loophole, there was MASSIVE sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #45
Yes--facts ARE facts. MADem Feb 2015 #47
You mean Siegelman is actually not innocent? Don't bring facts into this! He was definitely msanthrope Feb 2015 #6
Yep, that's all I'm saying. MADem Feb 2015 #38
Certainly, the President needs to consider his future MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #9
Behold, Proles, and despair BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #12
Patriots who love their country MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #13
To Serve America. woo me with science Feb 2015 #21
The bipartisan platform! nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #33
+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #49
I know the joke they're laughing at. red dog 1 Feb 2015 #59
Clarification no_hypocrisy Feb 2015 #35
It doesn't matter what the facts/nuances are. Go reread that paragraph I pulled from NYT. MADem Feb 2015 #39
It is SHAMEFUL, that Karl Rove's criminal enterprise to take down a good Democratic Gov. sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #4
What about the convicted aspirant Feb 2015 #10
+100000000 Too revolted to create sentences. woo me with science Feb 2015 #19
I understand the revulsion. It is becoming a way of life, sadly. sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #36
PLUS ONE, a huge bunch! Enthusiast Feb 2015 #50
Karl Rove couldnt beat him in an election so he orchestrated this INSANITY NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #11
I know Don,,,,, and he is quilty as charged. Cryptoad Feb 2015 #14
Really, what is he guilty of?? I know this case, so please enlighten me regarding what I may have sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #16
,, of being a crooked politican Cryptoad Feb 2015 #18
You'll have to do better than that. This is a Democratic forum where smears from anonymous sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #24
just the voice of experience Cryptoad Feb 2015 #29
Well, facts trump opinions based only one's personal experiences, and Siegelman is so far sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #34
Thank you. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #51
Lol, so you have nothing i get it! nt Logical Feb 2015 #53
yep,, very obvious "you get it" nt Cryptoad Feb 2015 #54
Wow. You side with Karl Rove on this. What specifically is he guilty of? rhett o rick Feb 2015 #25
I reread my post Cryptoad Feb 2015 #28
I didn't say you did either. You don't get specific as to what you and Karl think rhett o rick Feb 2015 #32
eh ok.. but... V0ltairesGh0st Feb 2015 #15
Yes, he is also a political prisoner. n/t sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #23
Absolutely yes catchnrelease Feb 2015 #26
Sadly, he will likely die in prison. progressoid Feb 2015 #60
Hell, half the politicians in Alabam sulphurdunn Feb 2015 #20
since and before....... Cryptoad Feb 2015 #30
The "Justice Department" woo me with science Feb 2015 #22
This is a list of Defense contracts and political donations. wolfie001 Feb 2015 #27
That they are worse is necessary for the scam. woo me with science Feb 2015 #31
That's it exactly, isn't it? The Repubs play their role, the moral compass moves in that direction sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #40
The scam is becoming more obvious by the day.........nt Enthusiast Feb 2015 #52
Thanks for posting this, woo me with science. red dog 1 Feb 2015 #56
kick - corrupt government woo me with science Feb 2015 #46
for the millionth time on DU treestar Feb 2015 #55
Facts, facts! Who needs those pesky facts? MADem Feb 2015 #57
Very good question Ramses Feb 2015 #58
kick woo me with science Feb 2015 #61
kick woo me with science Feb 2015 #62
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