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COLUMN - What war on the press?
Reuters(Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer May 24 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has declared war on the press, say writers at Slate, the Daily Beast, Reason, the Washington Post (Jennifer Rubin, Dana Milbank...Tags: National Security Agency, CBS Corp., National Government, The Washington Post, Barack Obama
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Justice Department defends journalist email search
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department said on Friday that senior officials including Attorney General Eric Holder vetted a decision to search an email account belonging to a Fox News reporter whose story on North Korea prompted a leak...Tags: Washington, DC, The Washington Post, Judges, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama OKs Congressional Gold Medal for 4 girls killed in 1963 Birmingham, Ala., church bombing
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday to award Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement. He called it a tragic loss that "helped to trigger...Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, Awards and Prizes, Bombings, Washington, DC
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EU oil pricing probe spurs lawsuit against BP, others
ReutersNEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago-based commodities trading firm has filed suit against three of the world's largest oil companies, accusing them of colluding to fix oil prices after European authorities opened an investigation last week. Prime...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Chicago Board of Trade, Environmental Issues, Corporate Crime, Petroleum Industry
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Obama orders review of guidelines for probing journalists
ReutersBy Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he directed Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a review of Department of Justice guidelines for investigations that involve journalists and report back by early...Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, National Government, Government, Barack Obama
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Lawsuits seek more than U.S. acknowledgement of drone killings
ReutersBy David Ingram WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is facing demands in court to reveal more about the U.S. drone program, despite his speech addressing it on Thursday and his government's acknowledgement a day earlier that four...Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, Pakistan, Washington, DC, American Civil Liberties Union
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Will Justice Department grant request?
After IRS official Lois Lerner exercised her Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the House Committee on May 22, Chairman Darrell Issa said he would seek Department of Justice cooperation in granting Lerner criminal immunity in return for her...Tags: Pompano Beach, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Internal Revenue Service
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Light Must Shine On Government Secrecy
The Hartford CourantMamie Till did the unspeakable almost 60 years ago. She opened the casket at her son Emmett's funeral so the world could see how this 14-year-old was shot, bludgeoned, mutilated and then drowned in Mississippi's Tallahatchie River with a cotton gin fan...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Civil Rights, Dannel P. Malloy , Regional Authority
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Obama orders review of guidelines on investigating reporters
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Thursday he was troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may "chill" investigative journalism and said he had asked Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. to review Justice Department guidelines for going after...Tags: Politics, Prosecution, Washington, DC, National Government, Laws
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Editorial: IRS stonewalling makes the case for a special prosecutor
"If you refuse to answer, you will leave us no choice but to ask for a special counsel or the appointment of a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of this. I hope that's not the approach of the IRS going forward, because there will be hell to pay."...Tags: Politics, Prosecution, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Dick Cheney
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