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The Fifth — and First — Amendments
"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: U.S. Congress, Prosecution, Stephen F. Lynch, White House, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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ANALYSIS-In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
ReutersBy Joan Biskupic and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23 (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared that she had done nothing wrong - but said she did not...Tags: U.S. Congress, Prosecution, Laws, Sports, Civil and Public Service
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Analysis: In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
ReutersWASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared that she had done nothing wrong - but said she did not intend to testify. Her defiance only...Tags: U.S. Congress, Prosecution, Sports, Laws, Civil and Public Service
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Scale of government's AP records seizure surprises many
WASHINGTON — Three years ago, the Obama administration brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against Thomas Drake, an Air Force veteran and intelligence expert at the National Security Agency in Maryland. He was not accused of aiding...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Prosecution, Media Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama
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Obama's 'Katrina moment'
It has been a rough week or so for the Obama administration. From Benghazi to the tapping of reporters' phones to the IRS admitting that it targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the press is in a frenzy, and many are questioning President...Tags: U.S. Congress, Executive Branch, White House, U.S. Senate, Internal Revenue Service
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Obama should exonerate the CIA agent who blew the whistle on torture
Though he did not participate in torture, ex-CIA agent John Kiriakou was the first person to publicly acknowledge the Bush administration's inhumane abuse of detainees ("The truth about torture," April 23). Mr. Kiriakou's disclosures informed the public...Tags: Prisons, Central Intelligence Agency, Abusive Behavior
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Chan Lowe: The Bush Presidential Library
Barbara Bush, the family matriarch, probably echoed the national sentiment most succinctly in an interview when she said, “We’ve had enough Bushes.” Her son, at the opening of his presidential library, said that history would be...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush
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My Story of the Fantastically Unimpressive Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward has been in the news lately for a silly flare-up over his self-aggrandizing misrepresentation of an innocuous email sent by Gene Sperling regarding the sequester. I won’t re-litigate the whole mess here (and if you want a solid recap,...
Tags: Republican Party, Coughing, The Washington Post, John Cook, Valerie Plame Wilson
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Governor McDonnell restores Scooter Libby's voting rights
Former vice presidential adviser Scooter Libby is among more than 1,000 felons whose voting rights were restored in the past year by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. Libby is listed in an annual report on pardons and other forms of clemency the governor is...
Tags: Regional Authority, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Executive Branch, Central Intelligence Agency
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Drew Peterson trial updates: 'I was in shock'
Tribune reportersContinual coverage of the trial of Drew Peterson for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. -------------------- 5:50 p.m. Testimony done for the day Nicholas Pontarelli's testimony has concluded and court is done for the day. Testimony is...Tags: Prosecution, Murder, Injuries and Wounds, Lawyers, Drew Peterson
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Top prosecutor hits decade
Tribune reporterHe arrived in Chicago just days before the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, a tough, uncompromising New York prosecutor already steeped in fighting the new international threat. His outsider status and appointment to an already high-profile...Tags: Prosecution, Executive Branch, Peter Fitzgerald, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice
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Fitzgerald: 10 years of major cases
Public corruption ROD BLAGOJEVICH: The first impeachment of a governor in Illinois history occurred in 2009 after Blagojevich was charged with attempting to sell the Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. At Blagojevich's first trial, he was...Tags: Prosecution, Prisons, Murder, Executive Branch, White House
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