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?Don?t Do The Math?

Posted on September 14, 2010
Ripley Rand: U.S. attorney nominee, lawyer, and pop music lyricist.

Denver Business Journal: Walsh Names First Assistant, Executive Assistant

Posted on September 14, 2010
Ripley Rand: U.S. attorney nominee, lawyer, and pop music lyricist.

Obama Won?t Re-Nominate Former DOJ Tax Division Choice

Posted on September 14, 2010
The Senate returned the former Justice Department Tax Division nominee to the White House twice.

Former Jersey City Council President Pleads Guilty in Public Corruption Case

Posted on September 14, 2010
President Barack Obama will not re-nominate his former choice for the Justice Department Tax Division, whose nomination the Senate most recently sent back to the White House in August, a White House official told Main Justice on Tuesday. Mary L. Smith, whose nomination was returned to the president twice by the Senate, will “pursue other opportunities,” the official said...

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DOJ Inspector General to Review Enforcement of Voting Laws

Posted on September 13, 2010
Inspector General Glenn Fine responded to inquiries from House Republicans, who expressed concern about how prosecutors handled a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party.

Podcast

Posted on September 13, 2010
NAFUSA's Rich Rossman on his DOJ tenure and the group's upcoming conference.

GOP?s Bond: I Regret Voting to Confirm Holder

Posted on September 13, 2010
Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.), who is retiring this year, said he would not vote for Attorney General Eric Holder if given the chance to do it over again.

Crime Stats

Posted on September 13, 2010
Holder attributes the decline in crime to "smarter policing."

Colombian Paramilitaries Extradited to U.S., Where Cases Are Sealed

Posted on September 13, 2010
More than a dozen of Colombia's most notorious paramilitary leaders have been extradited to the United States to face drug-trafficking charges in federal district court in Washington.

AP: ?Underwear Bomber? Wants to Represent Himself

Posted on September 13, 2010
By Jennifer Janisch and Oriana Zill de Granados, Thirteen/WNET, and Chisun Lee, ProPublica. Reprinted with permission from ProPublica. A version of this story appeared in the Washington Post. Since 2006, more than a dozen of Colombia’s most notorious paramilitary leaders have been extradited to the United States to face drug-trafficking charges in federal district court in Washington...

Politico: Obama Administration Moving Away from Strict Crime Policies

KSFY: Former South Dakota U.S. Attorney Opposes Medicinal Marijuana

Violent Crimes Fell in 2009, FBI Says

BLT: U.S. Marshals Employee Charged with Misusing Agency Credit Card

Watch What You Say

Posted on September 10, 2010
With anti-Muslim feeling high, a DOJ news release uses careful language.

In DOJ News Release, Mujahideen Are Now ?Extremist Militants?

Posted on September 10, 2010
Not faulting U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton for using the careful language in his news release.

Information Week: DOJ?s OJP Moves to Cloud Computing

Posted on September 10, 2010
The Oregon U.S. Attorney’s office issued a�news release today announcing that a former Islamic charity leader had been convicted for lying about funds intended for “religious extremist militants” in Chechnya. Even Attorney General�Eric Holder, who avoids uttering the words Muslim or Islam in connection with the terrorist threat, called these Muslims fighting a bloody separatist war against Russia the “mujahideen” in Senate Judiciary Committee�testimony in April...

Holder to Participate in Sept. 11 Memorial

Posted on September 10, 2010
The Attorney General will attend a September 11 memorial service in Washington D.C.

AP: Prescription Drug Abuse an Epidemic, Holder Says

Posted on September 10, 2010
Attorney General Eric Holder will attend a memorial service in Washington D.C. Saturday for officers killed during the September 11 attacks. Holder is expected to give brief remarks at the service, which will be held at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial...

TPM: Obama Says Finalizing Black Farmers Settlement A Priority

AP: Former DEA Chiefs Criticize Obama?s Stance on Pot

A Songwriting U.S. Attorney?

Posted on September 10, 2010
The U.S. Attorney nominee for the Middle District of North Carolina contributed lyrics and back-up vocals for a song released by an indie-pop band.

ProPublica: Q&A with ICE Director John Morton

Posted on September 10, 2010
The Justice Department has been without a known songwriter since Attorney General John Ashcroft left five years ago. But the drought could soon be over. Ripley Rand (Gov) Ripley Rand, who was nominated on July 28 to be the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, contributed lyrics and back-up vocals to “Don’t Do The Math,” which was released in 2008 on “Danceable in Victor,” the second album by The Balsa Gliders, a North Carolina indie-pop band...

Bar Panel Recommends Suspension for Ex-U.S. Attorney

Posted on September 10, 2010
The Alaska Supreme Court will make the final decision on any disciplinary action taken against a U.S. Attorney from the George H.W. Bush administration.

NYT: ACLU Seeks DOJ Probe of Newark Police

Posted on September 09, 2010

Brinkema Sets Hearing in Terrorism-Related Case After Government Forces Her Hand

Posted on September 09, 2010
The Eastern District of Virginia judge has been silent since abruptly canceling an April 2009 hearing in the politically tinged criminal contempt case of a confessed terrorist group supporter.

White House Releases DOJ Sustainability Plan

Posted on September 09, 2010
A major target of the Justice Department's sustainability efforts will be the Bureau of Prisons, which accounted for about 88 percent of the department's energy consumption in fiscal 2009.

More Than 1,900 DOJ Employees Owe the IRS

Posted on September 09, 2010
More than 1,900 Justice Department employees owe the IRS money for 2009 taxes.

BLT: D.C. Circuit Issues Stay in Stem Cell Case

Posted on September 09, 2010
Some 1,971 Justice Department employees owe the Internal Revenue Service a total of $14.3 million, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The numbers, which cover the 2009 tax year, were provided by the IRS in response to a Post request. The Justice Department ranked 15 on the list of federal agencies with the most outstanding tax delinquents, after several branches of the military and the Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture...

N.Y. Attorney General Candidate Considered for U.S. Attorney

Posted on September 09, 2010
Loretta Lynch, a former Bill Clinton U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, ultimately got the nod.

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