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Holder: US Will Watch Arizona for Racial Profiling
By not in system - AOL News(July 11) -- Although Arizona's new immigration law raised concerns that it might result in racial profiling, Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday that the Justice Department lawsuit seeking to overturn it focused tightly on the federal government's prerogative to set immigration policy because that provided the strongest legal basis for the case. ...
Gov. Jan Brewer Uses Frog Puppet in Immigration Video to Mock Obama Officials
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyArizona Gov. Jan Brewer is using a frog puppet in a campaign video to hammer Obama administration officials for failing to read her state's recently passed immigration law, even as they criticized the measure. In the video, which is paid for by Brewer's re-election campaign, a green frog leads a sing-along about the importance of reading, transposed with video of congressional testimony by Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. "Reading is really super swell," sings the frog. "Reading helps you know what you're talking about." During recent appearances ...
Pakistani Taliban Directed Times Square Bomb Attempt, Officials Say
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTop Obama administration officials Sunday said that the Pakistani Taliban, which had claimed credit for the failed attempt by Faisal Shahzad to set off a car bomb in New York's crowded Times Square on May 1, did in fact that mastermind the plot. Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking on ABC's This Week and NBC's Meet the Press, said, "We've now developed evidence that shows that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attack." "We know that they helped facilitate it," Holder said. "We know that they probably helped finance it. And that he (Shahzad) was working at their direction." Holder also ...
Washington in 60 Seconds -- 'Heckuva Job' Brownie Talks Oil Slick to Sell Book
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! It's election day in Britain, but just another day at the office on this side of the pond. Here's what's making news in Washington today: - Stale Brownie. Oh, Michael Brown, how we've missed your special brand of disaster mismanagement. Politico's Patrick Gavin caught up with the former FEMA director who oversaw the Bush response to Hurricane Katrina and got an infamous "heckuva job, Brownie" shout-out from the president for his efforts. He's now a disaster consultant and tells Gavin that he's been ubiquitous on cable news this week to talk about the Obama response ...
After the Times Square Bomb: Living in the No. 1 Terrorist Target
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyWhen the towers fell -- why does it feel like it was just a while ago? -- I was fast-walking around my neighborhood as I did most mornings. Pretty soon I noticed clusters of folks huddling on sidewalks and gesturing with obvious agitation. Somebody told me that a small plane had crashed into a building. I rushed up to my apartment and turned on the TV. Up until that moment I had envisioned a single-motor small plane from Teterboro airport in New Jersey running into a skyscraper. But what I was seeing on my TV screen was incredible: a commercial plane carrying more than 100 passengers had ...
Transcript of News Conference by Eric Holder and Janet Napolitano on Bomb Arrest
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySPEAKERS: ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER JANET NAPOLITANO, SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY NEW YORK POLICE CHIEF RAYMOND KELLY; JOHN PISTOLE, FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR [*] HOLDER: Faisal Shahzad was arrested late last night in connection with his alleged role in the attempted car bombing in Times Square last Saturday. Shahzad, a naturalized United States citizen, born in Pakistan, is in federal custody today. He has been and continues to be questioned by federal agents. As a result of those communications, Shahzad has provided useful information to authorities. We anticipate charging him with an ...
Washington in 60 Seconds -- Terror Clues on Facebook: 'I HOPE THEY FIND THAT BASTARD'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! The big stories in the country may be hundreds of miles away from Washington in the Gulf of Mexico and New York's Times Square. But you know your fearless leaders will manage to put themselves in the middle of it all nonetheless. We'll monitor that while you catch up on what's making news in Washington today. - Intent to Kill. Attorney General Eric Holder held a rare, middle-of-the-night press conference in Washington early this morning to announce the arrest of the man behind the Times Square terror plot. Holder said, "It is clear that the intent behind this ...
Immigration Reform: First Secure Border, Says Sen. Lindsey Graham
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySen. Lindsey Graham and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano clashed Tuesday over whether the Senate should move forward immediately on immigration reform, with Graham betting "everything I own" that a comprehensive bill will not pass this year unless the nation first secures its border with Mexico. An angry Graham (R-S.C.) earlier backed away from his support for a climate change bill after learning the Obama adminstration wants to begin a new push for immigration reform, with legislation likely to grant legal status to undocumented workers -- if certain conditions are met. The ...
AG Eric Holder on 9/11 Terror Trial: I'll Do What's Best for the Case
By Graydon Gordian - Politics DailyAttorney General Eric Holder Wednesday defended himself against Republican criticism that the Justice Department is treating terrorism suspects as criminals rather than enemies of the state. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Holder said his department needs prosecutorial options to successfully execute its anti-terrorism duties as he answered Republican concerns about where 9/11 suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried and the granting of Miranda rights to terrorist suspects. He also reaffirmed the Obama administration's commitment to closing the Guantanamo Bay detention ...
Washington in 60 Seconds -- Eric Holder in for a Grilling on Rights for Terrorists
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! Can anybody explain Justin Bieber's appeal? I can't. But I can tell you what's happening in Washington today. And unlike a Justin Bieber video, it's painless -- plus it only takes 60 seconds. - No Holds Barred for Holder. After months of avoiding his detractors on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Eric Holder will finally appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning. Republicans (and even some Democrats) have been quietly smoldering over Holder's original choice to allow trials of 9/11 terrorists in New York City (which has since been changed); the ...
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