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Counter-terrorism leak compromised an informant, sources say
WASHINGTON -- The unauthorized disclosure of a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....
Tags: Bombings, News Media, U.S. Department of Justice, Terrorism, U.S. Navy
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Leak ended informant's rare opportunity, U.S. officials say
WASHINGTON — Disclosure of a highly classified intelligence operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Terrorism, FBI, White House, Al-Qaeda
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Attorney general orders criminal review of IRS
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department began a criminal investigation Tuesday into overzealous scrutiny by the IRS of applications for tax exemptions by conservative groups, an improper targeting that an inspector general's report blamed on a...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, U.S. Senate, Jay Carney, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists
WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....
Tags: White House, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Jay Carney, National Security, Carney (music group)
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Holder defends subpoena of journalists' phone records
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the criminal investigation into the leak of classified details about a successful U.S. undercover operation, calling it "within the top two or three most serious leaks" of...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, News Media, FBI, Barack Obama, White House
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Justice Department secretly obtained AP telephone records
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained records of telephone calls from more than 20 telephone lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists over a two-month period in an apparent investigation of a leak of sensitive...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Media Industry, News Media, Lawyers, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Holder recuses himself from Associated Press investigation
WASHINGTON — Attorney Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. recused himself from the leak investigation in which federal prosecutors seized records from 20 telephone lines used by reporters and editors at the Associated Press, and the matter is instead being...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System
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Sen. Warren goads Fed, SEC, DOJ to explain no-fault bank deals
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, having chastised bank regulators for failing to put Wall Street giants on trial, is demanding to see any analyses that the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission have conducted...
Tags: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Ben Bernanke, Finance, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Issues
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Government secretly obtains phone records from journalists
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot...
Tags: Media Industry, Terrorism, U.S. Department of Justice, News Media, FBI
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Atty. Gen. Holder orders criminal investigation into IRS screening
WASHINGTON -- Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that he had ordered a criminal investigation into allegations that top IRS officials targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. “I have ordered an investigation to be begun,”...
Tags: Barack Obama, FBI, White House, Jay Carney, Internal Revenue Service
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Holder pledges to probe IRS handling of conservative groups
WASHINGTON – Testifying on Capitol Hill, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. promised a thorough criminal investigation of the targeting of conservative organizations by the IRS that will look at potential civil rights violations and false statements that...
Tags: FBI, Barack Obama, Lawyers, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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Atty. Gen. Holder defends seizure of AP's telephone records
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. strongly defended the far-reaching probe in the disclosure of security information by the Associated Press and said American lives were jeopardized when the wire service revealed details of a foiled plot to...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, The Associated Press, Lawyers
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