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Holder: US Will Watch Arizona for Racial Profiling

(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...

CIA Chief: Al-Qaida 'Scrambling'

(March 17) -- CIA Director Leon Panetta believes the current U.S. strategy against the al-Qaida terrorist network is showing major signs of success. In an interview with The Washington Post, Panetta characterized his department's efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan as "the most aggressive operation that the CIA has been...

Lawmaker Apologizes for Kidnapping Remark

(Nov. 18) -- Rep. John Shadegg isn't backing off his charge that holding 9/11 trials in New York would put the city at greater risk, but he says he's sorry he dragged the mayor's daughter into the argument. In remarks on the House floor Monday night, the Arizona Republican blasted Attorney General Eric Holder's decision...

AttorneyGeneral News From the Web

10/14/11 A-G has full discretion to prosecute lawbreakers:... Source: Asia One Law Minister K. Shanmugam yesterday made clear the Government's relationship with the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC).
09/27/11 Democrats irked by Pojaman decision Source: The Nation of Thailand The Democrats are threatening to impeach the attorney-general for deciding not to seek a cancellation of the appellate verdict issued on the tax-evasion case involving Pojaman na Pombejra, ex-wife of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
05/04/11 More Attorney-General Source: The Australian 3:52PM Ben Packham IMMIGRATION Minister Chris Bowen has demanded answers after his department failed to tell him a homemade incendiary device had been found at the Villawood detention centre.
08/09/10 Attorney-General's statement Source: The Star of Malaysia IN Teoh Beng Hock's death inquiry today, the officers representing the Public Prosecutor, in assisting the said inquiry, intended to put in a note found in the deceased's sling bag which contains an indication that may throw some light regarding his death.