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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa said embattled IRS official Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights and will be hauled back to appear before his panel again. The California Republican said Lerner’s Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination was voided when she gave an opening statement this morning denying any wrongdoing and professing pride in her government service. “When I asked her her questions from the very beginning, [...] Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday that the Bush administration once considered issuing the type of subpoena that the Justice Department issued against the Associated Press, but ultimately opted against it. “There was at least one occasion in which we were engaged in a very serious leak investigation and we had to make some very difficult choices about whether or not to move forward, going after the reporters in order [...] During an appearance before the House Judiciary Committee today, Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Eric Holder said that he’s “95 to 99 percent” certain the Deputy Attorney General was the person who authorized a subpoena of AP phone records. When asked if Deputy Attorney General James Cole issued the subpoena, Holder said he “had to assume he did.” Later Holder states, “What I’m saying is I can’t say as a [...] Internet company Google complies with requests for user data 88 percent of the time government asks, according to data released today by Google. In all, the government, including both local and federal agencies, made 8,438 requests between July and December of last year from Google for data from 14,791 users/accounts. These requests were either part of a warrant, a subpoena, or something else. Google handed over the data 88 percent of [...] Dr. Orly Taitz, Esquire has secured a subpoena, from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, to obtain the following from the Records Custodian at Occidental College: 1) All records related to Barack Hussein Obama, II, also known as Barack Hussein Obama, including, without limitation, application for admission and transcripts. 2) All records related to Barry Soetoro including, without limitation, application for admission and transcripts. Read more: http://minutemennews.com/2012/12/subpoena-granted-for-obamas-occidental-college-records/#ixzz2E6w6RQB2 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas newspaper has been ordered to identify a person who posted a comment on its website about a story on a murder trial for which that commenter was serving as a juror. Shawnee County District Judge Steven Ebberts last week denied a request by The Topeka Capital-Journal to quash a district attorney’s subpoena seeking the name, address and Internet Protocol address of a poster who goes [...] * Messages under seal, request for stay set for next week * Protester arrested on Brooklyn Bridge in October 2011 * Occupy movement set to mark anniversary on Monday By Joseph Ax NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Twitter handed tweets from an Occupy Wall Street protester to a New York criminal judge on Friday after months of fighting a subpoena from prosecutors in a closely watched case pitting privacy and free speech advocates [...] A House panel voted Wednesday to place Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his failure to comply with a subpoena, defying an assertion of executive privilege from President Obama. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by Republican Chairman Darrell Issa (Calif.), approved a resolution along party lines to place Holder in contempt after battling him for months over access to internal agency documents about the gun-tracking [...] Casey Anthony on the run again after her Florida hiding place is discovered by private investigatorsAmerica’s most hated mother fears for her safety Casey Anthony was forced to leave her South Florida hiding place and go on the run this weekend after her location was discovered by private investigators. America’s most hated mother began to [...] Anthony, 26, tracked down to hideout in Florida and served a court order Being sued by Zenaida Gonzalez, who shares name with fake babysitter Anthony claimed kidnapped Caylee America’s most hated mother Casey Anthony has been found [...] Fox: US Attorney General is handed court order to reveal documents about Operation Fast and Furious.Fox News The GOP House leadership has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding he comply with a subpoena ordering him to provide more documents about the failed Obama administration gun-tracking program known as Fast and Furious. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives program was created to send thousands of guns across the Mexico border to suspected arms dealers with the expectation that they would lead [...] Twitter Inc filed a motion in a New York criminal court on Tuesday seeking to quash a subpoena for Tweets and account records associated with Malcolm Harris, a Twitter user who was arrested last fall on the Brooklyn Bridge during an Occupy protest. Prosecutors in Manhattan have sought to build a case around Harris’ Tweets by arguing that they show Harris was “well aware of the police instructions, and acted with [...] by Pebblewriter What Do Bankers Dream Of? When Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf sleeps, he dreams — like all good bankers — about numbers. He probably doesn’t dream about the number 600 — the number of foreclosure packages signed each day by his robosigners. He probably doesn’t dream about 14,420 — the number of conveyance claims fraudulently submitted to HUD in exchange for $1.7 billion from the FHA [Inspector General report.] And, he almost certainly [...] By Hanni Fakhoury, Electronic Frontier Foundation On October 1, 2011, over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge. Most of the protesters, including Malcolm Harris, were charged with the mundane crime of disorderly conduct, a “violation” under New York law that has a maximum punishment of 15 days in jail or a $250 fine. And yet on the basis of a charge no more consequential than speeding ticket, the New York City District Attorney’s office [...] |
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