Read more Attorney General stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/995/attorney-general.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:28:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70072/obama-raises-bar-on-what-passes-for-state-secrets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration will announce much more stringent rules on state secrets today, two Justice Department officials tell the Washington Post , in what amounts to a major shift from Bush-era practice. To keep a program secret, an organization—including intelligence agencies and the military—will have to convince the attorney...http://www.newser.com/story/70072/obama-raises-bar-on-what-passes-for-state-secrets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 5:58:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69769/cia-chiefs-ask-obama-to-scrap-interrogation-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeven former CIA directors—appointees of both political parties—are calling on the Obama administration to call off the Justice Department’s investigation of Bush-era interrogation practices, the Hill reports. The probe, ordered by AG Eric Holder, will reveal too much about the CIA’s methods in an environment where "success often...http://www.newser.com/story/69769/cia-chiefs-ask-obama-to-scrap-interrogation-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 15:05:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69566/cuomo-hits-5-bofa-directors-with-subpoenas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAndrew Cuomo subpoenaed five members of Bank of America’s board of directors today in his probe to uncover whether the bank was truthful to shareholders about losses at Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street Journal reports. The New York Attorney General suspects that the board was fully informed of the trouble...http://www.newser.com/story/69566/cuomo-hits-5-bofa-directors-with-subpoenas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 13:50:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68561/gonzales-changes-tune-on-legitimate-cia-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlberto Gonzales did not mean to endorse Eric Holder’s probe of alleged CIA torture during the Bush administration by calling it “legitimate,” the former AG tells the Washington Times , which broke the story. “I don't support the investigation by the department because this is a matter that has already been...http://www.newser.com/story/68561/gonzales-changes-tune-on-legitimate-cia-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 16:53:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67656/holder-launches-probe-into-cia-torture-allegations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAG Eric Holder today named a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture against CIA operatives who interrogated terror suspects during the Bush administration, the Washington Post reports. John Durham, who is currently probing the destruction of interrogation tapes, will look into fewer than 12 cases detailed in a CIA...http://www.newser.com/story/67656/holder-launches-probe-into-cia-torture-allegations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 15:35:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65651/holder-warns-of-homegrown-terror-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe chilling big picture suggests that “the radicalization of Americans” who leave the country and return wanting to do “harm to the American people” is a growing threat, Eric Holder tells ABC News. It’s “something that didn’t loom as large a few months ago as it does now," says the...http://www.newser.com/story/65651/holder-warns-of-homegrown-terror-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 9:28:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64164/holder-mulls-political-a-bomb-bush-torture-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAttorney General Eric Holder is "leaning toward" naming an independent prosecutor to probe Bush-era interrogation policies, even if it means war with the Obama administration, writes Daniel Klaidman in Newsweek . Such a probe would likely trigger partisan hostilities and threaten key Obama policies like health care and energy reform—and...http://www.newser.com/story/64164/holder-mulls-political-a-bomb-bush-torture-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 17:49:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60765/feds-boost-abortion-clinic-security-amid-tiller-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS Attorney General Eric Holder boosted security for abortion providers yesterday as the FBI investigated a vandalism incident at the clinic operated by slain doctor George Tiller, the Wichita Eagle reports. Tiller reported a threat last month, days after the Women’s Health Care Services clinic sustained thousands of dollars in...http://www.newser.com/story/60765/feds-boost-abortion-clinic-security-amid-tiller-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 11:14:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59722/zimbabwe-unity-government-divided-over-2-key-posts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe appointment of two key officials has become a sticking point in the tenuous power-sharing agreement between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Reuters reports. The rivals can’t agree on an attorney general or central bank chief, and Tsvangirai has called upon the Southern African Development Community...http://www.newser.com/story/59722/zimbabwe-unity-government-divided-over-2-key-posts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 9:54:19 CDT