and doj when it comes to the wild west as a carrier? >> it's hard to say. that's a difficult issue because it's involves agreement between two private parties. i think there will still be a push for it. one thing that you can guarantee is that if the deal goes through, and the number of national carriers is reduced from 4-3, that verizon and at&t for sure will gain that much more leverage in dealing with handset providers. >> same question, mr. bell. >> i don't see that as being an area that we're going to have a lot of department of justice interference with. we still are going to have a number of equipment providers and at least three national purchasers. so i think that's more an area for the fcc to be involved in than the doj. this is c-span communicators program. discussing the at&t-t-mobile usa deal, jeffrey silva of medley global advisors, and robert bell who practices antitrust law for which firm? >> case schuyler. >> how does it lead to the deal that is were blocked? there was a sprint and directv and echostar. >> directv, echo star was really a 2-

that is paraphrased correctly, the doj, the accepted definition. i know san francisco is different, i was born and raised here, but we can use the accepted definition. what is the definition of police power? how does police power, about? just as the community gives it to the building department. it is not that difficult. when you take into the community level, neighbors meeting neighbors, going to them and saying, this is me. who are you? how can we get together? how can we deal with this problem? that is the basis of community. it goes back to the command staff. that voice will also take it when [unintelligible] you have different things. it covers visitation valley. most communities have very different needs. the need to have put patrols and other areas. there is no one aspect of what is the right thing. it is definitely not. although it seems to be touted is the only thing. [chime] >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> my name is mary harris. my husband and i were told we could only be on one. the first thing i wanted to talk about wa

. >> gi to the director aware, he said yes, not only is the director aware of it, doj is aware of it. >> department of justice. >> department of justice was aware. >> oddly off gil says atf locked him and his staff out of the case files and told them not to alert their mexican counterparts. >> reporter: i was told that sometimes you had screaming and shouting matches over this. >> i did. when is this case going to shut down. the mexicans are goinging to have a fit when they find out about it. i mentioned hey, at some point these guns are going to end up killing a government mexico official, a police officer. >> reporter: that's exactly what happened. two of the weapons were eventually found at the murder of border patrol agent brian terri. gil retires in december. he worries that with no one in charge speaking out, a ---- atf agentings in mexico who have no part of the case are being threatened with prosecution there. senator grassley has asked aft-- atf and the justice department without knew what when but they'll only say that the inspector general is investigating. sheryl attkisson

carriers have do you see that there is a chance that these will go away with some regulation by the fcc or doj and it is more of a wild west out there when it comes to the equipment and carrier? guest: hard to say. that is a difficult issue because it involves contractual agreements between two parties. i think there will still be a push for -- one thing you can guarantee is that, if the deal goes through and a number of national carriers is reduced from four to three that verizon and at&t for sure will gain that much more leverage in dealing with providers. host: same question, mr. bell. guest: i do not see that is an area where we will have a lot of department of justice interference with. we still are going to have a number of equipment providers and at least three national purchasers. i think that is more an area for the fcc to be an vaultin. -- invovledlved in. host: our guests discussing a proposed at&t-t-mobile deal. jeffrey silva a policy analyst and robert bell, who practices and antitrust law. mr. hatch next questions. guest: mr. bell, how does this acquisition compared to two commun

fbi, irs, dea, doj, emeryville pd, oakland pd. same scene at the artichoke joe's casino in san bruno, where you can add the san bruno pd into the law enforcement mix. the state department of justice says the operation was called, kung fu panda, and focused on loansharking, extortion, drug distribution and illegal gambling. agents on the scene did not want to say what was going on. >> this is a casino. is there illegal gambling? >> i can't go into details. >> everybody came out with hands, guns on the -- hands on their guns and just looking around the corner we were like, whoa. and then they just filled the room. that's probably about 70 to 80 agents in there. it was quite scary. >> reporter: the agents apparently tried to calm the people who were gambling when the raid went down. >> it's okay. it's about the casino. we are searching the casino, not you guys. but i was surprised because they searched us. you know? so -- they said the fbi requested for everyone to be id'd. >> reporter: it appears agents targeted only artichoke joe's

specially aid which has invested at least fifty billion dollars in the oil industry in libya and the doj a relationship so they're actually every european government not summation of the u.s. an arms deal is from the brits it would be a fantastic show wouldn't. trends forecaster gerald celente says it's not support for the libyan people but interest in the country's oil fields that's driving us rhetoric and action. the only reason they're interested in libya is back to you oil you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week they were killed in the ivory coast or the sudan and i guess cocoa was that that you know if much of a national priority they'll try anything but we already heard hillary clinton say that they're willing to do anything for anybody in libya that needs a so they're putting it out there already they're talking about no fly zones and they have cockers see is just beyond the belief i mean for example they did has anybody called for a war criminal trials against mubarak as they are for. you know in all of the the world is the the western world of cal

which has invested at least fifty billion dollars simply it's all you interest in the media and the doj your relationship so they're actually a very european government not summation of the us an arms dealers from britain would be a sadistic sure. and you can get more on the developing situation levy on our web site that's our dot com latest news developments and analysis from our experts as well. the arab uprising sending oil prices to new highs this week it's thought this could be just the start of a very bumpy ride surging fuel costs in the u.s. are threatening to derail the country's economic recovery and as artie's lauren lyster reports the goal of the prize may also be too high for the obama administration. tunisia. egypt. by hurricane. algeria. libya protest in countries seeming to skew one another unrest spreading like wildfire through the middle east north africa only raging in only here rich countries that helped fuel the world's use of more than eighty four million barrels of crude a day. uncertainty over production has set prices soaring meaning the shock waves from the midd

i think it's actually 24 because i think there was a doj intervention in a civil false claims act last week which includes six government contract cases and eight guilty pleas. >> okay. another contractor that you mentioned in your testimony is agility which is renamed, used to be called public warehouse company. now, they did get suspended. was that the end of their getting new contracts? >> no. that's the only instance that we have many our federal contractor misconduct base, but they have received two extensions that i'm aware of that currently go until august of 2011. so once again, despite the government holding them accountable, there's been, you know, an exception to the rule that they have been able to stay on the contract for another eight or ten months. >> i'm beginning to get the picture that bad performance can be good business. let's go on to louis bear jay or -- louis berger. i want to stay with you with. i know that this book just this past december, there is a criminal conviction of their chief financial officer, a criminal conviction of their controller. the company --

and a congressional inquiry into doj possible interferes in to suspension debarment proceedings. even when it has been used to the years, it hasn't been used very effectively, especially against large contractors. boeing received three waivers when it was suspended. we've also seen ibm and gtsi suspend for a matter of days. world, suspension was lifted only days prior to the next long distance documentations contract. and was also seen other questionable contracts and activities, in order to promote competition. and i think that's what you probably most likely here in a a lot of your q&a with his band and with the second panel come is there's a problem with the reliance on contractors and, therefore, it gives us 10 and, are you eliminating effective competition? that's a real problem. but the real, i think for this is the fact that the government is not providing and accountability agenda in normal government operations and, therefore, how will they do in a contingency operation when time and mission of congressmen are critical. i thank you for inviting me to testify today, and i

tonight the doj weighs in as new tips pour in on butler and his mommy p.i. business. >> it's been extraordinarily stressful adrenaline ride. i literally stayed up night after night going through hundreds if not thousands of facebook profiles to try and connect these dots. >> reporter: diablo manage writer peter crooks connected the dots in this month's april issue, detailing how he uncovered that christopher butler and his bevy of p.i. moms scanned him with a fake surveillance sting this past september. the setup, eerily similar to this butler ride-along that unfolded on the "today" show starring a betrayed client, a philandering boyfriend, sultry mistress and team of investigators. the perfect magazine story until this e-mail from an anonymous tipster catapulted crooks into a much more dramatic story. >> this e-mail popped in from r. rutherford explaining that the ride-along that i went on was completely scripted. a publicity stunt. eventually this couple went on the record and told me that it had been completely scripted. >> reporter: a hoax that soon turn

the doj has filed their clarification request, the plaintiffs have responded. this week the judge indicated he would rule quickly. >> once that information is received from the judge, whose decision is said, yours, the attorney general's, the president's? or all of the above? >> our legal team is led by the department of justice, so we defer to their legal counsel. >> do you have official input into the decision? >> to the legal counsel's? >> as the secretary. >> our legal counsel is involved with the justice team, but they are proceeding to have this dialogue with the court. them are ok, i would disagree that the judge's decision was an out liar. my understanding, if you are keeping score, it is 2-2. >> no, it is 3-2. >> have we had another? >> i have to keep an accurate score. 12 have dismissed the case out. . >> all right. >> and the clarification i would make is in the other decision, which came out of a court in virginia, where the judge found an individual responsibility to be the one portion of the law, that he found unconstitutional, he disagreed with j

and there were cases brought by for decades he is by the eeoc or doj. they are related to christian denomination, seventh day adventist cases involving accommodation one day a week of people who are working the sabbath. so if you work in that particular facility, and if you don't observe the sabbath you will work more saturdays and fridays than that person and again, that was upheld in the jurisprudence. i'm very proud of the work we're doing in this case and again it's part of a long line of cases brought by republican and democratic administrations alike. >> so let me move into one area we haven't touched on that i think is timely and controversial and perhaps still being debated within the administration. a number of states around the country are considering laws prohibiting the use of islamic law also known as shari'a. for example, oklahoma adopted a ballot initiative prohibiting courts from using international law or shari'a. we are all familiar with the way shari'a is interpreted in iran and saudi arabia. hardly a day goes by there isn't a report

. >> reporter: the san francisco doj o opened today's preview of the cherry blossom festival. >> i would like to especially dedicate this performance to the victims of the recent disaster in japan. our hearts and prayers go out to them. >> reporter: the celebration was part pageant, part memorial. >> what happened in japan just a couple of days ago puts a tremendous pal over the entire festivities of billions and billions of dollars of losses and possible thousands of lives lost. it is just incredible. >> reporter: this woman says she survived the atomic bomb blast in hiroshima and now living through another type of devastation hoping to hear from her kids and grandkids in sendai. >> it's tough. i can't sleep. and one more person to call upon that might be. here every day and just every moment is just waiting. >> and ben says since the disaster even simple greets are different. >> they will ask how are people in japan. or do you see people and you say do you have people in japan. and they answer that way instead of justing just how are you? >> reporter: he adds that fundraising for the d

some were brought by the united states, either the eeoc or the doj. some are private cases. some are christian denominations, seventh-day adventist cases involving accommodation one day a week for people working the sabbath. so if you work in a particular work theand you do not seventh, you will work more saturdays and fried is then that person. so that was upheld in the jurisprudence. i am proud of the work we're doing in this case. it is part of a long line of cases brought by republican and democratic cases. >> a number of states around the country are considering laws prohibiting the use of islamic religious law, such as sharia. we are all familiar with the way sharia is interpreted in iran and saudi arabia hardly a day goes by when there is not a report in the press of some of use of this sharia law by western standards. but for american muslims, sure it includes rules dealing with personal matters, like prayer, fasting, marriage, and inheritance. so there is a fear among some muslim americans that a strict ban on sharia would in fact inhibit their freedom of religion.

and i presume, i mean, there was a fire wall between us and doj and they didn't directly ask doj but there was a direct conversation there. so, there was obvious he an analysis of this. and i think that analysis took place actually in the fall of, late fall of 2009. so the legislation had been going through the process, but it was definitely before the bill was finally voted upon. and so, i think it's interesting to make the point about a gathering storm because i just want to provide the sort of history of the issue around the mandate itself. i really got this issue from the perspective of policy, and i'm happy to defend its constitutionality. but just to go through why we had an individual mandate in the legislation, we should step back and recognize that health care is an area in which we have a long history of a strong federal role. so there's two important pieces of legislation which directly regulate the health insurance and health insurance markets and health care overall. first of all, there is a risk which basically regulates large group insurance markets and provides requir

>> that would normally go through doj. >> but i was curious again a comment about what contacts through the embassy there had been to to follow up on those requests. >> again i'll defer to the process to doj. [inaudible] >> all i would say is that, let me rephrase the question slightly. we have had discussions with venezuela regarding the iran sanctions cisada and that is all i'll say about that. >> what does that mean? sorry, just to follow-up. what does that mean? >> it means that we reviewed with venezuela the specific terms of the law and how they apply to certain entities. >> so there is any provision to get -- were to be in relation with iran? is that what you mean? >> again, we thought this was important legislation. we have had brought conversations internationally with countries who might have companies or entities that do business with iran. and we have lots of conversations to ensure that countries and companies are in full compliance with both. >> who are you talking to in venezuela? >> international sanctions and also national sanctions. >> who are you talking to in venezue

doj filed in federal court in louisiana a claim that you have 270 shallow permits pending and 52 deepwaterrmits pending, and this information is, if i understand, current as of yesterday. difference? justice filing was in response, was in affidavit filed by one of to demonstrate that focusing on those permits of sequence, as the judge from other capture the larger meaningful adjustments or the larger number are not drilling permits, they're adjustments or press release put out yesterday. and applications. modify, we've with granted thousands -- we've granted thousands of7$7$ those.7&7' thousands. but some of them can be for7%?" relatively minor things. and so we thought it was7%7' inappropriate and misleading to& cite those numbers because thos" are not the numbers that, mr. chairman, you and your yes, you would. and rightly so. and rightly so. >> and -- >> so to have this alleged turning to our web basis and identifies what categories they are, that rather than to blast it out and suggest that people are not being candid about numbers. >> okay. and so you did explain the 270 shallow permi

the doj never brings prosecution, the house and the senate are now situated in such a way -- are not situated in such a way to what they rectified records against each other, and there not in the least. this is a long question. there was a proposal in the last congress, one piece of it was that lobbyist should have to pay a small registration fee, i think it was $10, and then -- and there is a $500 late fee. i do not know if this is good or bad. i am trying to think of ways that address the enforcement question. i know the 88 deals recommending that the civil division deal with this. one of the five principles -- >> i would tell you and i said it during the in run scandal, you cannot legislate morality. people are going to break the law when it wanted. they're always going to be those people that do it. is that every lobbyist in town? no. it is a small tube. and i think we know he goes people argue stay away from them. is there a way to police everything we do now? nope. you are on the honor system and there are a lot of us in this profession. our code of ethics is hanging in our off

forward, first of all, we've been working on a very sbepsive basis with the government of mexico and with doj on not only the investigation of the shooting of the agent, but what can be done to deal with the entire organizations that are now plaguing mexico. what more can we do to assist the calderon administration and their fight against the cartels? what more do we need to do to make sure that our agents are properly supported in the field and what more can we do in the continental united states to the extent the cartels have fingertip presences here to go after them and there have been at least an open source report, that there have been a number of activities on all those fronts. >> i would urge you to stay in close communication with the family. their law enforcement agency said we'll work with you and have the curiosity that only a law enforcement family might have. don't have a lot of time left. the budget indicates there's no funding in the request for uavs that have been found to be effective on the border. is there a reason for that omission? >> i believe let me clarify that for you

and a congressional inquiry into doj possible interferes in to suspension debarment proceedings.even when it has been used to the years, it hasn't been used very effectively, especially against large contractors. boeing received three waivers when it was suspended. we've also seen ibm and gtsi suspend for a matter of days. world, suspension was lifted only days prior to the next long distance documentations contract. and was also seen other questionable contracts and activities, in order to promote competition. and i think that's what you probably most likely here in a a lot of your q&a with his band and with the second panel come is there's a problem with the reliance on contractors and, therefore, it gives us 10 and, are you eliminating effective competition? that's a real problem. but the real, i think for this is the fact that the government is not providing and accountability agenda in normal government operations and, therefore, how will they do in a contingency operation when time and mission of congressmen are critical. i thank you for inviting me to testify today, and i

forward, first of all, we've been working on a very sbepsive basis with the government of mexico and with dojgation of the shooting of the agent, but wh can be done to deal with the entire organizations that are now plaguing mexico. what more can we do to assist the calderon administrion and their fight against the cartels? what more do we need to do to make sure that our agents are properly supported in the field and wh more can we do in the continental united states to the extent the cartels have fingertip presences here to go after them and there have been at least an open source report, that there have been a number of activities on all those fronts. >> i would urge you to stay in close communication with the family. their law enforcement agency said we'll work with you and have the curiosity that only a law enforcement family might have. don't have a lot of time left. the budget indicates there's no funding in the request for uavs that have been found to be effective on the border. is there a reason for that omission? >> i believe let me clarify that for you. i believe there's funding fo

the doj filed in court in louisiana the claim that you have 270 shallow permits pending and 52 deepwater permits pending, and this information is difference? >> the information included in the department of justice filing to our personnel from other modifications. so i know there was a press talking to modify7&7'7'7$7%7% thousands of those, thousands.7' but some of them can be for7#7#% relatively minor things and so7' we thought it was inappropriate numbers because those are not you and your colleagues have interested in. and rightly so. been the appropriately to handle it. >> to explain not about the 52 deepwater that this press release mentioned. >> same thing. >> so they are just requests to alter existing permits? senator vitter -- >> i do. spinet it just says because there are actually 270 shallow water permit applications pending -- >> it's the same principle. things like applications to modify as opposed to applications for the wells or substantive reviews that our agency does and that takes so much time. >> so it is around ten when you look at the brand new permits to drill that

the doj never brings prosecutions, the house and the senate office of public records, the clerk are notituated in such a way where they clean up the record to make sure the records are rectified one against the other. even people fail to file or not at all this is a long question. there was a proposal i think in the last congress, sort of two pieces. one piece of it was lobbyists should have to pay a small registration fee. it was $10 per lobbyist. if you violate, that there's a $500 late fee. i don't know if this is a good idea or bad idea. i'm trying to think of ways that address the enforcement question. i know the aba deals with this in terms of recommending the civil division tried to do with this. i was hoping in some going down the list, paul, do you have thoughts on how enforcement can be beefed up? i know one of the five principles -- >> this is probably more for tom and his backer. you can't legislate morality. people are going to break the law when they want to. if there are dollar signs there and they can find a way, there will always be those people who do it. is that every

the doj has filed their clarification request, the plaintiffs have responded. this weekend the judge indicated he would rule very quickly. >> is it once that information is received from the judges, who's decision is it? is it your decision, is it the attorney general's decision, is it the president's decision or all of the above on how to proceed? >> well, our legal team is led by the department of justice, so we defer to their legal counsel. >> do you, do you have official input into the decision? in other words -- >> to the legal counsel's -- >> well, you you are the secrety of health and human services. >> i understand. our legal counsel is involved with the justice team, but they are proceeding to have this dialogue with the court. >> okay. i would disagree with you that the judge's decision was an outlier. my understanding is that if you're keeping score it's 2-2. so i don't -- >> no, it's 3-2 -- >> have we had another one? [laughter] >> i have to keep an accurate score. of and as i say, there are 12 who have dismissed the case outright. so -- >> all righ

do you anticipate that this crisis is a catalyst for the doj to reapproach the secretary of defense and the secretary of state in the upcoming two plus two to clean the slate and start all over? what's the impact at dpri? >> it's a great question. i guess my fear would be that the japanese government both political leadership and bureaucrats would be so focused on issues related to relief, reconstruction and so on that they would not have time to the face what is politically controversial questions in japan. we had the road map agreed to five years ago, basically. and very little progress has been made. there was a setback. i, ambassador togo referred to the use of assets on okinawa, and for the american contribution here, and that is probably not trivial. i hope it improves the environment. i think americans have also learned in the last couple of weeks that it's better not to say too much about okinawa at all. [laughter] >> thank you. >> yes, please. >> thank you very much. i noticed two things. the first one is that -- >> could you identify yourself? >> i come from -- [inaudible] , a

i think it's actually 24 because i think there was a doj intervention in a civil false claims act last week which includes six government contract cases and eight guilty pleas. >> okay. another contractor that you mentioned in your testimony is agility which is renamed, used to be called public warehouse company. now, they did get suspended. was that the end of their getting new contracts? >> no. that's the only instance that we have many our federal contractor misconduct base, but they have received two extensions that i'm aware of that currently go until august of 2011. so once again, despite the government holding them accountable, there's been, you know, an exception to the rule that they have been able to stay on the contract for another eight or ten months. >> i'm beginning to get the picture that bad performance can be good business. let's go on to louis bear jay or -- louis berger. i want to stay with you with. i know that this book just this past december, there is a criminal conviction of their chief financial officer, a criminal conviction of their controller. the company --

doj filed in federal court in louisiana they claim that you have 270 shallow permits pending and 52 deepter permits pending, and this information as i understand is current as of why there's that difference? the information included in the designated permits. the focusing on those permits sequence as the judge directed would divert our permitting personnel from other the 270 number was designed work that permitting are already granted so included adjustments or it was extraordinarily misleading because the numbers that members of congress and applications. wanted to start talking about applications to modify we granted thousands of those,7'7'' thousands.7'7'7' but some of them can be for relatively minor things, and so% we thought it was inappropriate and misleading to cite those-" numbers because those are not numbers that mr. chairman you and your colleagues have blood and rightly so. and rightly so. when it is not a discrepancy at all and category they are, that would been the appropriate way to handle this rather than too blasted out and suggest that people are not being candid about

oftentimes i say that we get grants from doj because the guns that in mississippi because of the size, number two, and number two, they say if mississippi can do it, everybody else can. we have been successful working with federal agencies. in one day we hit 28 -- called mexican bodegas, basically a grocery store, and store,viagra -- having a lot of fun with that, cannot get a witness as to whether it works. we found also a lot across the ocean drugs that will be sold without prescriptions. from painkillers down the line better dangerous to our citizens. it is a consumer protection issues. and we have been active in bang that area. we have been trying to do the education component of that is well to educate about illegal download of music and software. working to try to implement policies that will help them better use their bandwidth rather than allowing students to download movies with that band with and how we police that bandwidth. there are a lot of areas for us to work in the area of intellectual property. another area we have been active in in mississippi is domestic violence,

forward, first of all, we've been working on a very sbepsive basis with the government of mexico and with doj not only the investigation of the shooting of the agent, but what can be done to deal with the entire organizations that are now plaguing mexico. what more can we do to assist the calderon administration and their fight against the cartels? what more do we need to do to make sure that our agents are properly supported in the field and what more can we do in the continental united states to the extent the cartels have fingertip presences here to go after them and there have been at least an open source report, that there have been a number of activities on all those fronts. >> i would urge you to stay in close communication with the family. their law enforcement agency said we'll work with you and have the curiosity that only a law enforcement family might have. don't have a lot of time left. the budget indicates there's no funding in the request for uavs that have been found to be effective on the border. is there a reason for that omission? >> i believe let me clarify that for you. i

government population and an iraq following the 2011 transition would be 17,000 n personnel from dod, doj comment hhs, you name it. security contractors 50% security.re then we have life-support contractors. >> is there a number that goes with that? >>0. 50% of the 17,000. 50% securities of 17,000 kno altogether 30% life-supportpr contractors which are people who prepare the food and do that supportrun work, 10 percent management aviation and security we have to run hour on aviation assets to get people around. 10% program staff. dod is looking, as you know, congress man, to set up the office of security cooperation outpost in iraq. they will have about 4,000 personnel out of the 17,000. it will have a direct higher, a 16% of the total and contractors make up the other 84%. that is not the optimalet situation but what we have to do too meet the tha obligations that we took on under the bush administration and that we are prepared going forward. >> too other things in the last decade the global alliance gathering has provided new access to immunization buy almost 300 million children and t