the justice department is an interesting place and a lot of issues we are constantly conare fronting.always busy here. >> i know why it's especially busy, everyone is debating whether or not this is discrimination, whether or not this is something we shouldn't even be talking about. >> the justice department has a unique responsibility inñ that regard. we're the enforcers of the voting rights act of 1965 and in particular section five of that act which deals with the whole question of voting and so we've been active in that regard. we file suits against certain states where we thought the practices that they sought to introduce were." inappropriate. we have precleared other states where we think the changes they have made are in fact appropriate so we have a good number of lawyers in our civil rights division who are engaged at this moment in just that subject. >> help walk me through this, because you know, there are many people who are saying that the voter i.d. law that are being introduced are unfair that, they violate the spirit of the voting rights act. >> vote something a funda

they want get out from under the oversight of the justice department.ather than forcing the state to get permission from the justice department, if there is something in the law that interferes with the rights of minorities to vote, these states want the minorities to have to challenge it like anyone would challenge a law. they don't want big brother in the justice department telling them what to do. the supreme court, surprisingly, has agreed to hear that. if the supreme court changes the law, that will be a radical change to remove the justice department from this equation. if it upholds it we will probably not hear about it for 25 years. >>shepard: the top syrian officials accusing the united states of supporting terrorists. the comments from the united nations general assembly coming right up. and another attack in afghanistan, another one targeting u.s. troops. children are caught in the middle. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options

we have a justice department that hasn't had a great history of fighting back where they should that nobody on wall street's been prosecuted for stealing eighteen million eight hundred million dollars from the american public but what you're going to have is the private industry within the legal industry say this this on its face doesn't sound right you're going to have jurors sitting in jury boxes that says really you're going to deprive this person of the ability to feed their family because they chose not to vote republican really seriously are going to do that listen a jury's going to hear this case they're going to be great they're going to lawyer rise up and you're going to see this case in front of somebody in somebody's court will be in cincy now by contract. he said that this would be basically a violation of contract like with wal-mart where they where they you know clock out their contract the group of bargaining was you work these hours you get this pay and then yeah it's an implicit it's not a written contract but it's an implicit it's an implicit relationship between wh

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a justice department study said it was an issue in far less than 1% of the votes cast between 2002 and 2005. our new ad as about voter fraud intended to inform voters or intimidate them. voter fraud is a felony. billboards with this simple and factual message are stirring up controversy in two battleground states. here's why voting rights activists like eric marshal are upset. >> yes, voter fraud is a felony. but it's the way they're being displayed and the fact that they're in almost exclusively areas or around areas that are predominantly latino. >> reporter: the billboards have been popping up in cities in ohio and wisconsin. 85 in milwaukee and 30 in columbus and another 30 in cleveland and 31 in cincinnati. protests started almost as soon as they went up, demanding the signs come down.

justice department is saying is that these goods were being exported without notifying the u.s. government or the department of commerce that of course this isn't the first time we've we've heard about these these so-called spy ring russian spy ring being broken out by the f.b.i. or the u.s. department of justice back in two thousand and ten and chapman was one of ten. russian spies that the u.s. says were working in the states to try to gather intelligence and send it back to moscow. douglas mcnabb explains the sentences the accused facing on the evidence the department of justice has presented. as nothing more than allegations brought bar-b. u.s. government against. they did prepare very detailed blow to the letter which. with me it's unleavened page document a letter that says that the u.s. government has overwhelming evidence with regard to the defendants but the defendants are facing up to twenty years on each count each allegation and there are twenty five allegations so there's a serious the letter was signed by two department of justice a trial attorneys who are in the co

i was in the justice department, we were cut 10% every year for two years. and believe me, we didn't like it, but after a six or seven month discipline like that, we started to find gee, you know, the justice department is not the most efficient organization in the world. it actually does waste money. and there are places that you can save. that kind of discipline in our economy will mean tremendous economic growth next year. i think that's one of the major differences the american have to decide on on november 6 president health care, awe -- as you know two different direction. obamacare becomes the law of the land for sure if obama is elected. it becomes institutionalized. it becomes nothing is impossible but it becomes close to impossible to reverse four years from now. it will be operating then, people will have moved over, there will be a tremendous changes. mandate would have been enforced already. 20,000irs agencies will get hired. which is absolutely ludicrous. what we need 20,000 more irs agents. there's no way to stop that because even if you have

justice department alexander. they say was operating a spy network that was based in houston and that according to u.s. officials enhanced the capabilities of the russian military now for shango and ten others were charged with falsifying documents and illegally exporting high tech u.s. made micro electronics to russian military and intelligence agencies according to the f.b.i. since two thousand and eight they say that was allegedly using his company are collect tronics to secretly export goods such as analog to digital converters static random access memory chips microcontrollers and microprocessors now the reason this is all so important is because u.s. officials say that that type of equipment is subject to strict u.s. government controls due to their potential use in a wide range of military systems u.s. officials say that russia does not even produce many of those who would say that they say for schenkel was sending russia does not produce that domestically and now again we need to underscore here that what

big news from the justice department and the courts. stay with us. overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed, lord jamie. thou cometh and we thy saveth! what are you doing? we doth offer so many discounts, we have some to spare. oh, you have any of those homeowners discounts? here we go. thank you. he took my shield, my lady. these are troubling times in the kingdom. more discounts than we knoweth what to do with. now that's progressive. >>> last year this billboard went up in a small town in massachusetts. it was a special election for a state legislative seat in the town of south bridge. this billboard went up on the side of the road. it says "show i.d." you do not have to show a massachusetts driver's license in order to vote in massachusetts. but this billboard sure makes it look like it, doesn't it? a few months later, there was another special election. voters inside the polling place in newbedford showed up to these guys in suits and ties. the sign says show

. >>> dat justice department is re-- today the justice department is reviewing a request from virginia democratic law maketories launch a mull city state -- mull multistate investigation into voter registration fraud. this comes one week after an employee at a public firm was arrested for destroying voter applications. we have the latest now from fairfax county. >> reporter: congressman jim moran and two other democratic congressmen from virginia are asking the department of justice to investigate a firm hired by the republican pay. strategic allied consulting and its subsid dear pin-point. the website has said it has never tolerated even minimal violations of election law when registering voters, but it's already facing more than 200 allegations of voter registration fraud in florida, arizona, and colorado. in a letter to attorney general eric holder, congressman moran, jerry connolly say the number of allegations in a put pal of locations would seem to suggest something more than a few bad apples. they have already severed ties with strategic allied consulting. but the fafax county d

and justice department to declassify the images. we have not heard response of yet. please join me this weekend for special look at the libya scandal and updated "special report" investigates benghazi, new revelations. can be scene at 1:00 p.m. saturday, 3:00 p.m. saturday and 10:00 p.m. sunday. now to the election. this is the next to the last weekend of a seemingly ever-lasting campaign. president obama has seen commanding leads in the polls, the electoral college and among key demographics disappear. the big question request is can he stop the bleeding enough to hang on to the final 11 days. we have fox team coverage. carl cameron looks at economic speech for surging republican challenger mitt romney. but we begin with ed henry and another statistic to hurt the president. good evening, ed. >> good evening, bret. the good news for the president is the economy is making up ground. but the bad news is it's still not nearly enough to get millions back to work. >> hours before the latest numbers came in showing the economy is growing too slowly to boost hiring, preside

so where are we with the lyrical the justice department? a complete stall. well, this is no accident. the president of the united states got his start with these issues. his first major political challenge chicago for barack obama was with a group called project vote, a voter registration effort that registered 135,000 people and illinois in '91 and '92. project vote was allied with and an affiliate of the acorn. how many of you have ever heard of acorn? the most notoriously corrupt the registration effort ever in american history. it 2008 it's estimated their registered 1 million people. we will still debating whether a majority of those for fraudulent or not. as you know, because of some videos that came out recently regarding, shall we say, the other scandals they ultimately dissolved and had to declare bankruptcy. many of its members have reform in and out during the registration again. i call that a court under the mismanagement. acorn is back. but acorn day barack obama his political birth. he did such a good job running that the registration program t

justice department is defending its use of warrantless tracking of cell phones and it isn't the only one a look at your mobile rights coming up. plus extremism comes in many shapes and forms that's no surprise but now the u.s. military has new classification standards for potential national security threats and changing your facebook status or social media preferences on that list and a little less than an hour from now president obama and his republican rival mitt romney will square off in their first senate debate but there are several topics you likely won't hear during tonight's conversation we'll tell you what those topics are in just a bit. good evening it's wednesday october third eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine you're watching our t.v. . well as many of you know we like to keep you updated on the latest methods of surveillance the government is taking since it's a topic a whole lot of other media outlets don't bother to discuss at all well there are a few new developments out there first the u.s. justice department argued in court yesterday that authorities should b

justice department is defending its use of warrantless tracking of cell phones and it isn't the only one a look at your mobile right coming up. plus it's one small step for the obama administration one big leap back for human rights advocates a law that allows indefinite military detention of american citizens was up held in court the details ahead. and could there be a get motu point tucked neatly into the northern illinois landscape a massive correctional facility that the federal bureau of prisons has its eye on ahead we'll ask if the obama administration plans to transfer one hundred moment they inmates into this facility. it's wednesday october third five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for you're watching our t.v. . well as many of you know we like to keep you updated on the latest methods of surveillance the government is taking sensitive topic a whole lot of other media outlets don't bother to discuss it all well there are a couple new developments out there first the u.s. justice department argued in court yesterday that authorities should be able to get their hands on m

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meanwhile, some federal lawmakers have been asking the justice department to investigate whether the the sale and distribution of controlled substances. tonight, u.s. attorney carmen ortiz issued a statement coon firming -- confirming the justice department is indeed evaluating allegations concerning the new england compounding center but in this written statement said at this point to release any details about that justice department investigation would be premature. shep? >> shepard: we are hearing about fungal meningitis and fungal infections. what's the difference? >> yes. it all depends on where the fungus lodges. when it attacks the spinal cord, the patient develops meningitis. so people who got contaminated injections to the spine are at risk for. this patients who received potentially tainted meds to other body parts such as knees, hips, heart or eyes are not believed to be be at risk for meningitis but could develop fungal infections which is why experts say it is extremely important to report to your doctor any unusual symptoms you develop. and, shep, we are just now gettin

bp and the justice department are close to a settlement over the deep water rise in oil spill. negotiations have been heating up over a multimillion-dollar deal to settle the remaining civil and criminal liability. the energy department says heating costs will be way up compared with last winter, the warmest on record. people who use heating oil can expect bills to rise 20%. natural gas customers will pay 15% more. americans love their cats and dogs especially and halloween. we will shell out $370 million to address our pets in costumes for the holidays. that is america's money. >> the nationals know their backs are against a wall for game four tonight. they will face a st. louis cardinals team. the cardinals eliminatedknocked off the nationals yesterday. they beat the braves on a controversial ruling. game 4 at nationals park this afternoon at 4:07. the orioles tried to rebound from their hard braking -- heartbraeak. ibanez tying the game and then a walk off. >> can he do it again? he diid! >> he is the first player in postseason history to hit a homer in the ninth inning and

. >> we come to this department of justice to seek justice. >> in washington, protesters demand the justice enforce the 1965 veeting rights act and throw out florida's election law. while florida's law may be the toughest, 18 other states most under republican control, also tightened the election law since the 2010 election. kansas is one of many states that requires picture i.d.s which they say will prevent voter fraud. >> the argument that you should always always push to the most easy, imaginable system that you can think of, is one you'll open up the doors wide to fraud. we want it to be easy to vote but we want it to be hard to cheat. >> chris is kansas secretary of state. like dennis baxley he rejects the charge that tighter election laws like requiring photo i.d.s are politically or racially motivated. >> i think it's a despicable argument to make. the number-one factor driving people to the pollsis the candidates and the excitement of that contest. it's not the mechanics of the election. democrats use the issue in a political way as well. >> they use it for fundraising and they clai

justice department from vicking a medical marijuana dispensary. in july federal prosecutors served paper on the health center calling it a marijuana super store. the city's suit claims the justice department knew about harborside for years. the city says federal officials are overstepping by interfering with oakland's process. a hearing is scheduled for november 1st. >>> another arson fire in a west san jose neighborhood. cell phone video shows a blaze in a trash can. the fifth -- make it the 9th fire in two weeks. many homes back to the alley where residents park and there out trash. fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a house fire that left a woman with severe burns. three other people inside this home -- [ unintelligible ] >>> state senator leno of san francisco calling for hearing into california's gas price crisis. he chairs senate committee on bay area transportation and says the sudden rise indicates problem with the state's 15 refineries. his committee will investigate worker safety as well. he says chevron announcement

william rehnquist is the person at the justice department.his record is very next he was betting successfully. some of the things that he looked through, unfortunately, good or bad, he is taking the fall for it and responsibility for. as i mentioned, richard nixon had come onto the presidency with a commitment to appoint conservative southerners to the court. it was one of those campaign promises. it is hard for us to even think about this today. but nixon was a complex man in his own right. and so william rehnquist and the department of justice is now supposed to be helping him find these guys. the very first two vacancies, the first two nominees the up to the court are haynesworth and carswell, both of whom failed to be confirmed. rehnquist kind of takes the fall for that. they just got hammered during the hearings. by the time another vacancy comes up, and so nixon is getting this amazing confluence of four vacancies. very early in the presidency, and then two more. black guys in holland a few months later. he was looking to replace black.

and lost in the trial court you know so there's no more arthur andersen but the looks of the justice department learned from all of that is oh my god we can't actually prosecute anybody large and so they don't actually don't prosecute large corporations anymore reisa brewer claim that deferred prosecution agreements were adequate deterrence and that his agents were quote sophisticated and could detect whether a firm was serious about implementing a compliance programme so a lot of words there that are misused all the time like compliance program there is no compliance program and deterrence there are no to turns either other bill black well this is all about moving the deterrence this is all about allowing people to commit the crimes with absolute impunity and this was more than a wink wink nod nod now that your new digs in the city of london and we can go back to a classic comic routine of this is how you give me the excuse not to prosecute and it was wonderful brewer said now i want to warn you this approach won't all ways work. right there is there is the risk now is it true that brewer come

senator barbara boxer is asking the justice department to look into whether refinery maintenance issues are being used as an excuse to drive up the price. honda is seizing the opportunity by offering $3,000 fuel debit cars with the purchase of its 2012 honda civic. the car runs on natural gas. the trick is finding pumps that offer natural gas. a political feud between china and japan is weighing on automakers. a drop in demand from china has affected production at toyota, honda and mazda in japan. all three automakers reported demand was down between 35 to 49 percent from the year before. china and japan have been locked in a territorial dispute since last month regarding a chain of islands between the two countries. since then, trade between china and japan has slowed. more than 500 people are charged with scamming homeowners in bad mortgage deals. u.s. attorney general eric holder told reporters yesterday many of the scams involved unnecessary fees and were aimed at innocent homeowners attempting to participate in foreclosure relief programs created by the obama administration. holder

lori: the justice department is point mr. j almost a single finger at countrywide alone for pushing fannie and freddie in to bailout territory? liz: yes. the department of justice has moved -- the sixth time they have moved against the bank the we have never seen them -- trying to recover losses incurred by fannie and freddie and the justice department, watch this, serious and significant misrepresentation that bank of america made before and during the time taxpayers invested $45 billion in the banks for the t.a.r.p. program. bank of america reached out to them and return calls for comment and the lawsuit is alleging bank of america refused to repurchase from fannie and freddie, and defect rates ten times industry standards. this is a seriousslosses we are going to be watching closely. -- the euphemism is a high-speed swim lane for the mortgage loan program to get volume out the door and into the hands of fannie and freddie. the hustle is what it was called behind-the-scenes. we will get back to you with more details. lori:

the attorney general refused to turn over documents which explain what led the justice department to verse course after denying federal agents used a controversial tactic called gun walking in the failed law enforcement operation. in a court filing tonight, the department said tonight the constitution does not permit the courts to resolve the political dispute between the executive branch and the house committee that is seeking those records. >>> the pakistani girl who captured the spirit of women around the world is now in a british hospital. she was shot in the head by the taliban because she encouraged other girls like her to get an education. a crew wheeled the 14-year-old into britain's queen elizabeth hospital a week after she was attacked. the pakistani teen will be seeing the same docs who treat british soldiers injured fighting the taliban. >> we are receiving a hospital full all the british battle casualties and have been for the last ten years. we have unfortunately vast experience of dealing with this type of injury. >> she became a local celebrity in pakistan for standing

alone days and i was a justice department lawyer as was my way. and let the brewer set out a road map on how people could of boy getting prosecuted there really white collar criminal banks that caused the financial crisis and the way he said to do it is hire yourself an economist and be really too big to fail and that a lot of innocent workers are going to lose their jobs if you take any prosecution against start my criminal bank in other words you hold the workers hostage right holding the workers hostage in this case or holding the markets hostage we saw hank paulson back in two thousand and six give us three quarters of a trillion dollars or will blow up the market and you know this is this kicking the can down the road deferred accountability deferred prosecution does anything happen in real time anymore are is everything going to happen at some magical point the future some point of nirvana when things suddenly come back how is everything going to be deferred black i mean in the meantime what's happening for real wealth deferred prosecution m

. >>> the justice department is trying to get the fast and furious lawsuit dismissed by the house. the lawsuit demands that attorney general eric holder produce records about the botched law enforcement operations. president barack obama has invoked executive privilege in this matter. the attorney general has refused to turn over documents which some believe explain what led the justice department to reof course course after initially denying that federal agents had use the a controversial tactic. it's called gun walking in the failed law enforcement operation. in a court filing the department said the constitution does not permit the courts to resolve political disputes between the executive branch and the house committee which is seeking the records. >>> senator arlen specter will be laid to rest today. the former pennsylvania senator died sunday of nonhodgkins lymphoma. the 82-year-old specter was a moderate senator who was often at odds with the republican leadership. he played a key role in the spring court confirmation hearings scuttling robert bourque's nomination and aggres

appointed by president obama previously served as the associate deputy attorney general in the department of justiceobertson, retired as you know states district judge for the district of columbia, appointed by president clinton in 1994 answered for him on time on the foreign intelligence surveillance court. thank you very much all three of you for coming. we'll start with each panelists, making some remarks and then we'll move on to questions. neil. >> karen, thank you for putting this panel together and thank you for inviting me. i've been involved with karen and this organization or its predecessors since 2005, and it's now one of the most fun things i do beyond my day job is get to be in discussion with many of you around the room a number of old friends and great to meet some new friends here as well. let me just throw out a couple of first principles regarding secrecy, classified information and then make a couple observations about leak cases of which my district currently has several underway. first, a point of agreement i think for everybody on this panel, i assume everybody in this room is