i also want to thank the men and women of the department of justice who work hard every day to keep us safe. i met with a lot of them. you are the face of the department of justice. there are thousands of people whose faces will never be in the news that are out there every single day throughout the country and abroad keeping us safe. we pray for their safety and we appreciate what they do. senator grassley. >> before i read my statement i would like to say to general holder obviously you and i were bitten by different political bugs but we have policy differences and we have more agreement that you and i may realize that a particular time and i think those policy differences are legitimate. in my statement and i'm going to make some comments about some administrative action where i think there is no excuse for and congress isn't being respected by your department and whether it's you or people within your department i think at the very least we ought to have responses where there should be no political differences, just wanting information. so i hope you appreciate the fact that if we

you know i have had this discussion with the department of justice and the department of justice has said we can't talk about this because o.m.b. is not in the room and they will whip us unmercifully if we talk about budget stuff without their presence because it will look like we're submarining the prerogatives of the white house over budget issues so we brought o.m.b. in. and those discussions have gone forward at a moderate pace. i just wanted to flag for you this legal requirement that it be done within 120 days because i'm expecting that there will be a report within 120 days and i'm hoping that you and o.m.b. will both put considerable effort into it because if you look out four or five years at the rapid rate in which the cyberthreat is growing, in which it is morphing into more complex and varied threats, and at all the ways in which it can affect the lives of ordinary americans, i think that we are both underresourced and inadequately structured to deal with that program, that problem in the long haul. so what assurances can you give me about how you guys are going to handle

>> steve, this department of justice is acting absolutely independently.at's being made by our prosecutors around the country is being made 100% based on the facts of that particular case and the law that we can apply it, and there's been absolutely no interference whatsoever. >> the perception-- i mean, it doesn't seem like you're trying. it doesn't seem like you're making an effort, that the justice department does not have the will to take on these big wall street banks. >> steve, i get it. i find the excessive risk taking to be offensive. i find the greed that was manifested by certain people to be very upsetting. but because i may have an emotional reaction and i may personally share the same frustration that american people all over the country are feeling, that in and of itself doesn't mean we bring a criminal case. >> if you had said two years ago that nobody was gonna be prosecuted on wall street for the subprime mortgage scandal, i think people would think, "it's not possible." >> sometimes it takes a number of years to bring these cases. so i'd

we knew the justice department had to do this by tomorrow.was the deadline set by the judge handling the case. it's certainly -- several factors weighed heavily in favor of the government doing this given the enormous impact that this crime had on the city of boston. they note in their filing that the killings were intentional. they also inflicted serious bodily injury. the nature of the crime, the grave risk that this put people. the fact that there were multiple killings. the fact that it was a betrayal of the united states encouraging others to commit acts of violence. impact on the victims. the selection of the site. the lack of remorse. all of these factors the justice department says weighed in favor of seeking the death penalty. now this will not be without some controversy. as you often find in a case like this, some families of the victims thought that the death penalty was not appropriate. "the boston globe" newspaper surveyed boston residents in september and by about two to one they opposed seeking the death penalty in the event t

for instance, back in early november, i wrote you about the justice department consult to health and human services on the affordable care act. hhs says that in consultation with your department it decided not to apply the antikickback statute to the affordable care act this is a clear violation of congress' move to strengthen antifraud laws. you have helped us strengthen a lot of antifraud laws. since i haven't received an answer to my letter. i'm going ask you about that today. i've also written to you about the department's hands of cases in which the national security agencies employees abuse their signals intelligence authority. in august after news reports about the cases, i wrote to the nsa inspector general about them. in response the inspector general indicated that since 2003, there were 12 documented instances of nsa employees abusing these authorities, in many cases, by spying on loved ones. it's good the number of cases was very small. but even one case too many according to the inspector general. six of these cases were referred to your department for prosecution. in oct

jonathan. >> for the story, we've spoken with current and former officials from the justice departmentpartment, homeland security, and congress. we also spoke with lawyers and people who have been contacted by the fbi in this investigation, many who have raised serious questions about the senator's actions. the criminal investigation is dpo focusing in on part on these two brothers, william and roberto. the brothers have been fugitives from their native ecuador for more than a decade, sentenced in absentia for embezzling millions as the bank they ran there was collapsing. officials say at issue, did senator menendez cross a line in trying to help the fugitive bankers stay in the u.s.? the brothers now live here in coral gables, florida, running several successful businesses. they've never been charged in the u.s., but back home in ecuador, they're wanted men. back in the 1990s, outraged ecuadorians took to the streets demanding their money back after several banks collapsed, including the country's largest, which had been run by the brothers. banking authorities in ecuador found the ba

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i would like to talk to you about abuse of power and the integrity of the department of justice. eight months ago the inspector general at the department of treasury concluded that the irs improperly targeted conservative citizen groups, tea party groups, pro-israel and pro-life groups. the day that was made public president obama described what had occurred as quote intolerable and inexcusable and he said americans have a right to be angry about it and i'm angry about it. likewise, that same day you said that the irs targeting of conservative citizen groups was quote, outrageous and unacceptable. that was eight months ago. in the eight months that have transpired, lois lerner the head of the office that targeted conservatives improperly has gone before it congress and pleaded the fifth which you know means she raised her hand and she said if i testify it may incriminate myself. for a senior government official to plead the fifth is a major occurrence. in the 280 days since that inspector general report, nobody has been indicted, not a single person. in the 280 days since the insp

any way they choose someone who has a political agenda here. >> with all due respect to the department of justicei worked with the treasury department before and let me tell you that the problem is barbara boxer accepted the assignment and she should have said no. it would be in the best interest of the department of justice for me not to talk about the announcement and i'm the person doing the investigation here. number two is that she's not up for a promotion in considering her political views. this is an irs investigation and criminal investigation by the justice department against the irs with a civil litigation pending. 1500 lawyers you can choose from and what happens one happens to be a maximum donor to the obama administration and again, she has the right to make donations but she should also step aside and have this kind of case. i just think that is bad form and it raises significant ethical issues and it has caused us to pause as the fbi is asking to talk with clients. >> so would you advise them not to talk to her or me with her? >> i will tell you that we just had a meeting on this m

you know, congressional committee being stonewalled by the fbi and the justice department.tremely frustrated and i don't blame him. i have been in those hearings. i have never heard so many people talk so much and say so little in the witness chair. >> all right. well my advice to barbara k. boxerman is to avide even the appearance of impropriety or conflict of interest. and for the integrity of the investigation she may be the fairest person in the world. it would be so much wiser in light of all her contributions that she decline. we will see what happens. larry, nice to see you. >> thanks a lot. we are still looking for equal justice on the law. >> indeed. governor christie is 2016 republican favorite. will bridge gate lead to a rocky road at the white house. political panel is here next. don't want to miss that super bowl winner imos to disney world. where does justin timberlake go after winning >>> okay, everyone, time to hash it out. forget fancy award show after parties. fast food joints are where the real winners celebrate. justin timberlake tweeted this picture on

every single justice department lawyer, not all of them most of them when they rotate out they go to big law firms in new york and big cozy relationships. >> when you leave justice, you are almost stepping into a lincoln town car that's going to bring you right to your desk. i guess what bothers me the most is i think who is standing in front of us in line are probably the shareholders. any have no power. the executives they settle it for their own criminal conduct and then turn to the shareholders and they basically steal it from the company to pay it. >> greta, there is a bottom line whether we like it or not. and that is that these big financial giants know that the executives are not going to go to jail. money talks. that other stuff walks. >> don't tell me. this is the reason why you have groups like tea party and occupy wall street because they get pretty mad at relationships. >> i'm taking the last word on that. bernie and ted, thank you for agreeing with me. >> coming up, much of the u.s. cold in antarctica. finding ways to make the >>> this is a fox news alert. brutal and dan

this is from the justice department. pleads guilty, he faces federal charges for leaking all of that information as it pertains to the security agency, if he prepared to plead guilty, the justice department is prepared to discuss with his lawyers how he can return to the country. analyst, when you hear this from our attorney general, what do you think? >> this is really surprising in some respects and not in others. there is a lot of speculation because of the staggering amount of information that snowden allegedly took from nsa computers to deal with what happened or the u.s. must face enormous embarrassment and intelligence in the future. obviously this opens the door to the beginning of realistic negotiations for his surrender and the return of the intelligence information he has hidden somewhere. >> just to remind people that we learned about the charges, we are talking conveying classified information to the party and disclosing communications and intelligence and the theft of government property. this is a huge dea

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it sounds like you are having a hard time believing that the justice department would have placed her in the position. >> if there is anyone other than attorney general eric holder who lied to congress and covered tup, i would find it unbelievable. but in this case, we were astonished that they would be so tone deaf to have a major figure being someone obviously close to the president politically. >> but congressman, obviously, it is not sitting well to you to have a obama financial backer leading the investigation. just as it would not be good for a tea party loyalist. how could you ever find someone who is neutral? >> actually, if we have the entire work chart we might find a level of balance. we are willing to have people, mitted left right be involved, but we have to know. the american people have to know that there is a degrieve oversight leading to the truth coming out where ever it leads. in this case, the administration took a lot of time. sent false statements repeatedly through intmediaries that there was targeting beyond conservative when in fact, the facts come out that it

and because of that conflicting situation out in utah, department of justice has decided to weigh in here, and in the last several minutes, department of justice has released a statement from eric holder, the attorney general. there's actually a video message from eric holder, and we hope to bring you that as soon as we can here on cnn. so sort of a remarkable thing that eric holder would do this. but basically, what department of justice is saying is that the federal government will recognize those roughly 1,300 same-sex marriages performed in utah when they had this period essentially when a federal judge last month decided that the utah ban on same-sex marriages was not valid. same-sex marriages started to occur in that state and so you have roughly about 1,300 couples who were in this period of uncertainty right now, where they were married, but their own state is not recognizing those marriages. in part because the state said no, we're going to appeal this. and then the supreme court issued a stay, essentially siding with the state of utah and putting those marriages on hold. and

the white house said it had no idea that attorney general eric holder's department of justice seizedhone records from a fox james rose and and the associated press. carney told print media we have no knowledge of any attempt by the justice department to seek phone records of the ap. a year earlier he denied that prident obama under the department of justice was running guns in the mexico. the failed atf operation known d furious that led to the murder of u.s. border patrol agents bryan terry. >> the idea behind that thinking suggests that there was some grand plan behind the fast and furious program when in fact everyone knows, the president did not know about this tactic until he heard about it through the media. lou: everyone knows that the president did not know. of course, the terrorist attack in benghazi, which relied this week at the central intelligence agency had warned of at least seven times this green june and august of 2012 that there were setting of sanctuary. they're mnistrations stuck to its false story that the attack was a spontaneous flair of demonstration after pro

the justice department is considering new rules that expand the definition of racial profiling.l agents from launching investigations based on a person's religion, country of origin, gender, or sexual orientation. the bush administration banned racial profiling in 2003. now, the changes come after years of pressure from civil rights groups who say federal agents single out muslims in terror investigations and latinos in immigration cases. joining me now, laura murphy, director of the aclu's washington legislative office. thank you so much for your time. >> you're welcome, tamron. >> linda is an advocacy director for the national network for arab-american communities. she says adding religion and national origin is huge, but if they don't close the national security loophole, then this is really irrelevant. what she is referring to is the justice department profiling guide, still as it relates to the identification of a terrorist, recognizes race and ethnicity when looking at a suspect. and that is permitted by the nation's laws and it says the constitution. >> so i think she's r

today we focus on president obama's speech at the justice department regarding the national security agency. i'll be speaking with a former n.s.a. director and form general who has been critical of the obama administration and its review of the intelligence gathering community. he will be joined by peter, the former chairman of the house intelligence community. this week they joined together to write a letter to the white house. we will have all of that and more over the next hour. headlines from my radio co-host. >> morgan stanley stock rose the most in almost six months, this after the bank reported a profit that beat estimates. the company is seeing a gain in equity trading revenue. in the meantime, general electric saw its stock fall the most in almost seven months. the company failed to deliver a profit margin forecast that the c.e.o. had been repeating for more than a year. g.e. did report first-quarter adjusted earnings that rose 16% to 5.42 billion. that matched estimates. and telling shareholders to reject a $1.61 billion takeover proposal for men's warehouse. the bank says

a justice department ruling cleared the way for online gambling at the state level but not nationallysome are calling on the federal government to lift its ban, seeing it as a way to create consistency. so far flee pro online gaming bills have been introduced in congress, but not everyone wants to see those bills become law. >> in the history of bad ideas this has to be one of the worst. internet gambling. >> that video is from the coalition to stop internet gambling, backed by sands ceo, and sheldon adelson, they claim it crosses the line of responsibility. adelson has vowed to spend whatever it takes to convince congress to keep the online gambling ban in place. so what is the future of online gambling, and is there a compelling argument for congress to make it legal. joining us is a former congressman from arkansas, and with the association of players% association and online gamers. vin we're seeing this move forward at the state level. why not just leave it there? what is the argument for federal regulation? >> from the argument is from a pure business standpoint. what companies w

do you have 100% confidence in this justice department, the same justice department that handled fast furious and did all these other things that have been criticized? >> when you have the combination of it all, the federal courts, justice department, the congress and the house intelligence committee that is controlled by republicans, we look at this very carefully. i have as much confidence as you can look have in anything. there's more of a chance of human error of us being attacked by terrorists if we drop the ball. they're already maintained by the phone companies, which are private. >> but in order for billing, they have to -- >> exactly. that's what we're doing is getting those records. >> independent representative bernie sanders from vermont says congress members don't want their phone numbers known. they don't want their calls listened to, either. why shouldn't congress be treated the same as everyday americans? >> i agree with you. i think members of congress should be treated the same as everyone else. if a member of congress is talking to an kraed leader in iraq or afghani

. >> well, this is a pattern of abuse with this justice department. they will go after their political opponents, and they will give sanctuary to their political friends, megyn, you see this time after time, they have gone after christian conservative groups and tea party groups, like "true the vote." and look at the ledger, the union, they help the union friends by crushing their rights, or helping the naacp by going after rick perry in the voter id cases. this justice department is very skilled at helping the president's political friends and hurting the president's political enemies. >> you have groups like friends of abe, which is a hollywood conservative group which basically has to be underground. if you want to be part of a group that thinks like you you have to keep it a secret in order to be able to work. now the irs is probing their personal exempt status, we see dinesh indicted, although they claim he bundled money here in new york for a conservative in a way he was not allowed to do. others say yes, he may have committed some crimes, pled

justice department officials section 215 is analogous to grant subpoena authority. that statement was made on multiple occasions. they suggested the nsa does not have the authority to read email without a warrant. for purposes of trying to move this dialogue along because i do

the justice department represents the whole government, including the nsa. so if they were to give him some sort of deal that involved probation or immunity, i just can't conceive that the justice department's client, the nsa, would sit still for that. now, that remains a broad array of possible negotiating points but a guilty plea to some sort of prison time would seem indispensable in the deal. >> and snowden seems to suggest, in the answer that he gave to me on the online chat, that the law would have to be changed, extending whistle blower protections to contractors such as him before he could consider coming back to the united states because there wouldn't be any protections for him. >> well, jake, just do a little mind experiment that as difficult as it is to get anything through congress today, the justice for snowden act is not going to be a priority. they are not going to initiate the law to begin conversations with snowden. now, that still leaves some room for negotiations under existing law but to be remotely realistic, he's going to have to plea

an agreement with the justice department will allow internet custodiers to reveal often they hand over data to the government. there are concerns about how much personal information spy agencies can collect from popular smartphone apps.

in a letter to the justice department, jim jordan and darrell issa say that it is a startling conflictf interest and that the investigation has now been compromised. >> we still were astonished that they would be so tone deaf as to have a major figure in this investigation, being someone that is so obviously close to the president politically. lou: the justice department defending its choice, saying they are not allowed to consider political affiliations or leanings when handing out assignments. and president obama promised to investigate the irs and the apparent targeting of conservative groups last may. more information on the benghazi whitewash. the state department renewed the lease for the u.s. compound and ungodly just two months before the september 11 terrorist attack. that in part because the state designated the compound as a temporary structure and facility, allowing it to be exempted from security standards and a new poll out shows the majority of americans now believe the obama administration deliberately misled the american people about events surrounding the american amb

>> why hasn't the justice department been worried? it's almost a year. we just getting around to appointing some democratic donor to investigate? >> the truth of the matter is that this thing was announced with huge outrage and fanfare and, in fact, so far, now this could change, but so far the facts have not. >> the justice department has not investigated it? >> investigating it. >> no you aren't. subpoena power. investigate it took them a year appoint someone. >> do not slur this lady. >> i'm not slurring any lady. i'm saying it's ridiculous choice. i don't know the woman. i will make a prediction. remember the mark rich pardon? remember that where the biggest tax cheat in american history last day they have bill clinton's administration given a pardon and eric holder, he was the guy who made that all happen. remember that? remember that ellis? >> yes. >> absolutely. >> what happened about the mark rich pardon? nothing, zero. okay it was supposed to be investigated. never was. nobody did anything and rich is sitting over there in switzerland living lar

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the department of justice has to have the investigation. the fbi are simply the agents. m not blaming the agents. it's the department of justice. the fbi reports to d.o.j. we have to remember the hierarchy and the d.o.j. made the determination of no criminality. the agency investigates as instructed. >> at some point, there has to be some integrity and that means people willing to stand upnd say, this is beyond -- this is absolutely shredding the credibility of the fbi. the agency is so politicized that it oozing this slime throughout the justice department. i don't see how anyone could not be outraged by this. >> i don't know why they appointed someone in the civil rights division to the investigation? sorry? >> the civil rights divisi shoul't be doing the iestigation. it should have been public corruption because that's what it is at the end of the day. an overuse of authority. >> you and i are in absolute agreement there. jay, we're going to have to talk about the people you knew and the jobs they now hold. i admire your spirit. jay, good to have you here. >> thanks, l

. >> the president was at the justice department just last week outlining reforms to the nsa. we have reports of a new government watch jog report that says that the collection program was unlawful and it was a subversion of the patriot act law. and also, not very useful in discovering any terror plots. is that report, in your view, incorrect? is there anything more that needs to be done to rein in these programs? >> i have not seen the report but i will say that at least 15 judges, 35 occasions, they have said the program itself is legal. that is one part of the question. it is legal and it is something -- i don't agree with. the program is legal. the question is, is the prime minister as useful as it can be? is it something that we ultimately immediate? those are the questions that the president has put to me to the director of national intelligence, jim clapper. we will be looking the next 90 days or so to make the determinations about the -- answer the questions that president t president said. just because we can do something, should we? >> also, in a new york interview t

department of justice is responsible.hey signed the order. >> we asked about the bureau of prisons statement but they said none would be forthcoming. >>> if a woman can't pass the military fitness test is she really tough enough to be a marine. fair and balanced debate. why has the full weight of justice department fallen on the poor? >> in every count you are assisting in any way let's go to them. all of those are opportunities. really living in them. then in chrt and in ourselves is the most beautiful moment and finally the hand of god over there. it is among us. for 575 calories or less on oulighter fareu. enjoy fresh tossed. go fish. and try our new rosemary garlic chicken at olive garden. we're gonna be late. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh are we early? [ malennouncer ] mmute yo way with the bold, all-w nissan rogue. ♪ >>> developing tonight, a legal battle pitting the u.s. government against nuns who devoted their lives for caring for the elderly, poor and dying. a new court filing at the supreme court pushing against this against the or

you heard what phil mattingly said about the potential of obama to speak at the justice department.ill that close the issue? >> absolutely not. i expect you will get a little bit more tr sugar. it will probably be kicked over to the congress. at sulent circle, we view this as a worldwide surveillance issue. it's not necessarily in our view a u.s. issue. it's happening all over the world. whether there is a little bit of sugar in the speech, i don't think that will have much of an impact effectively around the world. >> tell us what kind of features will be in the black phone. >> it's the world's very first privacy-oriented high end smartphone, encrypted phone calls and contacts. a customized version of the android that lets you do everything you want to do. if you want to play angry birds, you can just do it in a more protected environment. just like the iphone 5s or the galaxie and it's cheaper. >> mike janke, when you called phil zimmerman in november 2011, did you think that you would be making now a black phone? >> i don't think we did. at silent circle, we are the world secure

and the justice department has notified a federal judge that it intends to seek the death penalty for dzhokhar if this will be the case if a jury convicts for last april bomb attacks at the boston marathon the attacks which took place nine months ago left three people dead and two hundred sixty wounded tamela. brotherhood legibly perpetrated the attack was killed in a confrontation with police in the days after the bombing i was joined earlier by artie's marina port ny had to discuss this a little bit more i first asked her how the justice department decided that the death penalty was the appropriate course of action. well u.s. attorney general eric holder says that the nature of the conduct at issue and the resulting harm from the boston bombings compelled his decision for the us to seek the death penalty in the case against defendant now before making a decision mr holder did take recommendations from his own staff as well as the justice department's capital case review committee and boston's u.s. attorney carmen ortiz since the federal death penalty was reinstated in one nine hundr

>> speaking of monopolies, will the justice department use this in a pernicious way? look, the way of the people thinking of the world is framed by the antitrust. they approach their own issues on antitrust as well as the architect their network. microsoft looking for a new ceo. steve ballmer came in at a time when he was really handcuffed by the rulings of the justice department because microsoft had grown by using the power of their operating system to force people are strongly compelled people to buy their other products. >> the browser. >> that led to the antitrust problems. what you saw for microsoft is the inability to get away from that. that was the central thing that happened during steve ballmer's tenure. now when they look for a ceo, that still looms as what is forcing the company to behave in the way it does. >> let's talk about what's going on over at facebook. we got the details from yahoo! and we are talking two completely different operations. >> facebook is crushing it with the numbers they came out with today. >> nearly $2.6 billion in 90 days. >> 91

>> there have been clear signs that assange, under the threat of possible indictment by the justice departmentderated some of his views. before releasing the last two batches of classified documents, assange and his lawyers contacted both the pentagon and the state department, offering to explore ways to minimize potential harm. in both cases, their offer was rebuffed. assange acknowledged that his fundraising has been hurt by the decision of paypal, mastercard, visa, and bank of america to cease handling donations. but he dismissed reports that wikileaks is wracked by internal dissention and mass defections. >> we're talking about daniel domscheit-berg, who was a german spokesperson, had a limited role in the organization. we had to suspend him some five months ago. >> describes you as being authoritarian, secretive, punitive. >> i'm the boss that suspended him. that's correct. >> you don't care to elaborate? >> i think i just did, yeah. >> you've said you have this package of very damaging documents, sort of a poison pill, that's going to be released if anything bad happens to you. >> no, th

i'm not blaming the individual agents but it's the department of justice.ve to remember the hierarchy here and if the doj that made the determination and the agency should investigate as instructed. lou: at some point there has to be some integrity. that means people willing to stand up and say that this is treading the credibility of the fbi. it is -- the agency is so politicized. i mean, that it is losing the this line throughout the justice department and i don't see how anyone can not be outraged by this. >> it really should have been public corruption because that is what was at the end of the day. >> it certainly is. government overuse of authority. lou: you and i are absolute agreement there. and i admired this very much. good to have you and thank you. coming up next, the president talks about bringing jobs back to this country. he hasn't done a lot about it and today he only mentioned china's name once. in my new book of people, i devote an entire chapter to china. and that will be in the choctaw coming up next. across america people are taking cha

arms a target of debate in the pursuit of public safety in washington meghan lopez r t and the justice department has agreed to relax a longstanding gag order on certain types of data requests made to tech companies allowing them for the first time to publicize how much customer information they must turn over to the government for more on that here's our tease was wall. so here are the states of the next conference happens every year and brings together hundreds of people and attack world and government leaders of course one of the issues that they had to discuss today is this issue of n.s.a. spying and possible reforms to the program this of course in the wake of the very controversial revelations from former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden one of the speakers today on this very topic was a judge a judge by the name of james carr he was a formerly a judge in the face of court to the court that ultimately approves government surveillance requests he discussed some of the changes he believes should be made to the process the need for this kind of outside import whether you say it's representing