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(32,139 posts)
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 03:21 AM Sep 2014

More greatest hits of Eric Holder: Monsanto, drugs, CIA spying, envt., transparency, strip searches

Last edited Sat Sep 27, 2014, 10:48 AM - Edit history (5)

Remember all of these?

Justice declines to pursue allegations that CIA spied on Senate Intelligence Committee
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014843337

Obama DOJ Asks Court to Grant Immunity to George W. Bush For Iraq War
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11781446

NDAA on trial: Obama Administration DOJ fights ban on indefinite detention of Americans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101748688

DEA and DOJ Struck Deal with Mexico's Most Notorious Drug Cartel
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4410768
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-government-and-the-sinaloa-cartel-2014-1#ixzz2qKWem3w8

Chilling Legal Memo From Obama DOJ Justifies Assassination of US Citizens
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101654954

DOJ lied to Supreme Court about domestic surveillance
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140514/06214727229/doj-still-trying-to-hide-fact-it-flat-out-lied-to-supreme-court-about-domestic-surveillance.shtml

The Obama administration/DOJ war on whistleblowers and federal unions
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5586389

DOJ Mysteriously Quits Monsanto Antitrust Investigation
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021911441

Holder/Obama administration seeks to legalize lying in response to Freedom of Information requests.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5586380

NSA Phone Spying Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say ..
http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/1014542562

The Obama DOJ urged the Supreme Court's endorsement of strip searches for minor traffic stops.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5586369
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002521527

Holder overlooks DEA abuse of spying information, construction of false evidence trails against Americans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1168570

DOJ goes all the way to the SC to argue for warrantless GPS tracking on cars
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5586375

Obama/Holder War on Journalism coming to a head (Risen)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101699216
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/04/obamas-war-journalism-coming-head
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1269998

Obama/Holder more hostile to medical marijuana patients than any president in history
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002650922
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5585204

Feds seek hard prison time for rural Washington pot growers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014801804

DOJ spying on AP reporters, editors re: leaks; other news organizations
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/opinion/spying-on-the-associated-press.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014487549

US DOJ drags out Tesoro investigation (Refinery Explosion) for 4 years; no criminal charges vs. Big Energy
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025407823

DOJ drags feet at accountability on Deepwater Horizon
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/04/22/doj-sits-on-its-thumbs/

DOJ Allows Bank of America to Deduct $12 Billion of $17 Billion Settlement
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5427407

Exporting Corruption (Asset Forfeiture), DOJ Looks for Lucrative Overseas Partnerships
http://www.forfeiturereform.com/exporting_corruption_doj_looks_for_lucrative_overseas_partnerships

Obama/Holder Leak Investigations Outrageous and Unprecedented
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/05/obama_s_justice_department_holder_s_leak_investigations_are_outrageous_and.html

The DoJ under Holder refused to prosecute anyone for torture...but Holder had no problem prosecuting a CIA agent who leaked the name of a torturer
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022846735
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/us/former-cia-officer-pleads-guilty-in-leak-case.html?_r=0

Too Big to Jail: Letting criminal banks and bankers off the hook
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024906501
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017201343
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025558689
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014571503
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025503531

Justice Department Sues Telecom for Challenging National Security Letter
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014170619

DOJ Argues ‘No Constitutional Right Not to Become an Informant’
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/10025309330

Operation Choke Point- The DOJ using banks to shut down industries they don't like
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024880788

Holder Looks To Overturn Ruling That Would Apply Fair Sentencing Act Retroactively
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023334909

How Eric Holder Facilitated the Most Unjust Presidential Pardon in American History
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023253563

Holder and Obama Dishonesty On Mandatory Minimums, the Drug War and Mass Incarceration
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023492539

US & NSA Accused of (Holder defends) Criminal Privacy Violations in Dozens of Nations
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023086724

DOJ defends NSA's Associational Tracking Program; No justification even in Patriot Act
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023455121

US declares socialists Freedom Road a terrorist organization
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/09/raid-s29.html

ACLU sues as DOJ ignores surveillance transparency law
https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/aclu-sues-doj-ignores-surveillance-transparency-law

Obama Justice Department has launched twice as many Espionage Act prosecutions against domestic leakers as all previous administrations combined.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022276941

The only official punished by DOJ for the illegal NSA program was the one who discussed it. The same is now true of torture
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/27/obama-war-on-whistleblowers-purpose

DOJ Drone Memo revealed: Government can overrule 4th amendment
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11784727

Heavy Redactions in DOJ Memo leave doubts on Data Surveillance Program
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016101952

Justice Department And NSA Memos Proposing Broader Powers For NSA To Collect Data
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023114180

DOJ's outrageously aggressive prosecution of internet activist, Aaron Swartz
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/al-franken-eric-holder_n_2934627.html

Bradley Birkenfeld, UBS Whistleblower, Finds Himself in Federal Prison
http://www.cnbc.com//id/41257962

Holder/DOJ sided with Rove in politically motivated prosecution of fr. AL governor, Don Siegelman,
Then, the person who handled the paperwork, got onto the Supreme Court.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Elena-Kagan--Willing-Acco-by-Michael-Collins-100622-971.html










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More greatest hits of Eric Holder: Monsanto, drugs, CIA spying, envt., transparency, strip searches (Original Post) woo me with science Sep 2014 OP
One man crime (ignoring) wave. kickysnana Sep 2014 #1
Wow, that's quite a list. NealK Sep 2014 #2
kick samsingh Sep 2014 #27
Compilation much appreciated dipsydoodle Sep 2014 #3
Great list! Thank you! Duppers Sep 2014 #4
exactly samsingh Sep 2014 #28
Yep billhicks76 Sep 2014 #55
Thanks for the links. Unknown Beatle Sep 2014 #5
Holder. Rahm Emmanuel. loudsue Sep 2014 #6
"we've still got no voice marions ghost Sep 2014 #11
Leave The Generals Alone!!! RandiFan1290 Sep 2014 #7
Outstanding job - thank you (n/t) CrawlingChaos Sep 2014 #8
Epic and awful. MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #9
Much appreciated woo. Thanks. Scuba Sep 2014 #10
Thank you marions ghost Sep 2014 #12
The only solution is world revolution. Zorra Sep 2014 #13
^ This is what it will come to - TBF Sep 2014 #16
Gosh... 99Forever Sep 2014 #14
They get an A for effort bobduca Sep 2014 #17
I dunno--The more I see his DOJ career detailed, the more thankful I feel Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #43
+1 woo me with science Sep 2014 #67
US declares socialists Freedom Road a terrorist organization TBF Sep 2014 #15
Thank you. woo me with science Sep 2014 #19
Added it. woo me with science Sep 2014 #59
Yeah - it's the main reason I hate him. TBF Sep 2014 #60
Long list. If only this admin could have invalided every law/policy the bushcheney gave to the usa. Sunlei Sep 2014 #18
So why did Holder not even attempt to overturn a single one? TBF Sep 2014 #30
Let's hear it for negative outlook! randome Sep 2014 #20
All this effort into a man who is leaving. Why? Connected to this?: msanthrope Sep 2014 #66
this is impressive. Can't wait to see which corporate stooge they replace him with. n/t librechik Sep 2014 #21
Recommend....and did you get a chance to read this great rant? KoKo Sep 2014 #22
I just posted it! woo me with science Sep 2014 #25
Great! KoKo Sep 2014 #29
K and R bigwillq Sep 2014 #23
The Audacity of Being a Yes Man. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #24
thanks for collecting these - we make it too easy to forget some of the bad stuff samsingh Sep 2014 #26
A true greatest hit of Eric Holder: Enforcing the ADA KamaAina Sep 2014 #31
Yes, the movie theater seats totally make up for woo me with science Sep 2014 #37
That was just the first example I came up with KamaAina Sep 2014 #38
He has done the bidding of the One Percent in assaulting the very foundations of our democracy. woo me with science Sep 2014 #39
Sadly I think you are seriously trying to defend this tool of the 1%. He will get millions rhett o rick Sep 2014 #44
I am not trying to defend him. KamaAina Sep 2014 #47
I guess there are degrees of "completely evil". How sad when we settle for "not completely evil."nm rhett o rick Sep 2014 #49
Now *there's* a bumper sticker! woo me with science Sep 2014 #61
Maybe this: "I settle for representatives that aren't completely evil." nm rhett o rick Sep 2014 #64
so you disagree with Dr Rachel Maddow? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #32
DURec leftstreet Sep 2014 #33
Clearly the Republicans MADE Obama pick Holder! vi5 Sep 2014 #34
Here are some of the others. rhett o rick Sep 2014 #50
Whaaaat? You didn't like mega-corporation Republican CEO Jeff Immelt as Jobs Czar?? RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #52
"One day you will finally grasp the brilliance." You are making the assumption that I've never rhett o rick Sep 2014 #65
That poor, obstructed liberal president. woo me with science Sep 2014 #58
Thanks. I'm always looking for that list. vi5 Sep 2014 #70
I think I forgot Kenny Salazar of the Dept of Interior. Another winner. rhett o rick Sep 2014 #71
Not prosecuting the installed regime of traitors (BUSH/CHENEY), moreover, continuing the bobthedrummer Sep 2014 #35
I'm still processing that we have reached a point woo me with science Sep 2014 #40
The NSA/CIA Security branch of govment has more power than the DoJ. rhett o rick Sep 2014 #46
Thanks for starting this thread-the truth about the US "intelligence community" since its inception bobthedrummer Sep 2014 #62
One must counter woo me with science Sep 2014 #69
Lists are AWESOME!!1! K&R. bullwinkle428 Sep 2014 #36
Added a few more at the end. woo me with science Sep 2014 #41
Awww...you gave the DU Haters a sadz... Rex Sep 2014 #42
The real question is, will the next one be better? Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #45
I'll take "no fucking way" for $500 please Alex.... truebrit71 Sep 2014 #48
Oklahoma City bombing, too Boreal Sep 2014 #51
a worthy addition to the list. nt grasswire Sep 2014 #54
Thank you. woo me with science Sep 2014 #57
"I have no idea why anyone likes Holder." The only reason that I've seen is that rhett o rick Sep 2014 #72
Thanks for this list TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #53
Thanks woo. kath Sep 2014 #56
I wish some posts marym625 Sep 2014 #63
Corporate travesty. nt woo me with science Sep 2014 #68

Duppers

(28,094 posts)
4. Great list! Thank you!
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 05:19 AM
Sep 2014

I couldn't understand the DUers posting that Holder has done a good job. Must be nice under that rock.


 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
55. Yep
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 02:11 AM
Sep 2014

Only idiots and fools blindly follow anyone based on affiliation. Facts are facts and stupid is stupid.

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
5. Thanks for the links.
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 05:34 AM
Sep 2014

Bookmarking for future reference.

As soon as Obama picked Holder as AG and I read his record as attorney for Chiquita, I have disliked him. I wonder if he's going to work for Wall St. when he leaves.

loudsue

(14,087 posts)
6. Holder. Rahm Emmanuel.
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 05:49 AM
Sep 2014

These two, especially, reflect the part of Obama that I DID NOT like when I read his autobiographies. It was clear that Obama had a DLC streak in him that I really did not like.

"Joe Liebermann was my mentor."

I still worked for his campaign and his election. And I'm still glad he won. But we've still got no voice as liberal democracts, and we haven't for a very very very long time.

TBF

(31,921 posts)
60. Yeah - it's the main reason I hate him.
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 11:26 AM
Sep 2014

I know he's done well with civil rights cases. But don't challenge the power structure itself ...

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
18. Long list. If only this admin could have invalided every law/policy the bushcheney gave to the usa.
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 10:28 AM
Sep 2014

Not much on that list that didn't start-up in those dark years.

TBF

(31,921 posts)
30. So why did Holder not even attempt to overturn a single one?
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:21 PM
Sep 2014

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
20. Let's hear it for negative outlook!
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 11:36 AM
Sep 2014

"Figaro!"
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A 90% chance of rain means the same as a 10% chance:
It might rain and it might not.
[/center][/font][hr]

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
22. Recommend....and did you get a chance to read this great rant?
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 11:41 AM
Sep 2014

(I much enjoyed this...) 's

Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder Leaves Office (Good Riddance)

Going, going, gone, but let’s not forget him
------------

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/25/obamas-attorney-general-eric-holder-leaves-office-good-riddance

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
25. I just posted it!
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:08 PM
Sep 2014

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025587662

In all of this extraordinary list of treachery and cowardice...


A necessary and magnificent rant. God, we are steeped in corruption.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
29. Great!
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:19 PM
Sep 2014

I read it early this a.m. and didn't have the guts to post it... But, hoped someone would because of it's magnificence...

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
37. Yes, the movie theater seats totally make up for
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 03:01 PM
Sep 2014

trashing the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and 14th Amendments of the US Constitution.

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
39. He has done the bidding of the One Percent in assaulting the very foundations of our democracy.
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 03:32 PM
Sep 2014

Nothing can balance that out. Nothing.
 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
44. Sadly I think you are seriously trying to defend this tool of the 1%. He will get millions
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 08:14 PM
Sep 2014

from the grateful banksters. It's corruption at it's finest.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
47. I am not trying to defend him.
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 11:52 PM
Sep 2014

Merely to point out that he is not completely evil, unlike, say, Alberto Gonzales or Ed Meese.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
49. I guess there are degrees of "completely evil". How sad when we settle for "not completely evil."nm
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 12:26 AM
Sep 2014
 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
34. Clearly the Republicans MADE Obama pick Holder!
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:35 PM
Sep 2014

And Rahm.
And Larry.
Andy many others.

That's why we have to all work to get him a solid 99 and a half majority in the Senate! It's the only way!

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
50. Here are some of the others.
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 12:29 AM
Sep 2014

Tim Geitner, Lawrence Summers, Ben Bernanke, William M. Daley, Jeff Immelt, Dave Cote, Jeb Bush, Robert Gates, Gen Stanley McChrystal, Jacob Lew, Jeremiah Norton, Gen Petraeus, John Brennen, Chuck Hegal, Michael Taylor, James Comey, James R. Clapper, Robert Mueller, Michele Leonhart (DEA), Lois Lerner (IRS), Arnie Duncan (education), Rahm Emanuel, Penny Pritzker,

They are all conservatives, and some are actually Republicans.

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)
52. Whaaaat? You didn't like mega-corporation Republican CEO Jeff Immelt as Jobs Czar??
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 01:25 AM
Sep 2014

I thought that was Nth dimensional chess at its best!!

One day you will finally grasp the brilliance.




(for the obtuse among us)

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
65. "One day you will finally grasp the brilliance." You are making the assumption that I've never
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 05:12 PM
Sep 2014

"grasped the brilliance". I assure you I have. It was when I was in college. Admittedly it is a vague memory, but that's a whole nuther story.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
71. I think I forgot Kenny Salazar of the Dept of Interior. Another winner.
Mon Sep 29, 2014, 12:22 PM
Sep 2014

When a Senator, Salazar supported Alberto Gozalas at his hearings and supported Independent Joe Lieberman when he ran against Democrat Ned Lamont. Mr. Salazar had no trouble from the Republicans getting confirmed. I believe he had close ties with the gas, oil, and coal industries.

 

bobthedrummer

(26,083 posts)
35. Not prosecuting the installed regime of traitors (BUSH/CHENEY), moreover, continuing the
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:58 PM
Sep 2014

"policies" that have shielded those responsible for our form of fascism from justice...that's #1 imho.

K&R #57

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
40. I'm still processing that we have reached a point
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 04:37 PM
Sep 2014

where the CIA is spying on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and it gets a pass.

Talk about a reality check re: the depth of the corruption and where power really resides in this nation.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
46. The NSA/CIA Security branch of govment has more power than the DoJ.
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 08:58 PM
Sep 2014

They have more power than the President also. Just sayin.

 

bobthedrummer

(26,083 posts)
62. Thanks for starting this thread-the truth about the US "intelligence community" since its inception
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 12:37 PM
Sep 2014

in 1947 is overwhelming, at first.

Post-Watergate Intelligence Investigations (Mary Ferrell Foundation)
http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Post-Watergate_Intelligence_Investigations

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
69. One must counter
Sun Sep 28, 2014, 04:10 AM
Sep 2014

the empty, vapid, rotgut of the corporate propaganda.

"I stand with President Obama"

Always alone as some sort of loyalty obscenity.

Look at this:

 

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)
48. I'll take "no fucking way" for $500 please Alex....
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 11:57 PM
Sep 2014

... especially if the repukes retake the Senate...

 

Boreal

(725 posts)
51. Oklahoma City bombing, too
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 12:39 AM
Sep 2014

Terry Nichols (from prison) said there were explosives that had not been recovered and that an FBI agent (provocateur) had handled them. A mad rush ensued to recover those explosives and Holder tried to obstruct it to protect the government. They were recovered and fingerprints of the FBI agent were on them. Of course that information never got beyond court documents and the FBI agent never went to prison.

Also I saw marijuana in your list. After California legalized medical marijuana, the DOJ cracked down HARD on landlords who rented to LEGAL dispensary businesses and banks who held their business accounts. It's was a form of indirect harassment and caused dispensaries to close. They also prosecuted people selling LEGALLY, including one guy, in his thirties, who got 10 YEARS in federal prison for violating federal law while he was acting perfectly legal under state laws.

I have no idea why anyone likes Holder. IMO, he should be in prison (along with Alberto Gonzales).

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
72. "I have no idea why anyone likes Holder." The only reason that I've seen is that
Mon Sep 29, 2014, 12:35 PM
Sep 2014

he looks like a gentleman and has a nice smile.

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