Holder confirms targeted killings of 4 U.S. citizens in Yemen, Pakistan

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. SOURCE: WIkipedia

The Justice Department today confirmed that 4 American citizens were killed in oversea drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan since 2009.

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FBI Director Robert Mueller confirms Boston JTTF did receive text alerts of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s travels to and from Russia

Friday, May 17, 2013
FBI Director Robert Mueller testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 16, 2013. SOURCE: Appropriations.Senate.gov

FBI Director Robert Mueller confirmed this week that the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Boston did receive two text alerts of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s travel…

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Inspector General’s report finds “significant deficiencies” in the Justice Department’s handling of former suspected terrorists in Witness Protection

Friday, May 17, 2013
U.S. Marshals Service

An investigation by the Justice Department’s Inspector General revealed that U.S. authorities last year lost track of two former “known or suspected terrorists” who were admitted to the…

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Transcript: Q&A with Sen. Richard Shelby & FBI Director Robert Mueller on May 16, 2013

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama). SOURCE: Senate Appropriations Committee

Partial transcript of Q&A with Q&A with Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) and FBI Director Robert Mueller at the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on May 16, 2013:

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Transcript: FBI Director Robert Mueller’s testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee – May 16, 2013

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Partial transcript of FBI Director Robert Mueller’s testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations on May 16, 2013:

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Eric Holder defends Justice Department’s subpoena of Associated Press phone records

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
WTF Associated Press surveillance 5.15.13

Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday defended the Justice Department’s decision to secretly subpoena the phone records of Associated Press reporters to investigate a “very serious leak” of a…

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Transcript: Attorney General Eric Holder on renewed efforts to close Guantanamo – May 14, 2013 press briefing

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Partial transcript of Attorney General Eric Holder’s remarks on the Obama administration’s renewed efforts to close Guantanamo at a press conference on May 14, 2013:

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ANALYSIS: Former Sen. Joe Lieberman suggests AG guidelines may have “constrained” FBI from investigating Tamerlan Tsarnaev more aggressively

Monday, May 13, 2013
Suspect 1. SOURCE: FBI.gov

Former Sen. Joseph Lieberman suggested that the FBI may have been less aggressive in their 2011 investigation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev due to the Justice Department’s guidelines for domestic…

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FBI did not inform Boston Police of Russian intel on Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Monday, May 13, 2013
Suspect number 1. SOURCE: FBI.gov

The Federal Bureau of Investigation did not inform the Boston Police of the bureau’s 2011 investigation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev nor the warnings they received from Russian intelligence of…

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Transcript: Q&A with Rep. Patrick Meehan on the Boston Marathon bombings before the House Committee on Homeland Security – May 9, 2013

Monday, May 13, 2013

Partial transcript of Q&A with Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-Penn.) on the Boston Marathon bombings before the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 9, 2013:

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