May 23 Weeks-long computer crash sends U.S. immigration courts back to pencils and paper By Elizabeth Summers Judges were forced to resort to old-fashioned technology, using four-track tape recorders or pencils and paper in the absence of their usual digital audio recording system. Immigrants and family members looking for information on pending cases from the agency’s phone… Continue reading
May 20 Watch Will Justice Department’s crackdown on Credit Suisse lead to more bank prosecutions? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 20 DOJ: Credit Suisse guilty plea a warning to foreign banks that aid in U.S. tax evasion By Marcy Gordon, Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Credit Suisse AG's guilty plea and $2.6 billion payment in a high-profile case brought by the Justice Department are being held out as a warning to foreign banks believed to be helping U.S. taxpayers conceal assets. Continue reading
May 19 Watch U.S. charges Chinese officials with cyberspying on businesses By PBS News Hour Five Chinese military officials were indicted by the U.S. for stealing trade secrets by hacking six American firms in the nuclear, metals and solar products industries. Gwen Ifill talks to Laura Galante of FireEye and former State Department official Susan… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch What factors should be considered for clemency against drug charges? By PBS News Hour The Justice Department announced it would expand the criteria used to decide which drug offenders are eligible for presidential clemency. Hundreds, if not thousands, could qualify for suspended sentences. Jeffrey Brown examines the new guidelines with Vanita Gupta of the… Continue watching
Apr 21 Justice Department encourages imprisoned drug offenders to seek clemency By Associated Press In a video statement Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder said the change is designed to help federal drug offenders imprisoned under now out-of-date sentencing guidelines. Continue reading
Apr 17 At Kansas City memorial, Holder calls hate crimes an ‘affront to who we are’ By Joshua Barajas Attorney General Eric Holder told hundreds of Kansas City, Kan. mourners Thursday that all Americans stood with their community after three people were killed at two Jewish facilities, in what local and federal authorities have called a hate crime. Continue reading
Apr 14 Justice Department to investigate whether Kansas shooting was a hate crime, Holder says By Joshua Barajas http://youtu.be/yBm0ntHOAJ0 Video by Associated Press The Justice Department will investigate whether federal hate crimes were committed in a Kansas shooting that left three people dead Sunday, Attorney General Eric Holder said. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch Justice Department accuses Albuquerque police of ‘unjustified force’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 06 Unpacking the largest environmental settlement in U.S. history By Hari Sreenivasan From New Jersey to the Navajo Nation, more than $5 billion has been designated to clean up contaminated areas following the largest environmental settlement in U.S. history. Continue reading