Issues

Open letter re: destroyed Justice Dept. emails

Liberty Coalition and other organizations sent out this open letter yesterday to key members of Congress urging them to follow through on their oversight responsibilities and investigate why so many emails have disappeared from the Department of Justice.

The Forfeiture Racket

Radley Balko has a good overview of asset forfeiture and its abuses over at Reason.  An excerpt:

 

Norquist, Hamsher letter to Holder; End Corruption at Freddie Mac , More Transparency...

Dear Attorney General Holder:

We write to demand an immediate investigation into the activities of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. We believe there is an abundant public record which establishes that the actions of the White House have blocked any investigation into his activities while on the board of Freddie Mac from 2000-2001, and facilitated the cover up of potential malfeasance until the 10-year statute of limitations has run out.

DOJ eyes Kan. complaint against federal prosecutor By ROXANA HEGEMAN

A political activist targeted in a federal obstruction investigation in Kansas said she has filed a complaint with the Justice Department alleging prosecutorial misconduct in a grand jury investigation of her role in the case of a doctor whose clinic has been linked by prosecutors to 59 overdose deaths.