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Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, about the Justice Department’s findings related to two investigations in Ferguson, Mo. The Justice Department will not prosecute a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old whose death in Ferguson sparked weeks of protests and ignited an intense national debate over how police treat African-Americans. But the government released a scathing report Wednesday that faulted the city for racial bias. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Eric Holder: Dismantling Ferguson Police Department still an option

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Ferguson, Mo., police officers take into custody a protester who was warned several times not to block the street outside the police station Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in Ferguson. The Justice Department on Wednesday cleared a white former Ferguson police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but also issued a scathing report calling for sweeping changes in city law enforcement practices it called discriminatory and unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Ferguson aftermath: U.S. finds racist, profit-driven practices in St. Louis suburb

By Jim Salter and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

The states challenging President Obama's deportation amnesty have already won the first round in court after the case landed in the lap of Judge Andrew S. Hanen, a Bush appointee who issued a scorching rebuke to the Department of Homeland Security last year, accusing it of refusing to follow border security laws. (Associated Press)

Obama lawyers misled federal judge in amnesty case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ferguson Mo., Mayor James W. Knowles leaves a news conference after reading a statement, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in Ferguson. The Justice Department cleared a white former Ferguson police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but also issued a scathing report calling for sweeping changes in city law enforcement practices it called discriminatory and unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

James Knowles, Ferguson mayor, promises change after damaging report

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. speaks Wednesday about the Justice Department's findings related to two investigations in Ferguson, Missouri. The Justice Department will not prosecute a former police officer involved in a fatal shooting, but the government released a scathing report that faulted the city for racial bias. (Associated Press)

Darren Wilson, George Zimmerman Justice Department cases raise civil rights questions

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

This 2014 file photo provided by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's office shows Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson during his medical examination after he fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, File)

Darren Wilson cleared by Justice Department in Ferguson case

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

"Whistleblowers are kind of treated like a skunk at a picnic, and I hope you'll do all you can to reverse that," Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican and chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, told FBI Associate Deputy Director Kevin Perkins at a hearing Wednesday. (Associated Press)

FBI must change whistleblower-retaliation culture: lawmakers

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Gen. David H. Petraeus

David Petraeus to plead guilty to removing classified information during affair

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

"The FBI's whistleblower process is broken," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley. His committee will dig into such accusations Wednesday, demanding better protections and oversight for those brave enough to come forward. (Associated Press)

FBI email warns whistleblower of retaliation if surveillance program concerns reported

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Leaked information shows nepotism landed a young agent a prime job in the office of FBI Director James B. Comey. (associated press)

FBI surveillance teams frustrated by nepotism and internal politics

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Asked how she would break with Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch said she would approach Congress with a different style — but didn't offer any of his legal stances where she took issue with him. (Associated Press)

Loretta Lynch, attorney general nominee, dodges questions, falls in line with Eric Holder

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, George Zimmerman listens in court, in Sanford, Fla., during his hearing on charges including aggravated assault stemming from a fight with his girlfriend. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool, File)

Justice Dept.: No federal charges in Trayvon Martin death

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 17, 2015 photo, Clementina Herrera comforts her son Luis Manuel Herrera, 6, who's father is in Ciudad Juarez, as he explains that he believes God will make it so his family can be together at a rally for immigration reform in front of Devine Redeemer Presbyterian Church sponsored by the Texas Organizing Project in San Antonio, Texas. Immigrants across the country expressed disappointment Tuesday after a federal judge put a hold on President Barack Obama's plan to protect more than 4 million people living illegally in the U.S. from deportation. But many said they haven't lost hope. (AP Photo/The San Antonio Express-News, Bob Owen)

Justice Dept. to seek stay of ruling on Obama immigration action

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Police officers watch protesters as smoke fills the streets in Ferguson, Mo., after a grand jury's decision in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, in this Nov. 25, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Justice Department likely to sue Ferguson police department: report

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

The Golden Hammer

Colorado sheriffs spent violent offender tracking funds on T-shirts, dinners with spouses

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Illustration on the lack of voter suppression in America since 2009 by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

HANS VON SPAKOVSKY AND RACHEL MIKLASZEWSKI: Obama’s false claims of voting rights denied

By Hans von Spakovsky and Rachel Miklaszewski

Attorney General Eric Holder steps away from the podium at a news conference at the Department of Justice on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Eric Holder: I fixed George W. Bush’s partisan Justice Department

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. puts his hand to his face while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Associated Press photo.

Justice Dept. official accused of nepotism in son’s hire: IG

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference before a roundtable meeting in Cleveland in this Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ** FILE **

S&P pays $1.4B in settlement with DOJ for pumping up ratings before mortgage crisis

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Though the president's budget proposal was met with widespread criticism by GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill Monday, cybersecurity is likely going to be one area where both parties find common ground. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )

Obama budget dedicates $14B to cybersecurity

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times