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Swiss company Tyco to pay $26M in U.S. corruption probe

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, here with Gov. Nikki Haley in June, argues in a lawsuit filed in February that the U.S. Justice Department erred in blocking the state from requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote. The requirement "will not disenfranchise any potential South Carolina voter," he said. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)

South Carolina voter ID law gets judicial scrutiny

By Suzanne Gamboa - Associated Press

Rep. Darrell E. Issa, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, says all 14 people named for sanctions or disciplinary action in a report on the gunrunning operation Fast and Furious “should find new occupations.” (Associated Press)

Issa: More officials need to lose jobs in gunrunning

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, California Republican, hears Sept. 20, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington from Inspector General Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's internal watchdog, the day after he issued a report faulting the department for disregard of public safety in "Operation Fast and Furious," the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' program that allowed hundreds of guns to reach Mexican drug gangs. (Associated Press)

Issa: IG report step toward restoring faith

By Pete Yost - Associated Press

Seized weapons are displayed at a news conference in Phoenix in January. Weapons like these, which were walked into Mexico, are at the heart of the Fast and Furious investigation under way on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Justice Dept. blamed in ‘Fast and Furious’ gun-trafficking operation

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Applause for Justice’s mental disability policy

The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. speaks July 26, 2012, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Management failures cited in ‘Fast and Furious’ report

By Jerry Seper and Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Department of Justice headquarters in Washington (Associated Press)

Justice Dept. fails to meet 60-day requirement for employee background checks

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Libyans search for documents inside Abu Salim Prison, Libya's most notorious prison during Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime and the scene of a 1996 massacre of prisoners, in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Rights group: Evidence of wider U.S. waterboarding

By Lee Keath and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Disabled must also demonstrate qualification

The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this undated photo released by Habib Rahman, Gul Rahman is shown. Gul Rahman died in the early hours of Nov. 20, 2002, after being shackled to a concrete wall in a secret CIA prison in northern Kabul, Afghanistan, known as the Salt Pit. He was suspected of links to the terrorist group al Qaeda. Rahman is the only detainee known to have died in a CIA-run prison. The Justice Department announced Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, it has closed an inquiry into CIA interrogations of terrorist detainees without bringing criminal charges. (AP Photo/Habib Rahman, Ho)

Justice Dept. won’t bring charges over CIA interrogations

By Pete Yost - Associated Press

US officials checking SEAL raid book for secrets

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

Pentagon checking SEAL raid book for secrets

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s use of FBI planes for travel is the subject of a letter to the FBI director from GOP lawmakers questioning whether the number and nature of his flights amount to misuse. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers ask if Holder’s use of FBI planes abuses privilege

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Illustration Holder's Contempt by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Holder’s “severe mental deficiency”

The Washington Times

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Tom Perez announces a civil rights unit to be based in Birmingham, Ala., on Tuesday. The unit will be responsible for prosecutions and lawsuits. (Associated Press)

Justice opens civil rights unit in Alabama after immigration law

By Jay Reeves - Associated Press

**FILE** President Obama walks offstage May 23, 2012, to greet supporters after speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Denver. (Associated Press)

Denver company has city award rescinded for bucking Obama health law

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Justice Dept approves Verizon-cable deals

By PETE YOST and PETER SVENSSON - Associated Press

Justice Department approves Verizon deal on spectrum

By Pete Yost and Peter Svensson - Associated Press

**FILE** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. speaks July 26, 2012, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

GOP sues to force Obama, Holder compliance on Fast and Furious

By Jerry Seper and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times