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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Mr. Holder was scrutinized for his role in allowing, or at least not preventing, a controversial tactic that allowed illegal guns to be smuggled into Mexico. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

EDITORIAL: Immunity from Justice

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

No charges likely for prosecutors in Stevens case

By Nedra Pickler - Associated Press

Eric H. Holder Jr. / The Washington Times

PERRY: Eric Holder must go

By Gov. Rick Perry - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, while testifying as a nominee in June 2010, reportedly told a Senate panel she had never been asked about her opinion or had offered any comments about proposed health care legislation while solicitor general. (Associated Press)

Leading senators: Kagan may have to recuse herself from health case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights, speaks during a news conference with Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer in Miami. (Associated Press)

Feds probe Miami cops’ deadly force

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (Associated Press)

Health case raises recusal questions for Kagan, Thomas

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** United Airlines Flight 175 approaches the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001, shortly before collision as smoke billows from the north tower. (AP Photo/Carmen Taylor)

Terrorism top concern at Justice Department

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican

Grassley: Justice Dept. balking at making witnesses available

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

"The department has refused to schedule interviews with any of the other 11 witnesses. That's not the good-faith cooperation I was promised, and it is unacceptable. If this controversy has taught us anything, it is that you have to talk directly to the people who know the facts," said Mr. Grassley, Iowa Republican (Associated Press)

Senator says Justice won’t provide witnesses

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican (Associated Press)

Government demands payment from jailed ex-Border Patrol agent

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican (Associated Press)

Government fines jailed Border Patrol agent’s family

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Mr. Holder was scrutinized for his role in allowing, or at least not preventing, a controversial tactic that allowed illegal guns to be smuggled into Mexico. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

Holder: Fast and Furious ‘flawed’ in many ways

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

The controversy that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio generates hasn't stopped presidential candidates from meeting with him, as Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota did in September. The sheriff makes inmates wear pink underwear and live in tents during Arizona's sweltering summers. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Higher justice by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

HART: Justice gets lost in the revolving door

By Melissa A. Hart - The Washington Times

Scientific exchanges with China broke law

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Holder

Justice Department sues over S. Carolina’s immigration law

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lanny Breuer

Justice official knew of 2006 gun-smuggling probe

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Kenneth E. Melson, former director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) (Associated Press)

Former ATF head’s testimony sought in ‘Fast and Furious’ probe

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

GOP wants answers on killing, sentence of agents

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Illustration by Donna Grethen

KNIGHT: Left’s war on legal immigration and voter integrity

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times