Obama's Enforcer (29 page)

Godsey, John, 189

Gohmert, Louie, 124–25

Gonzales, Alberto, 46, 186

Goodlatte, Bob, 149

Gosar, Paul, 143

Government Accountability Institute, 59–60

Government Accountability Office (GAO), 34–35, 110

Gowdy, Trey, 148

GPS devices, 53–54

Grant, Gary, 107

Grant, Ulysses S., 20

Grassley, Chuck, 4, 49, 120–21, 140, 141–42, 144, 147, 148, 158

Greenwald, Glenn, 181

Grindler, Gary, 122

Gruhn, George, 28

Grupo, 196

Grutter v. Bollinger
, 13–14

GTECH, 60

Guantánamo Bay detainees, 13, 156, 158, 159

Guardian
, 181

Guernsey, Susan, 195–96

gun control, 7–8

gun walking scandal.
See
Fast and Furious scandal

Gyamfi, Stephanie Celandine, 97–98

 

Hearne, Thor, 32, 33

high school dress code case, 84

Hinojosa, Xochitl, 116

Hispanics, USDA discrimination case, 108–9

Holder, Billy, 9

Holder, Eric

Attorney General nomination and confirmation, 18–19, 126, 181

birth and childhood, 9–10

contempt of Congress citation, 119–21, 145–46, 215

as Deputy Attorney General, 16–18, 153–55

early Justice Department career, 11–12

education, 10–11

evaluation of Attorney General career, 21–22

Fast and Furious and.
See
Fast and Furious scandal

judge in Superior Court of District of Columbia, 13–14

marriage to Sharon Malone, 12–13

at Mexico firearms trafficking conference, 134

Pigford II claims, 108, 109–11

politicization and ideological bias, 12, 42, 162, 181, 216–17

private practice, 18

racial consciousness, 100–101

relationship with Obama, 8–9

testimony in congressional hearings, 1–8, 99–100, 113–15, 117, 118–27, 142–43, 167

as U.S. Attorney, 14–16

weaknesses, 19

See also specific issues

Horowitz, Michael, 62, 73–74, 149–50, 208, 209, 210

Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC
, 51, 82

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 136

House of Representatives Judiciary Committee

Fast and Furious scandal investigation, 3–4, 21, 116, 119–27, 142–46

Rosen investigation, 1–3

St. Paul, Minn. quid pro quo deal investigation, 113–15

Hughes, Lynn, 191, 192

Human Rights Watch, 156–57

 

ideological bias and politicization

Civil Rights Division, 29, 62–64, 72

Environment & Natural Resources Division, 29–30

Holder, 12, 42, 162, 181, 216–17

lower-level political appointees, 202

Office of Professional Responsibility, 202–9

Illinois, online gambling, 59

immigration, 55, 89–90

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 135, 149

impeachment, 215

Indiana, voter ID law, 92

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 4–5, 56

Internet gambling, 59–60

interrogation techniques, 44, 160–64, 203

Interstate Wire Act, 59–60

Investor's Business Daily
, 28, 118

Iran, Stuxnet virus in, 167–69

Iraq War, 164–66

Issa, Darrell, 3, 113–14, 116, 121, 136, 140, 142, 143–44, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 167

 

Jackson, Amy Berman, 146

Jackson, Andrew, 216

Jackson, Lisa, 30

Jackson, Robert H., 6–7, 20

Jarrett, H. Marshall, 206

Jarrett, Valerie, 9

J&G Sales, 139

Johnson, Andrea, 25

Johnson, Hank, 175

Jones, Vivian Malone, 12

Jones; U.S. v.
, 53–54

Jordan, Vernon, 9

journalists, leak investigations, 169–78

Judgment Fund, 213–14

Judgment Fund Transparency Act (2013), 214

Judicial Watch, 119, 179

Judiciary Act (1789), 20

Justice Department

approach under Holder, 8

budget, 19

hiring practices, 74–78, 102, 156–60

Holder's career, 11–12

litigation record, 50

Meese on, 215–16

motto, 21

number of employees, 19

preparation for congressional hearings, 125–26

role of, 19–20, 64–65

transparency issues, 199

See also
specific divisions

Juszkiewicz, Henry, 23, 24, 27

 

Kagan, Elena, 82

Karlan, Pamela, 62–63

Karzai, Hamid, 184

Katsas, Greg, 162

Katyal, Neal K., 45

Katzenbach, Nicholas, 12

Kennedy, Anthony, 63

Kennedy, Robert F., 20

Kessler, Tamara, 75, 205–6

Khadr, Omar, 157

Kim, Stephen Jin-Woo, 173–74

Kindle case, 88–89

King, Loretta, 98–99

King, Steve, 109–10

Kinston, North Carolina, election law change, 93–94

Klayman, Larry, 169

Koehler, Mike, 184, 185

Krauthammer, Charles, 2

 

Labrador, Raul, 143

Lacey Act, 23–24, 25, 27

La Jeunesse, William, 116

Lamberth, Royce C., 175

Land v. Baptist Medical Center
, 88

La Opinión
, 140

Larkin, Paul, 26, 28, 52–53

Latour, Pascal, 187

LBJ Presidential Library, 90

Leahy, Patrick, 3, 122, 144, 207

leaks of classified information, 166–81

journalists involved in, 169–78

by White House and senior administration officials, 167–69, 178–81

Lee, Mike, 6–7

Lee, Steve, 193, 198

Leon, Richard, 188–89

Lesley University, 87

Lewis, John, 91

Lindh, John Walker, 158

Lindsey, Keith, 193, 198

Lindsey Manufacturing Company, 193–99

Lone Wolf Trading Company, 137–38, 139, 140

Lotomatica, 60

Louisiana, school voucher program case, 77–78

Lowry, Rich, 103, 111

Luban, David, 205

Luthiers Mercantile International, 27

 

Machen, Ronald, 120–21, 146

Madigan, Michael, 189

Madison, James, 68

Malone, Sharon, 12–13

mandatory minimum sentences, 61

Marchant, Ann Walker, 9

Margolis, David, 203, 205

marijuana, legalization of, 59–60

Marshall, John, 216

Masling, Mark, 75–76

mass incarceration, 13

Matz, A. Howard, 193–98

maximum achievable control technology (MACT), 38–39

McAllister, Hope, 137

McCain, John, 167, 169

McCarthy, Andrew, 116, 126, 156, 158, 159–60, 201

McConnell, Michael, 48

McMillen, Thomas, 154

Media Matters, 115–17

Medina, Joe, 137

Meese, Edwin, III, 20, 48, 211, 215–16

Melson, Ken, 141

Meltzer, Daniel J., 109

Menendez, Robert, 109

Mexico

corruption in, 192

drug and gun trafficking, 132–34, 148

Mississippi, voter ID, 98

Mitchell, Andrea, 132

Mitchell, John, 22, 146, 201

Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 152, 157

Mohawk Central School District, 84

Mora, Medina, 132

Morris, Layne, 157

MSNBC, 132–33

Mukasey, Michael, 152, 203, 204, 205, 216

 

NAACP, 64

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 11, 78

Napolitano, Janet, 134, 135

National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys, 61

National Association of Attorneys General, 67–68

National Drug Intelligence Center, 143

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 34

National Labor Relations Board, 47

National Review
, 110, 111

National Security Agency, 153

national security cases

Blackwater shootings, 164–66

leaks of classified information, 166–81

See also
terrorism and terrorists

National Security Council (NSC), 168

National Security Division, 156–57

National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), 89, 92–93

Natural Resources Defense Council, 35

Navy SEAL Team 6, 178–80

New Black Panther Party case, 73, 91, 93, 98, 99, 100, 117, 119, 206, 208

New Communities, Inc., 105

Newell, Bill, 131, 137

New Orleans police officers, prosecution of, 69–71

New Orleans
Times-Picayune
, 70

New Republic
, 216

Newsday
, 9

news media

leak investigations, 169–78

letter protesting DOJ AP action, 170

See also
specific organizations

Newsweek
, 13

New Yorker
, 62

New York Fire Department, 89

New York Post
, 156–57

New York Times
, 104, 106, 110, 111, 132, 167, 168, 180, 184

Nightline
, 172

9/11/01, 152–53, 204

North American Electric Reliability Corporation, 39

North Carolina, voter ID law, 92

North Korea, State Department leaks, 125, 173–76

NPR (National Public Radio), 10

NSC (National Security Council), 168

NVRA (National Voter Registration Act), 89, 92–93

 

Obama, Barack

campaign donations, 5

executive orders, 6–8

Fast and Furious executive privilege over documents claim, 130, 145, 147

gun walking initiatives, 131

leaks of classified information, 167–69, 178–81

on MACT rule, 39

Mexico visit, 135

Pigford Claims Remedy Act (2007) sponsorship, 107

relationship with Holder, 8–9

voluntary settlement agreements, 212

ObamaCare, 6–7

O'Connor, Sandra Day, 13

Office of Inspector General (OIG), 208–10

Office of Justice, 19

Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), 7, 43–49, 160, 203, 205

Office of Pardon Attorneys, 154–55

Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), 202–9

Office of Solicitor General, 19

Ogden, David, 60, 135

Operation Fast and Furious.
See
Fast and Furious scandal

Operation Landslide, 186–88

Operation Wide Receiver, 131

Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), 137

O'Shea, John, 190–93

Otis, Bill, 2–3, 61

 

Panetta, Leon, 161, 162

pardons

FALN, 153–56

Rich, 17–18, 46, 118–19, 126, 155

Pelosi, Nancy, 145–46

Perez, Thomas, 72, 79–80, 88, 89–90, 93, 102, 113–14

Perrelli, Thomas J., 109

Phillips, Judson, 116

Pigford cases, 103–11

fraud allegations, 109–11

history, 103–5

payouts, 105–9

Pigford Claims Remedy Act (2007) (Pigford II), 107–8

Pine, Mary Susan, 81–82

Plame, Valerie, 5

police departments, 89

political campaign donations, 5

political speech, 15–16, 56–58

Popa, Ion Cornel, 14–16

Popper, Bob, 77, 97

Porteous, Thomas, 215

power plants, 38–40

presidential power.
See
executive power and privilege

Princeton University, 88–89

privacy, 53–54

Privacy Protection Act, 171, 174, 176

Proctor, Samuel D., 100

Project Gunrunner initiative, 130–31

pro-life movement, 80–82

Pruitt, Gary, 170

Public Affairs Office, 115–16

 

Quinn, Jack, 18, 118

 

race-neutral enforcement of civil rights, 93–102

racial quotas, 78, 89

racial views, 47, 78, 100–101

racism, 12–13

raids, Gibson Guitar, 23–29, 33–34

rails-to-trails lawsuits, 30–33

Randolph, Edmund Jennings, 20

Rausser, Gordon C., 108

Reagan, Ronald, 211

Redenbaugh, Russell, 88

regulations, creation of new, 35–40, 210–11, 213

Reid, Harry, 146–47, 214

Reid, Richard, 151–52

religion, hostility toward, 50–51, 82

Reno, Janet, 5, 17, 155

reparations, 103, 107, 111

reporters, leak investigations, 169–78

Reyes, Sean, 66

Rich, Marc, 17–18, 46, 118–19, 126, 155

Robert F. Kennedy Building, 21

Roberts, John, 57–58

Rodriguez, Ida, 154

Rohrabacher, Dana, 113

Roman, Khalil, 184

Romney, Mitt, 5

Rosen, James, 1–3, 8, 41, 125, 173–77

Rosenstein, Rod, 168

Rostenkowski, Dan, 14

Rowan, Carl, Jr., 14–15, 63

Rubin, Jennifer, 121

Rubio, Marco, 144

rule-making, 35–40, 210–11, 213

rule of law, 41, 64, 216–17

Ryan, Paul, 77

 

Sachtleben, Donald, 171–72

Sackett v. EPA
, 51–53

same sex marriage, 64–68

San Francisco Chronicle
, 109

Sanger, David, 167, 168, 180

Scalia, Antonin, 53

Schmaler, Tracy, 115–17

school vouchers, 77–78

Schuham, Aaron D., 51

SEAL Team 6, 178–80

search warrants, 1–3, 53, 171, 174–75, 195

Seitz, Virginia, 46–49

Senate, presidential appointment confirmation, 47–49

Senate Judiciary Committee

Fast and Furious investigation, 141–42, 144–45

IRS scandal investigation, 4–5

sentencing guidelines, 60–61

separation of powers, 41–42, 48–49, 58–68

September 11, 2001, 152–53, 204