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Jerry Seper

jseper@washingtontimes.com

Jerry Seper was a writer for The Washington Times.

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**FILE** Rep. Frank R. Wolf

GOP lawmaker acts to shield whistleblower

A Republican lawmaker has sternly warned Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. not to take any action against a high-ranking Justice Department official who told the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that the government's dismissal of a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party was a "travesty of justice."

September 26, 2010

Justice’s Panther pursuer to testify on case

The Justice Department section chief who recommended going forward on a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party, and then was removed from his post and transferred, will testify on the case Friday.

September 22, 2010
**FILE** Rep. Lamar Smith (Bloomberg News)

Lawmaker says pot policy bolsters border drug war

An Obama administration decision telling federal prosecutors not to target dispensers of medical marijuana in states that have legalized its use has helped finance a violent and expanding drug war along the U.S.-Mexico border, a senior House Republican charged this week.

September 21, 2010
Robert S. Mueller III

Internal report raps FBI’s probes of advocacy groups

The FBI investigated several advocacy groups on "factually weak" information, extended those inquiries "without adequate basis," improperly retained information on some groups, and wrongly listed others under terrorism classifications, according to a report.

September 20, 2010
In this 1998 photo, Leo Mascheroni and his wife Marjorie pose in their Los Alamos, N.M. home. A scientist and his wife who both once worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory were arrested Friday, Sept. 17, 2010 after an FBI sting operation and charged with conspiring to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela. (AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, Clyde Mueller)

Couple indicted in nuclear weapons case

A former scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and his wife have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of communicating classified nuclear weapons data to a person they believed to be a Venezuelan government official and conspiring to participate in the development of an atomic weapon for Venezuela, the Justice Department said on Friday.

September 17, 2010

Mexicans with gang ties arrested in Calif.

Twelve Mexican nationals with ties to a violent street gang in California have been arrested by a federal, state and local law enforcement task force as part of an anti-gang initiative known as "Operation Community Shield," led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The operation has accounted for nearly 400 arrests this year and more than 18,900 since it began five years ago.

September 17, 2010

Justice IG probing Black Panther case

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division — in the wake of the New Black Panther Party case — is being investigated by the department's office of inspector general to determine whether voting section employees have been harassed for participating in specific investigations or prosecutions.

September 13, 2010

Legal advocate asks court to side with Arizona’s alien law

The Washington Legal Foundation asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco on Wednesday to reject a challenge by the Obama administration to Arizona's new immigration law, calling it a "well-designed effort" to provide enforcement assistance to federal immigration officials.

September 8, 2010
**FILE** Ernie Getford holds a sign in support of the controversial SB1070 illegal immigration enforcement bill during a rally at the state Capitol in Phoenix on April 23, 2010. (Associated Press)

Justice sues Arizona in green-card ‘hurdles’

The Justice Department has brought yet another legal challenge against Arizona, accusing the Maricopa County Community College District in Phoenix of illegally asking foreign nationals to show their Permanent Resident Cards, or "green cards," before being offered jobs in the 10-college system.

September 7, 2010
Chris Simcox, founder of the Minuteman Project, is accused by his wife of threatening to shoot his family and police. (Associated Press)

Minuteman chief deemed a threat

An Arizona court has ruled that an order of protection against Minuteman co-founder Chris Simcox sought by his estranged wife as part of a messy divorce case be continued "in full force," saying evidence shows that he committed an act of violence.

September 5, 2010

Justice Dept. sues Arizona sheriff

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against "America's toughest sheriff," Joe Arpaio, accusing him, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, and the county of refusing to fully cooperate in an investigation into allegations that he and his deputies are guilty of racial discrimination.

September 2, 2010

Task force rounds up gangs in Tulsa, Okla.

The U.S. Marshals Service, working with state and local police in Oklahoma, has arrested more than 160 violent street-gang members in Tulsa in what federal authorities called a task force operation that will serve as a "nationwide model for similar initiatives" targeting gang-related violence across the country.

August 29, 2010

Pleas cut drug smuggler’s time to 70 months

The woman who headed an international drug-trafficking organization that smuggled millions of Ecstasy pills and other drugs from Canada into the United States from 2002 until 2008 has been sentenced to 70 months in prison on her guilty pleas to drug-smuggling and conspiracy charges.

August 25, 2010
**FILE** In this file photo originally made available by Advanced Cell Technology in 2006, a single cell is removed from a human embryo to be used in generating embryonic stem cells for scientific research.

Obama administration will appeal stem cell ruling

The Obama administration will appeal a ruling by a federal judge that temporarily blocks federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, the Justice Department confirmed on Tuesday.

August 24, 2010

Thai court orders extradition of Russian arms dealer to U.S.

International arms dealer Viktor Bout, the so-called "Merchant of Death" named in February in a federal grand jury indictment in New York on charges of conspiring to finance an aircraft fleet to arm bloody conflicts and support rogue regimes worldwide, will be returned to the United States to stand trial, a court in Thailand ruled on Friday.

August 20, 2010
**FILE** A wall at a shopping center is covered by graffiti that reads in Spanish: "What happened on the 16 (street) is going to keep happening to all the authorities that continue to support the Chapo (Guzman), sincerely, the Juarez Cartel. We still have car bombs (expletive) ha ha." Cartel assailants laid a trap for federal police and attacked them with a car bomb on July 15, the first time a drug cartel have used explosives to attack Mexican security forces, marking an escalation in the country's drug war. (Associated Press)

Key Mexican drug cartel suspect extradited to U.S.

A drug cartel responsible for killing thousands of people in Mexico's border cities has been dealt another law enforcement setback with the extradition of a key player to the United States on charges of smuggling heroin, cocaine and marijuana into west Texas for later shipment to other parts of the United States.

August 17, 2010
ICE chief John Morton's plans to visit the Arizona-Mexico border Wednesday are not sitting well with two of the state's sheriffs. (Associated Press)

Arizona sheriffs call ICE chief’s visit a ‘stunt’

Two key sheriffs along the Arizona-Mexico border on Tuesday called a planned visit by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton a "political stunt" and described as "pathetic" Obama administration attempts to "cover up its inaction in protecting our borders."

August 10, 2010

Agents’ union disavows leaders of ICE

The union that represents rank-and-file field agents at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has unanimously passed a "vote of no confidence" for the agency's leadership, saying ICE has "abandoned" its core mission of protecting the public to support a political agenda favoring amnesty.

August 9, 2010
**FILE** People wait for nightfall on Mexico's side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence. (Associated Press)

Lack of resources curtails ICE tracking of illegals

New guidance telling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to focus on apprehending terrorists and criminals has many of ICE's rank-and-file agents wondering who then is responsible for tracking down and detaining the millions of other illegal border-crossers and fugitive aliens now in the country.

August 8, 2010

14 indicted in plot to aid Somali terrorists

The Justice Department unsealed indictments Thursday against 14 people - including seven U.S. citizens - charging them with providing money, personnel and services to a Somali-based terrorist group with ties to al Qaeda.

August 5, 2010