Tag: AG Eric Holder
By Jeralyn, Section Crime Policy
Posted on Tue Apr 26, 2011 at 08:47:00 AM EST
Tags: AG Eric Holder (all tags)
Posted on Tue Apr 26, 2011 at 08:47:00 AM EST
Tags: AG Eric Holder (all tags)
Attorney General Eric Holder addressed Justice Department employees yesterday on planned priorities. The full text is here.
Going forward, the department's priorities will be: terrorism, violent crime (which includes enforcement against so-called drug organizations) and financial fraud. He emphasized the increased use of "intelligence", particularly in sharing information between federal, state and local agencies. My translation: We can expect more surveillance. And more of the current trend of labeling garden-variety drug conspiracies as major "drug trafficking organizations" with links to some gang or cartel.
On terrorism: [More...]
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