Islamic Terrorism

King, Wolf Go After CAIR At Muslim Radicalization Hearings

Ryan J. Reilly | March 10, 2011, 11:25AM

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) went after the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) at the Homeland Security Committee's hearing on Muslim radicalization on Thursday.

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Topics: CAIR, Frank Wolf , Islamic Terrorism, Muslim Radicalization Hearings, Peter King

Eric Holder

AG Eric Holder: 'I Don't Know' If Guantanamo Will Close In Obama's First Term (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | March 1, 2011, 12:08PM

Attorney General Eric Holder told a House subcommittee on Tuesday that he didn't know if Guantanamo Bay would be closed by the end of the first term of the Obama administration.

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Topics: Eric Holder, Frank Wolf

New Black Panthers

Former Voting Chief Set To Testify As Conservatives Wrap Up New Black Panthers Report

Ryan J. Reilly | September 24, 2010, 9:55AM

It's been 689 days since two men affiliated with a fringe group called the New Black Panther Party, one of them carrying a nightstick, stood outside of the a polling place dressed in military garb in an overwhelmingly African-American community in Philadelphia.

The conservative majority of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights had been prepared today to approve a report that observers expected would blast the Obama administration for the decision to drop the civil case against all but one of defendants, which was brought in the waning days of the Bush administration.

But mid-afternoon Wednesday, the former chief of the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division who signed off on the case, Chris Coates, sent this letter to the commission chairman stating that -- in defiance of the Justice Department's order -- he would like to appear before the panel.

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Topics: Bradley Schlozman, Christopher Coates, Civil Rights Commission, Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights Division Voting Section, Commission On Civil Rights, Frank Wolf , GOP, J. Christian Adams, New Black Panthers, Todd Gaziano, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

DOJ Civil Rights Division

DOJ Inspector General Will Investigate Civil Rights Division's Voting Section

Ryan J. Reilly | September 13, 2010, 7:02PM

Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine says he will examine the Civil Rights Division's enforcement of voting rights laws after being pressured by GOP House members to examine DOJ's handling of a case against members of the New Black Panther Party.

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Topics: Civil Rights Commission, Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights Division Voting Section, Commission On Civil Rights, DOJ Civil Rights Division, DOJ Office Of The Inspector General, DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility, Department of Justice, Frank Wolf , Glenn Fine, Lamar Smith, New Black Panthers

Robert Cabelly

Vet Of First Bush And Clinton Administrations Charged With Breaking Sudan Sanctions

Justin Elliott | October 27, 2009, 1:29PM

Washington lobbyist Robert Cabelly was charged today with a range of violations involving work he allegedly did for the government of Sudan and that country's oil industry, as well as lying about and trying to hide the work.

Cabelly, who worked for the State Department on Africa issues during the Reagan, first Bush, and Clinton administrations, is the principal of DC consulting firm C/R International LLC.

The Justice Department press release outlines the charges in the indictment:

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Topics: C/R International LLC, Frank Wolf , Lobbyists, Robert Cabelly, Sudan