Former NIR Group investment analyst Daryl Dworkin has pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud, according to a letter sent by the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn to investors of the Long Island hedge fund firm.

FORBES: Former NIR Group Analyst Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud

The argument that we have made before the Supreme Court and the argument that we have made publicly, including in a letter that the Attorney General sent to the Speaker of the House a couple years ago, is the argument that Section 3 -- let me make sure I got that right -- Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest

The attorney described Llamas as a prolific letter writer to members of Congress.

CNN: Man arrested for disrupting Senate trial pleads not guilty

In a Jan. 30, 2007, e-mail, Kyle Sampson, who resigned last week as the attorney general's chief of staff, noted a Justice Department letter to Sen.

NPR: Congress, White House Clash on Hearing Rules

As a follow up to the earlier blog written on the Barber Amendment (legislation to reduce the number of inmates by increasing time earned for good behavior), I came across a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder (Thanks to Mark Varca at FedCURE for bringing to my attention) on the impact of the pending government sequester.

FORBES: Sequester Impact On Federal Prisons

"There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of the Associated Press and its reporters, " Mr Pruitt wrote in a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder.

BBC: Associated Press condemns US telephone record seizure