User talk:Captain Occam/Voter intimidation case references

In preparation for possibly recreating the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case article, I'm attempting to assemble a list of references about this case.

The New York Times

 * 7/7/2010 J. Christian Adams
 * 9/26/2010 Christopher Coates

The Los Angeles Times

 * 7/8/2010 J. Christian Adams
 * 9/24/2010 Christopher Coates

The Washington Post

 * 7/14/2010 J. Christian Adams
 * 7/16/2010 Lack of Press coverage
 * 9/14/2010 Internal investigation from Glenn A. Fine
 * 9/25/2010 Christopher Coates
 * 10/4/2010 Editorial
 * 10/22/2010 Summary of case

The Wall Street Journal

 * 8/20/2009 Case overview
 * 7/7/2010 J. Christian Admas (before testimony)
 * 7/8/2010 J. Christian Adams (after testimony)

The Guardian

 * 9/9/2009 Internal DOJ probe

The Chicago Tribune

 * 7/18/2010 Accusing right of "smear tactics"
 * 7/15/2010 New Black Panthers accuse Fox News of fueling tensions
 * 9/24/2010 Christopher Coates (also here)

CBS News

 * 7/14/2010 July 2010 letter from civil rights commission
 * 7/25/2010 Abigail Thernstrom
 * 7/27/2010 Republican congressmen request hearing

The Associated Press

 * 7/1/2010 J. Christian Adams
 * 8/9/2010 Black Panthers blame "Fox Jews"
 * 9/13/2010 DOJ inspector general will review case
 * 9/24/2010 Christopher Coates
 * 10/4/2010 Eric Holder defends DOJ

NPR

 * 7/13/2010 Interview with J. Christian Adams
 * 7/20/2010 Media coverage

ABC News

 * 7/26/10 Reaction to Fox news interview with Adams
 * 8/13/2010 DOJ won't let Coates testify

CNN

 * 8/13/2010 DOJ won't let Coates testify
 * 9/23/10 Coates to testify
 * 9/25/10 Coates' testimony
 * 10/4/2010 Holder denies Coates' claims

Christian Science Monitor

 * 7/17/2010 Racial disharmony under Obama
 * 9/24/2010 Christopher Coates

Newsweek

 * 7/14/2010 Accusing conservatives of overblown reaction
 * 7/23/10 Response to criticism of first story

Miscellaneous

 * Abigail Thernstrom's opinion:
 * Response to Thernstrom: (also available at )
 * Other witnesses who support Adams' accusations:
 * Full text of Adams' resignation letter:
 * E-mail logs showing involvement of political appointees:
 * Coates' history at the DOJ:

Washington Times coverage

 * 6/25/10 The most important story, written by J. Christian Adams himself

News

 * 5/29/09 Career lawyers initially overruled
 * 7/30/09 Thomas J. Perrelli approved dropping case
 * 7/31/09 Request that case be refiled
 * 7/31/09 Republican congressmen request hearing
 * 8/7/09 Preparing to send second letter
 * 8/8/09 Second letter from Civil Rights Commission
 * 9/9/09 Investigation from Office of Professional Responsibility
 * 10/1/09 More about September letter
 * 11/16/09 Original Black Panthers denounce New Black Panthers
 * 12/16/09 DOJ ignores subpoena
 * 12/29/09 Christopher Coates moved to South Carolina
 * 1/14/10 House panel rejects resolution demanding explanation from DOJ
 * 1/27/10 Frank Wolf asks for investigation
 * 4/5/10 DOJ stonewalling
 * 4/26/10 First public comments from New Black Panther party
 * 5/14/10 DOJ statement from Perez
 * 5/16/10 More from Perez
 * 8/2/10 Reaction against Abigail Thernstrom
 * 9/22/10 Christopher Coates to testify
 * 9/24/10 Christopher Coates' testimony

Commentary

 * 7/12/09 Early overview of case
 * 4/22/10 Bartie Bull's opinion
 * 5/12/10 Hearing in May; evidence that voter intimidation took place
 * 7/7/10 More about Adams' accusations
 * 7/8/10 Summary of case and explanation of New Black Panther Party

Editorials

 * 5/29/09 Displaying a weapon near a polling station already illegal; Bartie Bull's opinion
 * 7/7/09 Letter for Civil Rights Commission, quoting Bartie Bull
 * 7/12/09 Letter from Republican congressmen
 * 7/18/09 Steven Rosenbaum's involvement
 * 7/31/09 Frank Wolf asks Holder to refile case
 * 8/3/09 Mentions that Jerry Jackson was a poll watcher
 * 8/11/09 Overview of Civil Rights Commission investgation
 * 9/16/09 Info about DOJ internal probe
 * 10/1/09 September letter from Civil Rights Commission
 * 11/4/09 Possibility of subpoenas
 * 12/6/09 DOJ ignores subpoena, and criticism from congress
 * 12/11/09 New Black Panthers speak on Holder
 * 12/14/09 Civil Rights Commission files subpoenas
 * 1/13/10 Frank Wolf asks for congress to investigate case
 * 1/15/10 Background on Christopher Coates
 * 1/19/10 Case was dropped by political appointees, although DOJ claims it was career employees; also some background
 * 1/19/10 Case timeline
 * 2/9/10 Why DOJ has legal authority to stonewall
 * 2/11/10 Questions about whether internal investigation is unbiased
 * 3/8/10 Frank Wolf asks for investigation
 * 4/9/10 Summary of case up to this point
 * 5/14/10 Civil Rights Commission hearing in April; Christopher Coates' opinion
 * 5/20/10 J. Christian Adams' resignation
 * 6/10/10 Frank Wolf's opinion
 * 6/14/10 Testimony from Jennifer Rubin, which supports Holder's
 * 7/2/10 Lack of media coverage
 * 7/6/10 Adams' testimony before Civil Rights Commission
 * 7/13/10 General info about New Black Panther Party
 * 7/15/10 Nicole S. Martin supports Adams' accusations
 * 7/26/10 Comments from judiciary committees, and no more blackout
 * 8/9/10 Adams requests testimony from Christopher Coates
 * 8/17/10 Thomas Perez disallows Christopher Perez from testifying
 * 9/13/10 Inspector general opens inquiry
 * 9/22/10 Criminal history of New Black Panthers