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To: joseffy who wrote (289458)	11/5/2010 6:11:13 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

Lefty Tries to Block US Civil Rights Com. Report on New Black Panthers case ............................................................ Group Tables $173K Black Panther Report (US Commission on Civil Rights) myfoxphilly.com November 5, 2010 The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has delayed approving a $173,000 report that will slam the Obama administration's handling the 2008 Philadelphia Black Panther case. A commission spokeswoman told the Web site Main Justice, which monitors the Justice Department, that a vote to approve the report was canceled for Friday. The move comes a week after Michael Yaki, a commissioner who is a Democrat, stormed out of a Commission hearing, leaving the group without enough members to approve the draft report. Yaki told reporters last week the report was "cooked" by the panel's majority to "lay an indictment against the Obama administration." Yaki was also the senior advisor to Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the House, for seven years. In 2005, he was appointed to the commission by Pelosi. Main Justice said it was not told why Friday's meeting was canceled. The group had spent a reported $173,000 on the full report, which was obtained by Talking Points Memo . The report alleges the Justice Department stalled the Commission's investigation into the New Black Panther case. Republicans have been critical of the Justice Department’s handling of the New Black Panthers voter intimidation case in Philadelphia. The political Web site Talking Points Memo thinks that Tuesday’s second incident of a New Black Panther member appearing at the same polling location in Philadelphia could open the door for another investigation. That incident was first reported by Fox 29. “The appearance of a member of the New Black Panther Party at that same polling place in Philadelphia yesterday -- though he didn't appear to be doing anything illegal -- will likely give Smith more ammunition,” the site says. The Washington Post speculated on Wednesday that Attorney General Eric Holder may get the first GOP subpoena of the new year in the New Black Panther case.