Recent incidents of extremist violence claiming the lives of abortion provider George Tiller and a security guard at the Holocaust Museum have prompted calls for the Department of Homeland Security to accelerate the release of an updated report on right-wing extremism. Amid howls that it had politicized national security, DHS stepped back from a mid-April report it had issued on domestic threats from fringe right-wing groups.
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Attorney General Eric Holder says its down exclusively with ABC News' Senior Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas for a discussion on closing the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay and whether Holder will move forward with a criminal investigation into the Bush administration's interrogation practices. The two will also discuss the current terrorism threat and the hot-button issue of race and policing in the United States.
On a visit to Abu Dhabi, the US secretary of homeland security says grassroots efforts are vital to preserving relations between Muslim Americans and the wider community.