article_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder sent a memo on Friday to Justice Department employees reminding Justice Department employees that soliciting prostitutes is against agency rules and can lead to suspension or firing.
article_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder said Justice Department's prohibition on soliciting prostitutes applies even when employees are off duty or in foreign countries where prostitution may be legal.
article_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder sent a memo Friday to DOJ employees reminding DOJ employees not to solicit prostitutes .
article_snippet.sent: a memo said: 'The solicitation of prostitution threatens the core mission of Justice Department, not simply because it invites extortion, blackmail, and leaks of sensitive or classified information, but also because it undermines Justice Department's efforts to eradicate the scourge of human trafficking.'
article_snippet.sent: A DOJ spokeswoman said: 'Department leadership takes very seriously the allegations laid out in An inspector general's report and acted quickly to remind all employees that all employees are prohibited from participating in commercial sex acts and will be suspended or terminated for violating the policy.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder sent out the memo to DOJ workers on Friday .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Attorney General Eric Holder said violating agency policy could lead to suspension or termination .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Employees are banned from hiring prostitutes when Employees are off-duty or in foreign countries .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Soliciting undermines effort 'to eradicate the scourge of human trafficking' 