Kennedy turns against Mukasey
By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent 6 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush, seeking Thursday to salvage the embattled nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general, defended the former judge’s refusal to say whether he considers waterboarding as illegal torture. But the nomination suffered another setback in the Senate.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., […]
Obama wants official fired for comments
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
Fri Oct 19, 5:50 PM ET
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Friday the head of the Justice Department’s voting rights division should be fired for saying voter ID laws hurt the elderly but aren’t a problem for minorities because they often die before old age.
John […]
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Now that most Democrats have proven their contempt for the Constitution, the American people who put them in office and especially–for courage, it is time to praise Harry Reid and Jay Rockefeller for their concerns about the Rule of Law. Next to Reid, Nancy Pelosi is Jeanne D’Arc.
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By Spencer Ackerman - October […]
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Gonzales Investigated Subordinates Who Were Likely To Testify Against Him
The Huffington Post | Murray Waas | October 17, 2007 07:00 PM
Alberto Gonzales was briefed extensively about a criminal leak investigation despite the fact that he had reason to believe that several individuals under investigation in the matter […]
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Gonzales Hires a Top Gun
Still under investigation by Congress and Justice Department lawyers who once worked for him, the former attorney general has turned to a leading Washington attorney to help him beat the rap.
By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball
Newsweek
Updated: 2:12 p.m. ET Oct 10, 2007
Oct. 10, 2007 - No sooner did Alberto Gonzales resign […]
October 4, 2007
Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
By SCOTT SHANE, DAVID JOHNSTON and JAMES RISEN
This article is by Scott Shane, David Johnston and James Risen.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 — When the Justice Department publicly declared torture “abhorrent” in a legal opinion in December 2004, the Bush administration appeared to have abandoned its assertion of nearly unlimited […]
GOOD $#@^&*’ RIDDANCE!
Gonzales Leaves Justice Department
By LARA JAKES JORDAN – 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Resigning Attorney General Alberto Gonzales left the scandal-scarred Justice Department on Friday, declaring himself hopeful about its mission of ferreting out crime and defending the truth.
Gonzales quit after 2 1/2 years at the department amid investigations into whether he […]
Schlozman Admits Touting GOP Qualifications of Prospective Prosecutors
By Paul Kiel - September 7, 2007, 4:49 PM
In written answers to questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, Bradley Schlozman, the former Justice Department official and U.S. attorney who’s been at the center of the firings controversy, admitted that he’d once urged hiring certain prosecutors for his office […]
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Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff, left, is a top contender to replace Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales, whose resignation is effective Sept. 17. The two are shown at a 2006 briefing.
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His past at Justice may be a hurdle if he’s picked to succeed Alberto Gonzales as attorney general.
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By David G. Savage and Tom Hamburger, Los […]
THE NEW IMPROVED FISA TRAVESTY.
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In the past two days, at least nine major newspapers have editorialized against the FISA legislation, with the New York Times today calling it an “unnecessary and dangerous expansion of President Bush’s powers.” Some examples:
USA Today:
A skittish Congress allowed itself to be stampeded last week into granting the president unfettered surveillance […]