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One wonders if Diane and Chucky have finally awakened to smell the coffee?

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Mukasey: No prosecutions in Justice hiring scandal
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer 16 minutes ago
NEW YORK - No criminal prosecutions are planned for former Justice Department officials accused of allowing politics to influence the hiring of prosecutors, immigration judges and other career government lawyers, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday.
Mukasey used his sharpest words yet […]

Posted in Cong-SENATE, Charles Schumer, Department of Justice, Karl Marx, Judge Mukasey, Diane Feinstein |

In case you may have forgotten Senators Schumer and Feinstein voted for Mukasey.

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

baltimoresun.com
Bush stance likened to Nixon’s
Judiciary Committee lawyers urge judge to make White House answer subpoenas
Associated Press
April 11, 2008
WASHINGTON President Bush’s refusal to let two confidants provide information to Congress about fired federal prosecutors represents the most expansive view of executive privilege since Watergate, the House Judiciary Committee told a federal judge yesterday.
Lawyers for the Democratic-led […]

Posted in Congress, Bush, Charles Schumer, Department of Justice, Richard Nixon, Judge Mukasey, Diane Feinstein |

Justice Dept. ‘Cannot’ Probe Waterboarding, Mukasey Says–Washington Post headline, February 7, 2008

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Sadly, Feinstein and Schumer were blinded by the light…

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…or was it the nifty lapel flag?

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By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 8, 2008; Page A04
The attorney general yesterday rejected growing congressional calls for a criminal investigation of the CIA’s use of simulated drownings to extract information from its detainees, as Vice President Cheney called […]

Posted in administration, Torture, Charles Schumer, Department of Justice, Judge Mukasey, Diane Feinstein |

Schumer and Feinstein should feel quite happy right now!

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Mukasey Rejects Call for CIA Tape Details
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 14, 2007; 2:27 PM
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today sharply rebuffed congressional demands for details about the Justice Department’s inquiry into the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes, saying that providing such information would make it appear that the department was “subject to […]

Posted in Torture, CIA, Charles Schumer, Department of Justice, Judge Mukasey, Diane Feinstein |

What ever happened to that devil-may-care senator who used sight gags to keep the Judiciary committee in stitches?

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

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Max Follmer
The Huffington Post
Feinstein Faces Dem Censure After Backing Mukasey
November 12, 2007 11:50 PM
One day after voting to elevate a divisive conservative judge to the federal appeals court in New Orleans, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein was the president’s guest aboard Air Force One. She had been invited to survey the damage from the recent spate […]

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Democrat (Senator Schumer) charges U.S. justices “duped” Senate–Headline Washington Post, July 27, 2007

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

Chuck has a very short memory so he’ll trust Mukasey to do the right thing. Meanwhile, Diane would probably not be a senator had it not been for someone purchasing a package of Twinkies in November, 1978.
November 3, 2007
New York Times
Justice Nominee Gets 2 Key Votes From Democrats
By PHILIP SHENON and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
WASHINGTON, Nov. […]

Posted in Democrats, Cong-SENATE, Charles Schumer, Alito, 1920s, John Roberts, Judge Mukasey, Diane Feinstein |

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