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Inspector General Finds Ideology Fueled Justice Dept. Hirings »
Posted by: ybdogsct 11 months, 1 week ago in News
In a new report released by the Justice Department, Inspector General Glenn Fine says that Bradley Schlozman, former top Justice Department official under Alberto Gonzales ...
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Bigger Than Bush »
Posted by: gamahuche 11 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
As the new Democratic majority prepares to take power, Republicans have become, as Phil Gramm might put it, a party of whiners.
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The Shameful Silence of the U.S. Media »
Posted by: tehranchik 11 months, 1 week ago in Political News
For a start, there are certainly some American voices which vehemently disagree with these biased views and the inferior reporting. Prominent among these, for example ...
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Champions of Torture »
Posted by: Spadecaller 7 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
Champions of Torture is a video featuring the recent discoveries obtained from the release of memoranda on detentions, interrogations, and warrantless wiretapping. The presentation identifies ...
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The Torturers' Manifesto »
Posted by: Beau7890 8 months, 1 week ago in Political News
To read the four newly released memos on prisoner interrogation written by George W. Bush's Justice Department is to take a journey into depravity ...
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The Bush Six to Be Indicted »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The six defendants—in addition to Gonzales, Federal Appeals Court Judge and former Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee, University of California law professor and former ...
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The differing views of the "rule of law" in Spain and the U.S »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 1 week ago in News
Scott Horton reports this morning that, in Spain, "prosecutors have decided to press forward with a criminal investigation targeting former U.S. Attorney General Alberto ...
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Gonzales says US should be open to torturing again »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
In an interview posted Monday, former Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that because use of torture “may be necessary” in the future, the Obama ...
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Yoo and Other Bush Lawyers Investigated by Spanish Judge »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
My friend (and resident international law guru) Tony Arend notes a Harper's report that President Bush's so-called torture lawyers -- University of California law ...
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Alberto Gonzales:‘Empathy’Means A Judge Saying‘I Don’t Care What The Law Says’ »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Following Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s announcement that he planned to retire, conservatives have attacked and mocked President Obama’s statement that he is ...
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Bush Torture Lawyers Targeted in Criminal Probe »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
One of America’s NATO allies—which supported the Bush Administration’s war on terror by committing its troops to the struggle–has now opened ...
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Gonzales Backs Holder Torture Investigation »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
This is so hard to believe, I wouldn't believe it unless I heard it, via this audio clip. Today, in an interview with the ...
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The Ten Lies of Dick Cheney »
Posted by: tehranchik 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Those singled out for blame include President George W. Bush (for stripping prisoners of the protections of the Geneva Conventions in February 2002, which paved ...
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Ex-AG Gonzales returning to Texas with a story to tell »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
It has been nearly two years since Texas son Alberto Gonzales resigned under siege as U.S. attorney general, giving up the power and perks ...
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Obama Faces Legacy of Lawlessness at Justice »
Posted by: rumple4skin 11 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Mhighly experienced justice department lawyers who, beginning in the early years of the Bush administration, were transferred, demoted or otherwise pushed out of their positions ...
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