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Waterboarding Is Illegal »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
In his 2007 confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee considering his nomination to be Attorney General of the United States, Judge Michael Mukasey refused ...
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DOJ Should Make All Records Public in Probe of Interrogation Memos »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months ago in Political News
LAWYERS IN the Justice Department gave the Bush administration legal cover to use harsh interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. There is little dispute that some of ...
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No criminal case likely over torture memos »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months ago in Political News
Justice Department officials have stopped short of recommending criminal charges against Bush administration lawyers who wrote secret memos approving harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects ...
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky: A Response to Hayden and Mukasey »
Posted by: Beau7890 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
No timid wimp is former CIA Director Michael Hayden. And he's not reluctant to tell you so. You can find out what a tough ...
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The Bigger Picture »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
It will take some time to absorb the full implications of the ICRC report and the OLC memos. Right now, many are understandably focused on ...
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Torture Memo Author Advocated Presidential Pardons, Jury Nullification »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months ago in Political News
A Bush administration attorney who approved harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects advocated in 2006 that President Bush set aside recommendations by his own Justice ...
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Boxer Demands Mukasey Force EPA to Withdraw 'Blatantly Illegal' Memo Ignoring Carbon Emissions »
Posted by: idyll 10 months, 2 weeks ago in News
On Monday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, wrote Attorney General Mike Mukasey a letter demanding that he ...
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Obama Team Faces Major Task in Justice Dept. Overhaul »
Posted by: Beau7890 12 months ago in Political News
Goal Is to Restore Confidence in Law Enforcement Actions:
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As a transition team for the Obama administration begins work on a Justice Department overhaul, the ...Read (377) | Share | Discuss (14) | Read Full Story at washingtonpost.com
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COINTELPRO 2.0: Mukasey Loosens Guidelines on Domestic Spying »
Posted by: populist 1 year, 2 months ago in News
The revisions proposed by U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey and other top administration officials represent the greatest expansion of executive power since the Watergate ...
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Mukasey Won’t Pursue Charges in Hiring Inquiry »
Posted by: hsaleem 1 year, 2 months ago in News
Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Tuesday rejected the idea of criminally prosecuting former Justice Department employees who improperly used political litmus tests in hiring decisions ...
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Attorney General Mukasey collapses »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 11 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night and was taken to a hospital.
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Mr. Mukasey in Denial »
Posted by: Beau7890 1 year, 2 months ago in News
The Justice Department’s inspector general and its ethics office have issued a pair of reports confirming that top aides to Mr. Gonzales improperly used ...
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Zelikow Conspiracy Theory_Was Iraq War Really a Disguised War for Israel? »
Posted by: whiteaglesoaring 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Neoconservatives, most of whom are Jewish U.S.-Israeli dual citizens, wrote the script for the Iraq War in 1995 with Clean Break, a paper ...
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Special Prosecutor Named in Attorney Firings Case »
Posted by: berkeley 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey appointed a special prosecutor on Monday to investigate whether criminal charges should be brought against former Attorney General Alberto R ...
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Former Attorney General Mukasey Joins Debevoise & Plimpton »
Posted by: rogerj 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Former Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced this afternoon that he will join the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton as a partner.
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