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Someone Finally Decides To Stop The Torture?

Friday, October 26, 2007 – 10:05 am

I’m in shock. The Senate Judiciary Committee is talking like it actually wants to stop Michael Mukasey’s nomination to Bush’s Cabinet unless the judge explicitly labels waterboarding as illegal torture.
Senators Leahy and Durbin, the Committee Chair and Senate majority whip, respectively, are two fairly important members of the SJC openly declaring their intention to […]

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Letters To Mukasey

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 – 11:54 am

TPM (via Marty Lederman) has the full text of a letter written to Bush’s Attorney General nominee, Judge Michael Mukasey, expressing concern over his failure to categorize waterboarding as torture. All ten Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have signed, although we have no clear evidence that they will actually prevent Mukasey’s nomination in […]

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I Tell You Yet Again, OUR GOVERNMENT EXPLICITLY AUTHORIZED TORTURE

Thursday, October 4, 2007 – 10:24 am

For the love of Jebus, lock these people up in The Hague. Now. Before they can commit any more crimes against humanity and drag my country even further through the mud.
[S]oon after Alberto R. Gonzales’s arrival as attorney general in February 2005, the Justice Department issued another opinion, this one in secret. It was […]

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Oddly Enough, I’m Having A Tough Time Finding A Picture Of This Guy On The Internets

Monday, September 17, 2007 – 10:55 am

It’s official now: Former federal judge Michael Mukasey is President Douchebag’s nominee for Attorney General.
Two consensus pieces of conventional wisdom have emerged, judging by the various pieces of analysis I read this morning.
1) Mukasey is a committed conservative, but he is neither a neo-fascist nor a “loyal Bushie”. We won’t like a lot of […]

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Uh-Oh

Monday, August 27, 2007 – 12:57 pm

There’s a minor debate amongst the commentariat as to whether Bush will attempt to pick a compromise replacement for Fredo or stick to his usual strategy and choose the most divisive name imaginable. Josh Marshall offers a different, and compelling, thought:

Judged by the standards of our history, a recess appointment to replace Alberto Gonzales […]

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BREAKING: Fredo Calls It Quits; Better Late Than Never

Monday, August 27, 2007 – 10:09 am

Gonzales is definitely out. Press conference to come at 10:30. No real details, but several news organizations are reporting Bush’s intention to let “Thinks With His Gut” Chertoff take over at Justice.
I’m looking forward to the bullshit excuse W & his BFF come up with to explain the resignation without admitting that […]

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Least. Effective. Letter. Ever.

Thursday, July 26, 2007 – 1:15 pm

AP:
A group of Senate Democrats called Wednesday for a special counsel to investigate whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales perjured himself regarding the firings of U.S. attorneys and administration dissent over President Bush’s domestic surveillance program.
“We ask that you immediately appoint an independent special counsel from outside the Department of Justice to determine whether […]

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Why Does He Bother Showing Up At This Point

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 – 3:33 pm

This is beyond unbelievable, even for Fredo:
Feinstein followed up, asking Gonzales just how many U.S. attorneys he’d fired during his tenure as attorney general. Seeming flustered, Gonzales didn’t know. “There may have been others.” He said that he’d “be happy” to get back to Feinstein with the answer.
So he’s been showing up to these […]

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Brazen Criminals

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 – 5:25 pm

I haven’t written anything about former DoJ second-in-command James Comey’s testimony before Congress yet. I don’t want anyone to get the wrong impression; I think the testimony is important and I hope you’ve all been paying attention. I simply haven’t digested the full story myself, let alone come up with anything useful […]

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Ruining My Law Day Celebration

Tuesday, May 1, 2007 – 2:57 pm

For months now, the “other shoe” in the US attorneys case has been the question of whether the Bushies succeeded in convincing some attorneys to alter their pursuit of justice in favor of Republican political interests. Paul Kiel of TPM Muckraker has one of the first reports on a specific instance in which […]

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