Attorney General Mukasey

Marc Mukasey, Son Of Michael Mukasey, May Run For NY Senate

New York Post | Maggie Haberman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Senate, Senate, New York, Mukasey, Michael Mukasey, Marc Mukasey, Attorney General Mukasey, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Gillibrand, Kirsten Gillibrand, Politics News

Marc Mukasey, the son of Bush administration Attorney General Michael Mukasey, is mulling mounting a challenge to Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...

Read Whole Story

Mukasey Recuses Himself In Madoff Probe

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Michael Mukasey, Ponzi Scheme, Wall Street Crisis, Attorney General Mukasey, Bernie Madoff, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael Mukasey has recused himself from the Justice Department's investigation into Bernard L. Madoff, accused of...

Read Whole Story

Resetting the Table

Lynne Glasner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Accountability, Bush Lame Duck, Bush Pardon, Attorney General Mukasey, Mukasey Waterboarding, George Bush, Jerrold Nadler, Politics News

It's time to reset the table. There's much talk about lame duck Bush, but what about lame duck Congress?

Read Post

Attorney General Mukasey Must Act To Address Police Brutality

Paul Peete | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brian Ragan, Maxine Waters, Kevin Wicks, Jacqueline Seabrooks, Ruben Walton Ortega, Michael Byoune, Attorney General Mukasey, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, Baron ?Scooter? Pikes, Police Shootings, Police, Police Abuse, Civil Rights, Home News

America can no longer afford to wait for an Attorney General to be selected by the next president to address the breakdown in control over the nation's police departments' use of force policies.

Read Post

Mukasey: Congress Must "Urgently" Delay Guantanamo Cases

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Attorney General Mukasey, Center for Constitutional Rights, Suxxor, Civil Rights, Guantanamo, Politics News

Mukasey's complaints and the accompanying proposals are another attempt to drag us into years of further legal challenges and delays in these cases. Let's take a look at them, one by one.

Read Post

Mukasey: Fighting War On Terror Means Pushing To The Limits Of Law

Muckraked.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mukasey Hearings, Iraq War, Attorney General Mukasey, Warwire, Politics News

In describing the post-9/11 mindset at the Department of Justice which included the promotion of such methods as waterboarding during interrogations a...

Read Whole Story

Specter: Mukasey Is "Still Wearing His Robe"

Washington Post | Ben Pershing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, Attorney General Mukasey, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) today accused the Bush administration of being overly obstinate on a range of controversial issues, expressing particular f...

Read Whole Story

Boston College Law School Won't Honor Mukasey

Boston Globe | Peter Schworm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mukasey Torture, Attorney General Mukasey, Mukasey Civil Liberties, Mukasey Waterboarding, Mukasey, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

Boston College Law School will not award its highest honor to US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey at its May commencement amid sharp criticism from...

Read Whole Story

CIA: Waterboarding Used On Only 3 Detainees

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waterboarding, CIA Detainees, Cia, Torture, Mukasey Torture Waterboarding, Michael Mukasey, CIA Waterboarding Mukasey, Breaking Politics News, Attorney General Waterboarding, Waterboarding 3 Detainees, CIA Torture Waterbboarding, Cia Waterboarding, Attorney General Mukasey, Politics News

The CIA on three occasions shortly after the September 11 attacks used a widely condemned interrogation technique known as waterboarding, CIA Director...

Read Whole Story

Mukasey Still Refuses To Say If Waterboarding Is Illegal

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Mukasey, Mukasey, Waterboarding, Mukasey Waterboarding, Mukasey Torture, Attorney General Mukasey, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday he will refuse to publicly say whether the interrogation tactic known as waterboardin...

Read Whole Story

Attorney General Mukasey Still Won't Call Waterboarding Torture

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Mukasey, Waterboarding, CIA Waterboarding Mukasey, Attorney General Mukasey, Attorney General Waterboarding, Mukasey Torture Waterboarding, Torture, Politics News

Throughout his October confirmation hearings, Attorney General Mike Mukasey denounced the use of torture, stating that it is "antithetical to what thi...

Read Whole Story

Veteran Prosecutor Takes Over CIA Probe

Associated Press | Matt Apuzzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CIA Terror Interrogation Tapes Destroyed, CIA Interrogation Tapes, Michael Mukasey John Durham, Cia, Missing CIA Torture Tapes, Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, John Durham CIA Tapes, Department of Justice, Attorney General Mukasey, Justice Department, John Durham, Politics News

For the high-profile, politically charged investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videos, the Justice Department is turning to a low-p...

Read Whole Story

Torture Tape Probe Seen As Payback In FBI-CIA Rivalry

NY Times | Ariel Alexovich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CIA Terror Interrogation Tapes Destroyed, CIA Tapes Investigation, CIA Interrogation Tapes, CIA Tapes Destroyed, Missing CIA Torture Tapes, Cia, Michael Mukasey, John Durham CIA Tapes, Deleted CIA Tapes, Attorney General Mukasey, Fbi, John Durham, CIA FBI Rivalry, Politics News

The Justice Department's criminal inquiry into the destruction of the Central Intelligence Agency interrogation tapes will be carried out largely by a...

Read Whole Story

Congressman Calls For Special Counsel Over CIA Tapes

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CIA Terror Interrogation Tapes Destroyed, Enhanced Interrogations, Mukasey Torture, CIA Interrogation Tapes, CIA Interrogations, Attorney General Mukasey, Missing CIA Torture Tapes, Rush Holt, Michael Mukasey, Torture, Politics News

Someone call Patrick Fitzgerald. Today Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) sent a letter to Attorney General Mukasey requesting the immediate appointment of a speci...

Read Whole Story

Conyers, Kennedy Join Push For Special Prosecutor

TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CIA Terror Interrogation Tapes Destroyed, John Conyers, Jay Rockefeller, CIA Interrogation Tapes, CIA Interrogations, Missing CIA Torture Tapes, Michael Mukasey, CIA Torture, Mukasey Torture, Attorney General Mukasey, Joe Biden, Ted Kennedy, CIA Tapes, Politics News

When news broke that the CIA had kept videotapes showing torture of detainees secret and then secretly destroyed them, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) was fast ...

Read Whole Story

Alberto Gonzales' Advice For Mukasey: "Follow The Law. That Was My Lodestar."

Thinkprogress.org | Amanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alberto Gonzales Legal Troubles, Attorney General Mukasey, Alberto Gonzales, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

Yesterday, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke at the Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, giving his views on "immigration, educat...

Read Whole Story

Feinstein Faces Dem Censure After Backing Mukasey

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mukasey Waterboarding, Mukasey, Torture Attorney General, Dianne Feinstein Mukasey, California Democratic Party, Michael Mukasey, Dianne Feinstein Censure, Dianne Feinstein, Mukasey Torture, Attorney General Mukasey, Leslie Southwick, Politics News

One day after voting to elevate a divisive conservative judge to the federal appeals court in New Orleans, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein was the pr...

Read Whole Story

Sen Leahy At Mukasey Hearing: "The Next Attorney General Has To Begin To Regain The Public Trust"

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Attorney General, Attorney General Mukasey, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey on Wednesday pledged to strike a delicate balance between keeping the nation safe and protecting the civil ...

Read Whole Story

White House: Mukasey Can Hedge On Torture Questions

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Attorney General Mukasey, Confirmation Hearings, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

The White House on Friday defended Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey's refusal to say whether he considers waterboarding a form of torture, say...

Read Whole Story

Mukasey: Bush Can Ignore Surveillance Law

Washington Post | Dan Eggen and Paul Kane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Surveillance, Attorney General Mukasey, President Bush, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

Attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey suggested today that the president could ignore federal surveillance law if it infringes on his constituti...

Read Whole Story

Mukasey Papers Cite Giuliani Friendship

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mukasey, Mukasey Giuliani, Attorney General Mukasey, Politics News

Attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey calls GOP presidential hopeful Rudolph W. Giuliani a "good friend" in new documents released by the Senate...

Read Whole Story

Gonzo Redux? Mukasey Tells Right-Wing Activists He Backs Gitmo, "Enhanced" Interrogation

Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attorney General Guantanamo, Mukasey, Guantanamo Shut Down, Attorney General Mukasey, Torture, Torture Attorney General, Politics News

After president Bush settled on Michael Mukasey to be his next attorney general, White House officials were privately worried about how conservatives ...

Read Whole Story