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Holder Helped Secure Lenient Plea Deal With Bush Lawyers

The Raw Story | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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When the US Justice Department announced in March 2007 that Chiquita Brands had pleaded guilty to "one count of engaging in transactions with a specia...

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The Doctrine of "Sovereign Immunity" Presents a Grave Danger to Our Security

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Raymond J. Learsy

Sovereign Immunity has its roots in old English law postulating that neither the sovereign nor the sovereign state can commit a legal wrong. It is an anachronism of another time and poses a great danger to our security.

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Where Are They Now?

Nick Turse | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, Tom Ridge, Scott Mcclellan, Andrew Card, Michael Mukasey, Donald Rumsfeld, Ari Fleischer, John Yoo, Dick Cheney, Michael Chertoff, Bush Administration, Harriet Miers, Tommy Thompson, Henry Paulson, John Ashcroft, Karen Hughes, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News
Nick Turse

While times are tough for most Americans, one group is doing remarkably well. For former members of the Bush administration, the economic outlook remains bright and jobs are seemingly plentiful.

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Ex-Homeland Security Chief Praises Obama Security Measures

National Journal Online | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

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In a recent interview with NationalJournal.com, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff differed with two of his Bush administration co...

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Marcus Baram

Chertoff Writing Book On His Experiences At Homeland Security, Justice Dept.

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

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Michael Chertoff, the former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is writing a book about his experiences at the department and his previ...

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Illegal Immigrants Worked In Immigration Chief's Home

Washington Post | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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Every few weeks for nearly four years, the Secret Service screened the IDs of employees for a Maryland cleaning company before they entered the house ...

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Welcome to My World, Janet... Now, Please Restore Some Dignity to It

Frank Sharry | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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Frank Sharry

First things first, kudos to the President-elect on his likely pick for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Arizona Governor Jan...

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Ambassador for All War Crimes Except Our Own

Charles J. Brown | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, John Bolton, John Yoo, Human Rights Watch, Sri Lanka, Guantanamo, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq, Madeleine Albright, Dick Cheney, War Crimes, Condoleezza Rice, International Criminal Court, Timothy Flanigan, David Scheffer, Stephen Cambone, William J. Haynes, David Addington, Yugoslavia, Michael Chertoff, State Department, War on Terror, Jane Mayer, John Ashcroft, George Tenet, Cambodia, Clint Williamson, Alberto Gonzales, Rwanda, Torture, Icty, Ictr, George Bush, United Nations, 9/11, Human Rights Abuses, Convention on Torture, Abu Ghraib, Icc, Politics News
Charles J. Brown

The Office of War Crimes Issues doesn't just tell other countries to do as we say and not as we do. The Administration has actually made OWCI complicit of its own war crimes apparatus.

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Chertoff: Aviation Network Still Vulnerable To Terror, Targeted By Al Qaida

AP | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The nation's top domestic security official said Wednesday aviation remains vulnerable to terrorist attack seven years after 9/11. ...

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Michael Chertoff Discusses War On Terror At Aspen Ideas Festival (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was one of the many influential people to appear at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Jeffrey Goldberg con...

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Fake FEMA Reporters Promoted

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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On Oct. 23, the day of FEMA's now infamous phony news conference, the agency's former external affairs chief, Pat Philbin, announced plans to promote ...

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Michael Chertoff Hangs With Kiefer At "24"

NY Post | Page Six | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Turns out Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is a huge fan of "24." When he heard Kiefer Sutherland, who plays counter-terrorist agent Jack ...

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Chertoff: Border Fence Is Good For The Environment

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Monday defended the construction of a fence along the southwest border, saying it's actually better fo...

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