Alberto Gonzales

Friday Talking Points [Vol. 12]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The whole Obama flap over cocaine (fueled by the Clinton camp) needs to get shot down right away, before any Republicans consider using it to attack Obama. And it's so pathetically easy to shoot this one down.

Jury Deadlocked Over Homegrown "Sears Tower Terrorists"

Associated Press | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics


In a stinging defeat for the Bush administration, one of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears T...

Law Journal Names Alberto Gonzales "Lawyer Of The Year"

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics


Negative news coverage might have cost Alberto Gonzales his job as attorney general, but it won him a dubious honor yesterday from a magazine publishe...

Alberto Gonzales Named The American Bar Association Journal's "Lawyer Of The Year"

ABA Journal | Siobhan Morrissey | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics


The most talked-about attorney this past year by a mile, Gonzales, 52, rose from being the grandson of illegal immigrants to the first Hispan ic attor...

Will Thomas

The Ghost Of Gonzales: Justice Dept Still Backs Controversial Voter ID Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics


Though Alberto Gonzales is gone, the Justice Department is still backing controversial voter identification laws that many believe are specifically de...

Sen. Whitehouse Reveals Secret Justice Dept. Memos: Bush Determines What Is Constitutional

Think Progress | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics


This morning, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) delivered an impassioned floor speech to help frame the debate over FISA reform. Using his privilege as a...

Creative Rebellion: Cornell Resists Ashcroft

Michael Siegel | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics


Michael Siegel

2007-12-01-bilde22pull.jpgWe owned the room for 20 minutes. Ashcroft stammered and said he didn't know what to do. Only after the campus Republicans shouted, "Keep going!" did the former AG attempt to regain his flow.

Gimme Shelter

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

The U.S. has now become the dumping ground of choice for those who have committed the most heinous crimes, principally because we lack the laws necessary to prosecute them.

Alberto Gonzales Speaks, Endures "Screams Of 'Criminal' And 'Liar'"

AP | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics


Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales endured screams of "criminal" and "liar" during a speech at the University of Florida on Monday evening. Abo...

Embattled US Attorney In Minnesota Moved To DC Post

AP | Frederic J. Frommer | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics


Rachel Paulose, the embattled U.S. attorney for Minnesota, will be leaving the post to take a position at the Justice Department in Washington, ending...

Charity Begins...Where?

William Fisher | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics


William Fisher

Checkbooks at the ready? After all, don't we all owe poor Al Gonzales our support in his time of need?

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

Thinkprogress.org | Amanda | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics


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

Four Friday Funnies: Make Your Donation Now To The Michael Roston Legal Defense Fund

Michael Roston | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics


Michael Roston

In the future, donations to keep your favorite alleged criminal politician out of the slammer will be tax deductible.

Alberto Gonzales Defense Fund: Where To Send The Money

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics


The contribution form distributed by Leitch asks that donations be sent to a post office box in Alexandria. Leitch said in an e-mail yesterday that th...

After Gonzales: Bush Promises To Rebuild Justice Department

AP | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics


President Bush welcomed Michael Mukasey back into government Wednesday and promised to help the new attorney general rebuild the top leadership of the...

Alberto Gonzales Defense Fund Begins

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics


Supporters of former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales have created a trust fund to help pay for his legal expenses, which are mounting in the face...

Beyond Mukasey's Confirmation, White House Liability Issues Loom Large

Elizabeth Holtzman | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics


Elizabeth Holtzman

Criminal liability of this White House will have wider repercussions than Mr. Mukasey's confirmation. It will reverberate through his tenure as Attorney General, and beyond the end of the Bush administration.

Arianna on Live with Dan Abrams

Huff TV | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics


Huff TV

2007-11-09-ahonabramsUSEpull.jpgArianna and Pat Buchanan discuss Mukasey's confirmation and Bill Clinton taking the blame for the failure of health care.

Waterboard Mukasey, Schumer and Feinstein Can Assist

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

Michael Mukasey says he needs more information to determine if the ancient Spanish Inquisition technique of waterboarding is torture as defined under ...

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.03.2007 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

So, is waterboarding a deal-breaker? It clearly is for Chris Dodd, Patrick Leahy, and the other senators who vowed to vote no on the Mukasey nomination due to his refusal to say whether the controversial torture technique is illegal. But the AG designate's unwillingness was apparently not enough to dissuade Judiciary Committee members Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein, whose support virtually guarantees Mukasey's confirmation. In announcing her decision, DiFi delivered the week's lamest endorsement. "First and foremost," she said, "Michael Mukasey is not Alberto Gonzales." Wow, with credentials like that, how could you not make him America's top cop? Bush defended Mukasey's waterboard waffling, saying "he had not been briefed" on the technique. Allow us: Kaj Larsen blogs about having himself waterboarded for Mukasey's edification.

There Must Be 50 Ways to Say They're Sorry....

Tom Alderman | Posted 10.26.2007 | Media


Tom Alderman

We need a Sorry Guide to the various apology life forms alive in the media. Many of them seem to fall into a set of basic categories.

Reinventing The Wheel With Vice President Cheney

Michael Roston | Posted 10.23.2007 | Politics


Michael Roston

If Mukasey was the man for the job, as Cheney says, why did it take 2 and 1/2 years of Alberto Gonzales before we hired him?

What Did Pelosi Know, and When Did She Know It?

Coleen Rowley | Posted 10.23.2007 | Politics


Coleen Rowley

The president, vice president, and CIA director--not to mention the credulous crowd around Nancy Pelosi--have all been regurgitating a king-sized whopper aimed at providing "justification" for the NSA program.

Michael Mukasey: Another Loyal Bushie

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics


Marjorie Cohn

Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee seem so thrilled that Mukasey is not Alberto Gonzales that they're willing to vote for him even though he's another loyal Bushie.

To Senate Dems: If Republicans Won't Allow an Up or Down Vote on Habeas Corpus, Don't Allow an Up or Down Vote on Mukasey Attorney General Confirmation

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

The Democrats need to be as clever at using Senate rules as the Republicans have been.


 

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