Attorney General Mukasey

Attorney General Mukasey Must Act To Address Police Brutality

Paul Peete | Posted 07.30.2008 | Home

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Paul Peete

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.

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Mukasey: Congress Must "Urgently" Delay Guantanamo Cases

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Shayana Kadidal

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.

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

Muckraked.com | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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

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Specter: Mukasey Is "Still Wearing His Robe"

Washington Post | Ben Pershing | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

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

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Boston College Law School Won't Honor Mukasey

Boston Globe | Peter Schworm | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

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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...

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CIA: Waterboarding Used On Only 3 Detainees

Reuters | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

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

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Mukasey Still Refuses To Say If Waterboarding Is Illegal

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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

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Attorney General Mukasey Still Won't Call Waterboarding Torture

Think Progress | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

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

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Torture Tape Probe Seen As Payback In FBI-CIA Rivalry

NY Times | Ariel Alexovich | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics

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

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Veteran Prosecutor Takes Over CIA Probe

Associated Press | Matt Apuzzo | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics

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

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Torture Is Wrong, Illegal and It Doesn't Work

Coleen Rowley | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics

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Coleen Rowley

Regular people are understandably susceptible to falling for the Jack Bauer myth repeated by neo-cons and wannabe tough guy jocks of right-wing radio that torture saves lives.

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Conyers, Kennedy Join Push For Special Prosecutor

TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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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 ...

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Archie Bunker vs. the Attorney General

Norman Lear | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics

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Norman Lear

This morning I read a quote by Attorney General Mukasey, and immediately thought: "Of course! I know where I heard that reasoning before. In a single sentence he gave himself away. It's Archie Bunker!"

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Will Thomas

Congressman Calls For Special Counsel Over CIA Tapes

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

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

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

Thinkprogress.org | Amanda | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

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

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Max Follmer

Feinstein Faces Dem Censure After Backing Mukasey

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics

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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...

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Schumer, You Are Nothing To Me Now

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

By handing Bush yet another political victory Schumer (and his co-conspirator Dianne Feinstein) took the wind out of the Democratic Congress's sails.

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Waterboard Mukasey, Schumer and Feinstein Can Assist

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

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

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No Wiggle Room

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.03.2007 | Politics

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Jayne Lyn Stahl

Even if we deny accountability, and culpability, the rest of the world will hold us responsible, if not in our lifetimes than for generations to come.

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.03.2007 | Politics

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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.

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Michael Mukasey: Another Loyal Bushie

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics

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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.

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White House: Mukasey Can Hedge On Torture Questions

AP | Posted 10.20.2007 | Politics

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

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Mukasey: Bush Can Ignore Surveillance Law

Washington Post | Dan Eggen and Paul Kane | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

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

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

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics

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

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Mukasey Papers Cite Giuliani Friendship

Washington Post | Posted 10.03.2007 | Politics

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

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