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AIG: We Shall Know the Truth

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Democracy, Economics, Jesus, Economic Crisis, Economy, Derivatives, Regulation, Business, Taxpayers, Economic, America, Government, American Insurance Group, Wall Street, Federal Government, Attorney General, Foreclosures, Financial Crisis, Morality, Business News
Jim Wallis

Before any deals are made to end government (read: taxpayer) control of AIG, we should demand answers to questions such as: Who knew what, and when? Who benefited, and by exactly how much?

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Compassion and Empathy: Endangered Species in Washington

Saul Segan | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Politics, Congress, Attorney General, Terrorism, Health Care Reform, Living, Legal, Spirituality, Legislation, Politics News
Saul Segan

The Obama Administration continues to self-destruct and to take us along with it. The health care debacle shows the absolute heartlessness of the lawmakers and their incapacity for logical thinking.

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Coakley Wins Democratic Race For Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Primary, Senate, Kennedy, Clinton, Attorney General, Coakley, Ag, Election Results, Massachusetts, Martha Coakley, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

BOSTON — The relatively quiet campaign to fill the late Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat was matched by equally light turnout Tuesday as voters p...

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Cuomo's Campaign Got Cash From Firms Representing Clients Under Investigation

nypost.com | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, Campaign Fundraising, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Cuomo Campaign Cash From Defense, New York, Attorney General, New York News

State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's campaign fund took tens of thousands of dollars from law firms representing clients that his office was investig...

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Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: 60 Votes, Leadership, White House, Debate, Floor, Ron Paul, Reform, Alan Grayson, Gray Hair, Eric Holder, Sarah Palin, Conyers, Amendments, John Kerry, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic Caucus, Health Care, Majority Leader, Reid, Reconciliation, John Conyers, Conference Committee, Grey Hair, Kerry, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Robert Byrd, Congress, Democrats, Paul, Election, Holder, Byrd, Barack Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mddotw, Harry Reid, State of the Union, Eating, Longest, Senate, Bill, Healthcare, Pumas, President Obama, Cloture, Filibuster, Obama, Democratic, Media, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Lieberman, Pelosi, 2010, Baucus, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Midterms, Skinny, Ksm, House, Attorney General, Matt Osborne, Puma, Thin, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Palin, Sotu, Max Baucus, Joe Lieberman, Party Unity My Ass, Osborne, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.

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The Mustache Movement

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Aclu, St. Louis, Ronald Reagan, Humor, Mustache, Thomas E. Dewey, Robert Goulet, Bill Geist, Groucho Marx, George Clooney, Cbs, Eric Holder, Brad Pitt, Stamford, Harry S. Truman, Attorney General, Humorist, Walter Cronkite, Banks, Lincoln Tunnel, William Howard Taft, Family, Fashion, Living News
Jerry Zezima

I may not be British, but for the past three decades, I have kept a stiff upper lip. Now, after all these years of hair-raising adventure, I am celebrating the 30th anniversary of my mustache.

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Bush DOJ Official Agrees "Torture Memo" Lawyers Should Be Investigated

Nan Aron | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tortured Law, Department of Justice, Constitution, Eric Holder Attorney General, Attorney General, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Nan Aron

A change in leadership does not eliminate the need to examine our system and learn from our history, even when -- especially when -- our Department of Justice was corrupted to the point of sanctioning torture.

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Genesio Oliveira, Gay Brazilian Married To Massachusetts Man, Is Denied Asylum

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Asylum Seekers, Tim Coco, John Kerry, Attorney General, Obama Administration, Doma, Asylum, Justice Department, Defense of Marriage Act, Genesio Oliveira, Eric Holder, Politics News

BOSTON — A gay Brazilian man has been denied asylum by the Obama administration and won't be reunited with his Massachusetts husband in the U.S....

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Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2835, Necessity, Medical Necessity, President Obama, Glaucoma, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Dea, Doj, Raid, Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, Medical, Medical Marijuana, Obama, War on Drugs, Injustice, Drug, Eric Holder, California, Drug Enforcement Agency, Gonzales v Raich, Federal Prosecutor, Schedule I, Schedule, Ed Rosenthal, Marinol, Schedule II, Medical Use, US v Rosenthal, Drug War, Department of Justice, Justice, Federal Attorney, Oakland, Gag Rule, Federal, Attorney General, Necessity Defense, US v OCBC, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Holder, Controlled Substances Act, Ag, Cannabis, Chris Weigant, Ashcroft v Raich, hr2835, Drug Policy, Medical Necessity Defense, Raich, Ocbc, Rosenthal, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.

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Beth Butler Fired By ACORN; Director Of Louisiana ACORN Is Companion Of Founder Wade Rathke

The Times-Picayune | Gordon Russell | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, Beth Butler, Katrina Recovery, Who Is Beth Butler, Louisiana ACORN, Wade Rathke, Attorney General, Obama Itinerary, Obama Comments, Land, Obama, Real Estate, Acorn, Louisiana AG, Hurricane Katrina, Bertha Lewis, Embezzlement, Home News

Beth Butler, the longtime executive director of Lousiana ACORN, was terminated by the organization's national leadership Monday amid a power struggle ...

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Soft on Crime, Soft on Cruelty

Michael Markarian | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli, Animals, Chris John, David Vitter, Cockfighting, Attorney General, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Virginia state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli may be one of the only elected officials in the country running for statewide office who is an apologist for staged animal fighting -- and has the record to prove it.

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Law & Order Tackles Accountability for Torture. Will We Have It in Real Life?

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Accountability, Jack McCoy, Office of Legal Cousel, Torture, Law & Order, Attorney General, Dick Cheney Torture, Eric Holder, Politics News
Anthony D. Romero

Jack McCoy isn't afraid to hold members of the Bush administration accountable for torture. Now the question is, in real life, will Attorney General Holder rise to the occasion?

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California's Own Bernie Madoff

Jerry Brown | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: California AG, Chais Victims, California, Investment, Madoff, Attorney General, Jerry Brown, Deregulation, Ponzi Scheme, Regulation, Bernard Madoff, Stanley Chais, Investor, Los Angeles, Chais Scheme, Business News
Jerry Brown

Some called Beverly Hills financial adviser Stanley Chais an investment wizard, but in reality he was nothing more than a glorified middleman, channeling hundreds of millions of dollars in investors' funds to Bernie Madoff in New York.

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Gonzales Defends Holder's Decision To Investigate CIA

The Washington Times | Joseph Weber | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Torture, Torture Investigation, Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General, Eric Holder, Politics News

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on Tuesday defended the decision of his current successor, Eric H. Holder Jr., to investigate alleged...

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Cheney's 'Torture Works' Argument Is A Red Herring

Washington Independent | Daphne Eviatar | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Rizzo, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Attorney General, Detainee Torture, CIA Prisons, Dick Cheney, Politics News

No matter how much former Vice President Dick Cheney insists that torturing prisoners in secret CIA prisons worked (and Spencer has already laid out t...

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Holder's Possible Inquiry On CIA Interrogation A Defining Gesture Of Independence From Obama

NY Times | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eric Holder, Cia, Eric Holder Attorney General, Interrogation, Attorney General, Torture, Politics News

As the attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., debates whether to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate the interrogations of terrorism suspects ...

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Yes, Virginia, You Can Be Too Cynical About Politics

Susan J. Demas | Posted 08.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Detroit Renaissance, Appalachian-Trail, Phil Power, Michigan Governor, Attorney General, Mark Sanford, Bromance, Michigan Democrats, Michigan, Democrats, Babydaddy, Center for Michigan, Mike Cox, Media News
Susan J. Demas

I apparently work in the wrong field, because romance and politics rarely go hand in hand (unless you discover your Argentinean soulmate on the Appalachian Trail) and it probably won't end well, anyway.

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Cosmetic Surgery Company Used Bogus Testimonials Online: Cuomo

AP | Posted 08.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Lifestyle Lift Procedure, Attorney General, Lifestyle Lift, Cosmetic Surgery, Andrew Cuomo, Astroturf Marketing, New York, New York News

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says a cosmetic surgery company has acknowledged its employees posed as satisfied customers to...

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Obama's "Drip, Drip, Drip..." Intelligence Problem

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, White House, President Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Pat Leahy, Cia, Leon Panetta, Truth Commission, Cheney, Surveillance, Obama, Eric Holder, President, Bush, Dick Cheney, Intelligence, Drip Drip Drip, Assassination, Detainee Abuse, Briefed, Panetta, Brief, Attorney General, Warrantless Wiretapping, Congress, Justice Department, Intelligence Committee, Barack Obama, Investigation, Detainee, Saturday Night Massacre, Briefing, Prisoner, Vice-President, Chris Weigant, Wiretapping, I Was Only Following Orders, Leahy, Waterboarding, Hit Squad, Water Torture, Nixon, Torture, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama faces a steady drip, drip, drip of stories leaking and becoming public. Wiretapping stories, torture stories, and secret CIA covert stories were all in the news in the past week alone.

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Alberto Gonzales To Teach At Texas Tech

AP | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Texas Tech University, Gitmo, Texas, Gonzales, Bush Administration, Justice Department, Attorney General, Justice Department Scandal, Alberto Gonzales, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

LUBBOCK, Texas — Alberto Gonzales, who resigned as U.S. attorney general two years ago, is coming to Texas Tech this fall to teach political sci...

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Andrew Cuomo Plays It Cool

New York Observer Politicker | Jason Horowitz | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Attorney General Cuomo, New York Attorney General, New York, New York Politics, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, New York News

As Albany crumbles, dragging the approval ratings of Governor David Paterson down to breathtaking new depths, Andrew Cuomo has studiously acted as if ...

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Painting a Bulls-Eye on the First Amendment

Leslie Harris | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, First Amendment, Richard Blumenthal, Communications Decency Act, United States, Attorney General, Craigslist, Classified Advertising, Media News
Leslie Harris

The Connecticut Attorney General's assertion that online speech has lower First Amendment protection than speech in newspapers is shocking. He clearly needs to brush up on First Amendment law.

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Sam Stein

GOP Stressed Gonzales' Hispanic Roots In 2005

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racial Politics, Orin Hatch, Race Politics, Republicans Hispanics, Hatch Alberto Gonzales, Gonzales Sotomayor, Attorney General, Gop Hispanics, Sotomayor Race, Politics News

One of the more provocative critiques to come from conservatives concerning the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has been the charg...

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Obama Nominates Top Polluter Lawyer To Enforce Environmental Laws

Think Progress | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Environment, Obama Attorney Generals, Ignacia Moreno, Attorney General, Obama Attorney General, Obama Assistant Attorney Generals, Politics News

President Barack Obama has nominated a lawyer for the nation's largest toxic polluters to run the enforcement of the nation's environmental laws. On T...

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Crime and Crime Again

Hart Bochner | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prosecute Cheney, Cheney, Attorney General, Donald Rumsfeld, Eric Holder, Torture Memos, Bush Torture Memos, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Hart Bochner

It will become its own kind of crime if Obama does not set precedent at such a crucial juncture and pursue justice against the Cheney/Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz rat pack.

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