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John Ashcroft

Who's the CML Champ, Cheney or Gonzales?

Norm Stamper | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elliot Richardson, Council on Foreign Relations, Politically-Motivated Firings, Bobby Kennedy, Senate Judiciary Committee, Janet Reno, Halliburton, Valerie Plame, FBI Report, Dick Cheney, Perjury, John Ashcroft, Liz Cheney, u.s. Attorneys, Fox News, George H. W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales, President Bush, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Nobody listens to Alberto Gonzales in large part because, putting it charitably, he was not merely an unprincipled attorney general but an uninspired one. Of course, we also tune him out because we can't be sure he's telling the truth.

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Ashcroft, Yoo Lawsuits: Ex-Bush Officials Sued Over Actions

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Yoo Lawsuit, Ashcroft Yoo Lawsuits, John Ashcroft, John Yoo, Bush Officials Court, Bush Officials Lawsuits, Ashcroft Lawsuit, Politics News

WASHINGTON — High-ranking government officials are usually protected from claims that they violated a person's civil rights. In lawsuits stemmin...

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John Ashcroft Can Be Sued For Post-9/11 Detentions, Court Rules

AP | REBECCA BOONE | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wrongfully Detained, John Ashcroft, Ashcroft Detention, Ashcroft, Politics News

BOISE, Idaho — A federal appeals court delivered a stinging rebuke Friday to the Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 detention policies, ruling ...

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Ridge: Take That Untrustworthy Jacket Off My Trustworthy Book!

Talking Points Memo | Ben Frumin | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2004 Election, Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Tom Ridge, Chris Matthews Hardball, Homeland Security, Politics News

Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge's backpedaling book tour continues! As we've reported, Ridge's new book, The Test of Our Times: America ...

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FLASHBACK: Ted Kennedy Vs. John Ashcroft (VIDEO)

Attackerman | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Bybee, Senate Judiciary Committee, John Ashcroft, John Yoo, Justice Department, Ted Kennedy, Abu Ghraib, Politics News

As we dig through the latest rounds of torture disclosures, it's instructive to remember a moment from June of 2004. In the aftermath of the Abu Ghrai...

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Johnny, Tommy, Rummy, and Ash

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, John McCain, Keith Olbermann, Tom Ridge, Rachel Maddow, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Maggie Van Ostrand

It seems every politician with a book and a real or imagined hot topic is hawking his or her too-little-too-late book on cable and network news shows.

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Ridge Says Bushies Exploited Terror Threats for Political Purposes. No S**t, Sherlock

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Ashcroft, Tom Ridge, Terror Threat, 9-11 Attacks, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Andy Card, Alberto Gonzales, Frances Townsend, President George W. Bush, Osama Bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

The Ridge revelation is a huge story, but not a surprising one. Anyone with half a brain knew that the Bushies waged their own terror campaign for political advantage leading up to the 2004 election.

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Is Now the Right Time for Immigration Reform? Chuck Schumer, the Sensenbrenner in Liberal's Clothes

Anis Shivani | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Detention, Biometric Identification, 2006 Immigration Bill, Illegal Immigration, Numbersusa, Jeff Sessions, Immigrants, Immigration, James Sensenbrenner, Jim Webb, Deportation, 2007 Immigration Bill, Obama Administration, Peter Schey, DREAM Act, Illegal Immigrants, Tom Daschle, McCain-Kennedy Immigration Bill, Racism, Visas, Earned Legalization, Undocumented-Immigrants, Legalization, Immigration Debate, 1986 Immigration Reform, John McCain, Alberto Gonzalez, Rush Limbaugh, Homeland Security, La Raza, Xenophobia, Amnesty, Lou Dobbs, E-Verify, Chuck Hagel, Jon Kyl, Ted Kennedy, John Cornyn, Immigration Reform, John Ashcroft, Rahm Emanuel, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, 2005 Sensenbrenner Bill, Lulac, Organized Labor, Broken Borders, Chuck Schumer, Mexican Immigration, Torture, National Identification Card, Politics News
Anis Shivani

The Schumer mandate for the undocumented to register within a short period of time, or else be permanently barred from becoming U.S. residents, is a prime example of the law run amok.

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Jason Linkins

Bush Sent Gonzales To The Hospital (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Metaphors, George W. Bush, Music, China, Video, Huma Abedin, Howard Wolfson, John Ashcroft, Anthony Weiner, Marcy Wheeler, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News

Man, you turn Marcy Wheeler loose on an IG report, and her eye just seeks heat. Today, Wheeler's getting praise for catching this detail in the uncla...

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John Ashcroft Behind Indictment, Boston City Councilor Says

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boston City Councilor Ashcroft, Turner Ashcroft, Ashcroft Chuck Turner, Michael Sullivan, Boston City Councilor, Ashcroft Indictment, Chuck Turner, John Ashcroft, Politics News

BOSTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered prosecutors to produce affidavits explaining why photographs were released and publicity generated ...

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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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Marcus Baram

Newly Declassified Report Reveals More Details About Lack Of Pre-9/11 Info-Sharing By FBI, CIA, NSA

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Lack of Information Sharing, John Ashcroft, Information Sharing, Ashcroft Blames Clinton, Fisa, Wall in Law Enforcement, Zaccharias Moussaoui, 9/11 Commission, FBI Mistakes, Business News

A newly-declassified report prepared for the 9/11 Commission sheds more light on who was responsible for the lack of information sharing between U.S. ...

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Decanting the Truth

Jim Lichtman | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Ashcroft, John Yoo, Andrew Card, Jack Goldsmith, James Comey, President Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Vice President Cheney, Jay S. Bybee, Torture, Politics News
Jim Lichtman

In a press interview regarding the Iraq war, Vice-President Dick Cheney was asked "Over 70 percent of Americans disagree with this war, what is your r...

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Supreme Court Detainee Decision May Not Block Suits Against Top Officials

Washington Independent | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ashcroft Mueller, Supreme Court Detainee Decision, John Ashcroft, Supreme Court Detainees, Robert Mueller, Supreme Court Top Officials, John Ashcroft Robert Mueller, Politics News

In denying the right of a Muslim Pakistani immigrant to sue former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI director Robert Mueller for his prolonged im...

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Seven and Half Months--Seven and a Half Years

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Bush Administration Torture, Bush Administration, Richard Clarke, Condoleezza Rice, Waterboarding, John Ashcroft, Dick Cheney, Torture, Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, George Bush, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

The slimy bastards of the Bush Administration contributed to the deaths of more Americans at the hands of a foreign power than any President in the history of the United States.

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Supreme Court: Top U.S. Officials Can't Be Sued By Former Detainee For Post-9/11 Abuse

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Javaid Iqbal, Bush Officials, Prisoner Abuse, Robert Mueller, U S Supreme Court, John Ashcroft, Javaid Ashcroft Supreme Court Abuse, 9/11 Abuse, Supreme Court Decision on Post 9-11\, Politics News

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued by a former Sept. 11 detainee who claimed he w...

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Gonzales, Ashcroft Speak On Torture: "Not Here To Apologize"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

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The New York Times reported Monday that Bush administration officials were far more deeply divided over interrogation policy than had been previously ...

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Ten Ways to Bring the Bush Administration's Torture Ten to Justice (and One Way to Avoid)

Michael Kieschnick | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Torture Commission, Torture Ten, Jay Bybee, Donald Rumsfeld, CIA Torture, Cheney Torture, John Ashcroft, David Addington, John Yoo, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News
Michael Kieschnick

It is worrisome that even the most outraged of our leaders inside the beltway are calling only for the familiar bipartisan truth commission to "investigate."

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Torture Finally Broke Them

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Interrogations, George Tenet, Condoleza Rice, Cheney, Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Waterboarding, Torture, Politics News
John Wellington Ennis

The truth is long overdue. We as a nation need to recognize that the tactic of coercing information does not work.

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Who Authorized The Torture of Abu Zubaydah?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Thailand, George W. Bush, Abu Zubaydah, Guantanamo, Donald Rumsfeld, Fbi, Steven Bradbury, Dick Cheney, Office of Legal Counsel, Politics, Jay Bybee, Sere, Condoleezza Rice, Vice President Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, R. Scott Shumate, Sleep Deprivation, Cia Music Torture, Colin Powell, Music Torture, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Senate Armed Services Committee, CIA Torture, David Addington, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Jane Mayer, George Tenet, American Torture, Ron Suskind, James Risen, Breaking Politics News, New York Times, Waterboarding, William J. Haynes II, International Committee of the Red Cross, Torture Memos, Torture, World News
Andy Worthington

For the defendants of the use of torture by U.S. forces -- still led by former Vice President Dick Cheney -- this has been a rocky few weeks.

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Why the War Crimes?

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Ashcroft, Abu-Zubaydah, Richard Clarke, Dick Cheney, Torture, Bush Administration Torture, Ron Suskind, Dick Cheney Torture, Afghanistan, Politics News
Harry Shearer

The reporting that Abu Zubaydah wasn't the feared number 3 of Al-Qaeda, was -- or should be -- the last step in removing the scales from the eyes of all but the Cheney retainers.

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Dear Marty Fleck: Why Is It Illegal To Have Sex With A Vacuum Cleaner?

Bill Scheft | Posted 04.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Marty Fleck, John-Ashcroft, Everything Hurts, Comedy News
Bill Scheft

Sure, having sex with a vacuum cleaner seems like a good idea at the time, but you have to think these things through. Like any impulsive encounter, there can be consequences. Believe me, I know about attachments.

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Ashcroft: Only Difference Between Bush And Obama Is How They Spell Their Names

Think Progress | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, John Ashcroft Waterboarding, John Ashcroft, Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri, Barack Obama, Ashcroft, Dick Cheney, Politics News

In a new article about how the Obama administration will confront the legal challenges of Bush's war on terror, former Attorney General John Ashcroft ...

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Obama May Release Torture Documents Exposing Bush Administration Lawbreaking

Washington Independent | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Foia, Obama Justice Department, Obama FOIA, Bush Justice Department, Freedom of Information Act, ACLU Torture Pull, White House Documents, Justice Department, Aclu v. Department of Justice, White House Memos, John Ashcroft, ACLU Torture, FOIA Requests, Politics News

This week, the Obama administration will face its second significant courtroom test of the president's pledges to end unwarranted secrecy about the wo...

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Eric Holder: Help Save 49 Lives, Please!

Claudia Ricci | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Death Penalty, Criminal Justice System, Eric Holder, Senator Feingold, Death Row, Capital Punishment, Alberto Gonzalez, John Ashcroft, Texas Death Penalty, Attorney General Holder, Obama Death Penalty, Buddhism, Politics News
Claudia Ricci

If it were up to me, I would withdraw death penalty eligibility in all of the pending cases, and I would tell prosecutors never to seek the death penalty. There is the possibility of saving 49 lives.

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