John Ashcroft

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'Justifying' Torture: Two Big Lies

Coleen Rowley | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

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By Coleen Rowley and Ray McGovern, originally posted on Consortiumnews.com on July 19, 2008. One can assume that former Attorney General John Ashcro...

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Ashcroft Suggests CIA Started Torturing, Then Sought Legal Cover

Salon | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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Much attention has been focused on the bizarre legal reasoning behind the Bush administration's "torture memos," a series of documents starting in Aug...

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Bush Rejected Ashcroft's DOJ Picks In Favor Of Torture-Legalizing Loyalist

Washington Post | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft offered the White House a list of five candidates to lead the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel in ear...

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Fired US Attorney: Ashcroft Was "Pushed Out" Because He "Refused To Sign Off On The Warrantless Wiretaps"

Think Progress | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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In March 2004, then-acting Attorney General James Comey refused to sign an order extending President Bush's warrantless domestic spying program "amid ...

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Justice Department Report On Politicization: Politicians React

Huffington Post | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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Reactions to the report confirming wide-spread politicization at the Justice Department. Congressman John Conyers: When it comes to the hiring of no...

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In Honor Of George Carlin, Examining Nipplephobia And Buttcrackphobia In America

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Buttcrackphobia, Puritanism, First Amendment, Children, Janet Jackson, Nudity, Puritan, Seven Words, Justice Department, Statue, Mermaid, Nipple, Butt Crack, Television, Naked, George Carlin, Nipplephobia, John Ashcroft, Logo, Taliban, Starbucks, Bill Maher, Coppertone, Tempurpedic, Media News

You would think, with cable television and the internet, that we've come a long way since Carlin's "Seven Word." But we really haven't.

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Nadler Grills The Torture Team With An Eye To Prosecute

Lou Dubose | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home

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The Bush Administration shielded itself from anti-torture laws, but prohibitions on torture aren't so easily circumvented-- they live on the books here and overseas and without statutes of limitation.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Gas Prices, Persian Gulf, Right Wing Media, Oil Sands, Renewable Energy, Neal Boortz, Depleted Uranium, Dick Cheney, Tar Sands, Dan Abrams, Environmental Protection Agency, Solar Tax Credits, Oil Industry, Richard Nixon, Dow Chemical, Guantanamo Torture, Michael Savage, John Ashcroft, Mary Gade, Chevron, Dioxin, Solar Power, Thomas Friedman, Tavis Smiley, John Conyers, Karl Rove, Bp, Rush Limbaugh, Exxon Mobil, Mother Jones, Green Building, Lou Dobbs, Iraq Contractors, Co2, John Yoo, Iraqi Interpreters, Shell Oil, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Whistleblowers, Talk Radio, Kbr, Media Consolidation, Don Siegelman, 60 Minutes, Sean Hannity, Conocophillips, Ducks, Fox News, Clean Technology, Glenn Beck, Bush Approval Rating, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

Hundreds of ducks made a fatal landing in oil and toxic sludge; Republicans block federal aid to wind and solar; the shocking testimony of three whistleblowers on US contractors in Iraq.

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Friday Talking Points [29] -- Pennsylvania Fallout

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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It was a telling sign that neither Democratic candidate saw fit to visit Punxsutawney before the Pennsylvania primary. Nobody wanted the press to rem...

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War Crimes are Just the Beginning

Mark Levine | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, John Ashcroft, Middle East, John Yoo, Guantanamo, Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq, David Addington, Torture Memo, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Politics News

For anyone who's traveled unembedded through Iraq since the U.S. invasion and occupation began five years ago, Andrew Sullivan's warning brings a sad smile of recognition, and a hope that his words will prove prophetic.

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Ashcroft: No Conflict on Monitoring Deal

AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General John Ashcroft denied any conflict of interest Tuesday in getting a multimillion-dollar contract to monitor ...

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Ashcroft to Testify on Monitor Contracts

AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

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TRENTON, N.J. — Former Attorney General John Ashcroft has agreed to appear at a federal hearing looking into no-bid contracts he and others rece...

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Backdooring the Constitution

William Fisher | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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Critics of the Bush Administration say they are not surprised at the president's use of the budget to thwart the will of congress. They see the tactic as part of a pattern of restricting access to information.

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Let the Eagle Whore

William Fisher | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Warrantless Wiretapping, Spying, John Ashcroft, Wiretapping, Let the Eagle Soar, Politics News

How much credibility does the Bush first-term attorney general have on the subject of protecting civil liberties and the rule of law?

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Ashcroft: Bush Is "Most Respectful Ever" Of Civil Liberties

St. Louis Today | Posted 02.10.2008 | Politics

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Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft on Saturday defended President George W. Bush's electronic surveillance program, saying it was far less int...

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Sibel Edmonds Must be Heard

Philip Giraldi | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Sibel Edmonds' story, if true, involves corruption at the highest levels of government coupled with the sale of secrets vital to the security of the United States.

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Lawmaker Demands Ashcroft Testify Over DOJ Consulting Job

New York Times | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee demanded that former Attorney General John Ashcroft testify about his appointment to oversee a Justice D...

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The Bush Administration's Support for Gun Control

Paul Helmke | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

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The Second Amendment should not be a barrier to the adoption of sensible gun laws that help save lives.

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Ex-Officials Rake In No-Bid Contracts As Watchdogs

Washington Post | Carrie Johnson | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

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Federal prosecutors are steering no-bid contracts to former government officials who earn millions of dollars by monitoring companies accused of cheat...

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Ashcroft No-Bid Contract Brings Scrutiny To Justice Department

New York Times | PHILIP SHENON | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

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When the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey needed to find an outside lawyer to monitor a large corporation willing to settle criminal charges out o...

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Creative Rebellion: Cornell Resists Ashcroft

Michael Siegel | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

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We 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.

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Ashcroft Assailed By Protesters, Backpedals On Waterboarding

Think Progress | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

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Last night, John Ashcroft delivered an address on the Cornell University campus "in the face of shouting dissenters and shrouded protesters." At his l...

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Ashcroft On Waterboading: 'It's Not Something I Can Make A Decision On'

Think Progress | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

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Last night, John Ashcroft delivered an address on the Cornell University campus "in the face of shouting dissenters and shrouded protesters." At his l...

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John Ashcroft: I'm Willing To Be Waterboarded

Think Progress | Faiz | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics

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Last night, former Attorney General John Ashcroft delivered an address on national security at the University of Colorado. The event was marked by hea...

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Uncle Sam on the Lam

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics

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Mr. Ashcroft seems to assume that patriotic Americans should give their government the benefit of the doubt and act compliantly.

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