Michael Mukasey

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

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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Secrecy Sacrificing National Security

Shahid Buttar | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Our nation's most notorious criminals violate our most fundamental laws and remain not only free, but actively engaged in influencing our national security policies.

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Of Big and Small Tents: Arlen Specter as a Dem, and the Obama Storm at Notre Dame

Kent Greenfield | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Arlen Specter, Catholic Church, Boston College, Mary Ann Glendon, Condoleezza Rice, Notre Dame, Michael Mukasey, Waterboarding, Barack Obama, Politics News

If Church leaders think Obama is a worse invitee than either Rice or Mukasey, then their tent is shaped so as to include those who authorize and defend torture, but to exclude those who support abortion rights.

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Refuting the Self-Fulfilling Torture Prophecy: A Response to Hayden and Mukasey

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Torture, General Michael Hayden, Michael Hayden, Michael Mukasey, Hayden Op-Ed, Obama Torture Memos, Mukasey Hayden Op-Ed, Gen. Michael Hayden, Obama Torture, Torture Memos, Torture, Bush Torture Memos, Politics News

Not torturing prisoners is one of our nation's proudest traditions, one of the features that define us. Yet, the men who served as CIA Director and Attorney General still believe in these techniques.

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Justice Department Turns the Table on Political Prosecutions

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Air America Radio, Alberto Gonzalez, Paul Minor, Don Siegelman, Mike Papantonio, Michael Mukasey, Golefttv, Justice Department, Ring of Fire, Political Prosecution, Eric Holder, Politics News

Ted Stevens never should have been prosecuted in 2008. Traditional media has done a pitiful job covering the many political prosecution stories that occurred during the Ashcroft/Gonzales years.

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The LIEonization of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Lisa Murkowski, Ted Stevens, Alaska Senate, Fisheries, Michael Mukasey, Don Young, Senator Mark Begich, Sarah Palin, Eric Holder, Politics News

The wrongs of the Bush DOJ do not make Ted Stevens innocent nor do they exonerate him. The attempts to make him a martyr by local right wing apologists are pathetic.

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No More Secret Prisons

Julie Greene | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Immigration, Gitmo, Ice, Michael Mukasey, Undocumented Immigrants, Hiu Lui Ng, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Politics News

Across the U.S., tens of thousands of immigrants are being held in detention facilities that violate basic standards of humanity. It is well past time for reform.

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Slate's Lithwick On Holder: 'Hello, Legal Clarity'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Arlen Specter, Waterboarding, Holder Hearings, Torture, Eric Holder Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales, Dahlia Lithwick, Eric Holder, Media News

When people talk about how "demoralized" the Justice Department has become under the Bush administration, they're not just being glib. Imagine if you...

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Obama To Keep All U.S. Attorneys 'For The Time Being'

CNN | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, Mark Filip, Mukasey, Michael Mukasey, Obama Transition, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Politics News

President-elect Obama has asked all U.S. Attorneys to "continue to serve for the time being" and is not demanding immediate wholesale resignations of ...

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Bush's Magical Mystery Tour

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

To the bitter end, George W. Bush is proving to anybody willing to listen that he is not only the worst president in United States history but also just a horrible human being.

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Getting Ready for the Bush Pardons

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

It would be wrong for an outgoing President who presided over disastrous... enterprises like the torture program to unilaterally slam the door on all future investigations into that conduct.

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Two Questions

John Cusack | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, War Crimes, Bush Administration, Celebrities Talk Politics, Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, Waterboarding, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Torture, John Cusack, John Cusack at the 2009 Golden Globes, John Cusack Waterboarding, Politics News

Two questions we should demand Congress ask of Eric Holder before confirming him. The same two questions Mukasey refused to answer.

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Key Witness in Rove Probes Killed

Michael Carmichael | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hale Boggs, Jimmy Hoffa, Karl Rove, Dag Hamarskjold, Johnny Roselli, Sam Giancana, Michael Mukasey, Mike Connell Dies, Paul Wellstone, Cliff Arnebech, John Kerry, General Zia Ul Haq, John F. Kennedy Jr, Ron Brown, Salem Bin Laden, Jfk, George De Mohrenschildt, Sanjay Gandhi, Politics News

Mike Connell's untimely death will haunt Karl Rove and the Republican Party. As the key witness in investigations into election fraud and the destr...

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Mukasey Recuses Himself In Madoff Probe

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economy, Michael Mukasey, Ponzi Scheme, Wall Street Crisis, Attorney General Mukasey, Bernie Madoff, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael Mukasey has recused himself from the Justice Department's investigation into Bernard L. Madoff, accused of...

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Obama Pushing For Secret Legal Memos

Legal Times | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Secret Legal Memos, Obama Justice Department, Obama Legal Memos, Doj Legal Memos, President Obama, Michael Mukasey, Obama Transition, Obama Mukasey, Politics News

Legal Times reports that President-elect Barack Obama has been having trouble with one small transition demand -- getting secret legal memos from the ...

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Obama Can Restore Constitutional Democracy in Two Easy Steps

David Fiderer | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Patrick Fitzgerald, Karl Rove, Valerie Plame Wilson, Impeachment, Michael Mukasey, Obama, Hurricane Katrina, Joe Lieberman, Henry Waxman, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Dick Cheney, Obama Constitution, Politics News

In spite of widespread evidence that Bush, Cheney, Rove et al. ran a criminal operation, Obama may be reluctant to use his political capital in pursuit of prior administration officials.

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Mukasey On Collapse: "The Lights Went Out"

AP | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Mukasey, Ag Mukasey, Mukasey Collapse, Mukasey Passed Out, Mukasey Passes Out, Mukasey Fainting Spell, Mukasey Collapsed, Mukasey on Collapse, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael Mukasey appeared in good health Wednesday in his first news conference since collapsing during a speech No...

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Judge Confirms He Shouted "Tyrant" At Mukasey

Seattle Times | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Richard Sanders, Mukasey Federalist Society, Mukasey Called Tyrant, Mukasey You Are a Tyrant, Mukasey Tyrant, Michael Mukasey, Judge Mukasey Tyrant, Politics News

Richard Sanders, a justice on the Washington State Supreme Court, has never been one to shy from controversy or blunt language. And last week, as he s...

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Mukasey returns to work after collapse

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN and CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Get Well, George Bush, Mukasey Collapses, Get Well Call, Mukasey, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With briefcase in hand and a smile on his face, Attorney General Michael Mukasey returned to work Friday after collapsing during a ...

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Dirty Little Secrets About Juror Contacts in the Don Siegelman Trial

David Fiderer | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice Department, Michael Mukasey, Don Siegelman Case, Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, Siegelman Scandal, Siegelman Jurors, Politics News

The woman they called Flipper expressed romantic yearnings about the man named Keith. That was too delicious a morsel not to be shared by email among staffers in the U.S. Attorney's office in Alabama.

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Attorney General Mukasey Has Cost Taxpayers $155,800 For Private Trips

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Marisa Taylor | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michael Mukasey, Corruption, Private Trips, Taxpayers, Attorney General, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey has taken personal trips on government jets almost every weekend since he took office less than a year ...

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Obama Is Dominating in the Polls, but Four Things Keep Me Awake at Night

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, West Virginia Voting Machines, October Surprise, Rasmussen, Michael Mukasey, Michael Dukakis, Race, Ashley Todd, Virginia Flyers, Nate Silver, New Yorker, Jay Nixon, fivethirtyeight.com, George H.W. Bush, Missouri Governor, Voter Fraud, Mccain Campaign Ashley Todd, John McCain, Dana Carvey, Ohio Voter Fraud, Acorn, Bush Orders Doj to Investigate Ohio Election, Rasmussen Polls, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Hendrik Hertzberg, Florida Voting Problems, Swing States, Pennsylvania, Sarah Palin, Swing State Polls, Kenny Hulshof, New York Times, Joe Lieberman, Jon Lovitz, Saturday Night Live, North Carolina Voting Problems, Robert Kennedy, Bradley Effect, Election Anxiety, Obama Polls, Politics News

As a lifelong Democrat who has seen my party lose winnable races, I can't help thinking about how things can go wrong this year. These are the four factors that keep me up at night.

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Senate Democrats Subpoena Mukasey Over Detainees

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Attorney General, 9/11, Michael Mukasey, Democrats, Subpoena, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Terrorist Attacks, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Tuesday subpoenaed Attorney General Michael Mukasey for testimony and documents about the Justice Department's ...

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White House Emails: The Missing Link?

Rebecca Abrahams | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, White House, Bush Administration, Missing White House Emails, US Attorneys Scandal, Alberto Gonzales, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

There is one person yet to be interviewed who may hold the keys to the missing emails in the US Attorney firings -- Bush IT expert Mike Connell.

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Immigration: Have the Inmates Taken Over the Asylum?

William Fisher | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Asylum, Civil Rights, Michael Mukasey, Politics News

No, this isn't about the economic meltdown - but it's almost as complicated. Try to follow it along. In what some government critics are citing as an...

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