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...
Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
In today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) asked Attorney General Michael Mukasey whether waterboarding is torture. "Would...
AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday he will refuse to publicly say whether the interrogation tactic known as waterboardin...
Politico | Daniel Reilly | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Attorney General Michael Mukasey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the end of the month, his first appearance before the committee...
AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
A federal judge refused on Wednesday to delve into the destruction of CIA interrogation videos, saying there was no evidence the Bush administration v...
TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
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 ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Someone call Patrick Fitzgerald. Today Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) sent a letter to Attorney General Mukasey requesting the immediate appointment of a speci...
HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
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...
The Hill | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Michael Mukasey attempted to advance his stalled nomination for attorney general Tuesday by giving Congress a written statement discussing the legalit...
Boston Globe | Peter Schworm | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics