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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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The Smartest Guy in the Room

Dan Collins | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, Wall Street, Merrill Lynch Bonuses, Ken Lewis, Merrill Lynch Bank of America, Bank of America, Bernard Madoff, US Attorneys, Securities and Exchange Commission, Judge Jed Rakoff, New York News
Dan Collins

Shock waves from Judge Jed Rakoff's scathing denunciation of a proposed settlement between the SEC and the Bank of America are still rippling through Wall Street and Washington.

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Target of Political Prosecution By Bush-Era Justice Department Fights Back

Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: u.s. Attorneys, Justice Department, Political Prosecution, Bush Justice Department, Georgia, Politics News

By Scott Horton Special to the Huffington Post The prosecution had acted in a way that was "demonstrably honorable," and the defense's charges that ...

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WATCH: Ryan Grim Discusses Obama's New Marijuana Policy On MSNBC

Huff TV | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Msnbc, Administration, Marijuana, Marijuana Policy, Ryan Grimm, Medical Marijuana, Obama, Federal Prosecutors, US Attorneys, Politics News
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Huffington Post reporter Ryan Grim appeared on MSNBC today to talk about the Obama administration's new policy on marijuana prosecutions. The White...

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New Medical Marijuana Policy: Obama Administration Will Not Seek Arrests For People Following State Laws

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under...

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Hypocrisy Alert: Cheney Relies on the Objectivity of the Justice Department to Defend Torture

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

The gall of Cheney's statements is that he was a key part of the administration that deconstructed the objectivity of the Justice Department, which he now relies on to defend the use of torture.

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Bush U.S. Attorneys Still Refusing To Leave

Washington Post | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

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One of the better spoils of winning the presidency is the power to appoint nearly 100 top prosecutors across the country. But filling the plum jobs ha...

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DOJ: Remaining Bush U.S. Attorneys Can Stay

Tribune | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patrick Fitzgerald, Obama Us Attorneys, Obama Justice Department, Bush Justice Department, Obama Doj, Bush Doj, US Attorneys, U.S. Attorney, Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, Politics News

With all the controversy surrounding the Bush administration's firings of several U.S. attorneys, the question for the Obama administration became: Wh...

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Getting Ready for the Bush Pardons

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, US Attorneys, White House, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Warrantless Wiretapping, Karl Rove, Michael Milken, Michael Mukasey, Cheney, Guantanamo, Obama, Truth and Reconciliation, Barack Obama, Bush, Constitution, Courts, Wiretapping, Scooter Libby, Torture, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

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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Clues Leak Out: How Obama Will Deal With Bush-Appointed US Attorneys

legaltimes.typepad.com | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

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In a meeting last month with the Barack Obama's transition staff, representatives of the nation's top prosecutors caught a glimpse of the president-el...

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Bush-Loyal U.S. Attorney Refuses To Vacate Post

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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As Think Progress reports. when a new president is elected, U.S. attorneys generally submit their resignations to make way for the new appointees. But...

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Embattled US Attorney In Minnesota Moved To DC Post

AP | Frederic J. Frommer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Rachel Paulose, the embattled U.S. attorney for Minnesota, will be leaving the post to take a position at the Justice Department in Washington, ending...

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