U.S. Attorney General

                   

Democrats find fault in U.S. attorney general's cautious approach

iht.com     3 hrs ago   5 related          

When President George W. Bush tapped Michael Mukasey to lead the scandal-plagued Justice Department nine months ago, Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat, could not say enough good things about his fellow New Yorker. Schumer ran...                

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Six Questions for Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, Author of In Justice

harpers.org     22 hrs ago   1 related          

His meteoric career is not simply the stuff of movies–after all, some of David Iglesias’s experiences as a Navy JAG at Guantánamo Bay furnished the material for Aaron Sorkin’s play “A Few Good Men,” later converted into a...                

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Attorney General Announces Successful Gang Prosecutions

myfloridalegal.com     23 hrs ago          

Plea agreements significantly diminish SUR 13’s presence in South Florida~ TALLAHASSEE - Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that four members of the violent street gang known as SUR 13 have reached plea agreements...                

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Iglesias Riffs on Predictions for Upcoming OIG Report

talkingpointsmemo.com     17 hrs ago          

Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias has been giving lots of talks as he promotes his new book, In Justice, but this interview with Harper's has been one of the best so far. Iglesias treads a lot of old ground, but he also gives...                

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Visualizing the News

pbs.org     Jul 21, 2008          

Visualization tool: ManyEyes from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At the Future of Civic Media conference at the MIT Media Lab in June, one of the best presentations came from the co-creator of Many Eyes. Fernanda B. Viegas, research staff...                

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Political Show Trials

rockthetruth.blogspot.com     Jul 20, 2008          

That's the point of all this crap, isn't it?I mean, once you recognize 9/11 for what it is and who did it...."allows the Republican administration to put some terrorism suspects on trial before the presidential election.""First...                

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Cass Sunstein, Adviser to Barack Obama, Urges Commitment Never to Prosecute Bush and Cheney

afterdowningstreet.org     Jul 19, 2008          

"The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens," by Elizabeth Holtzman (former Con- gresswoman and member of the Nixon impeachment panel) and Cynthia L. Cooper, an excellent and readable book...                

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Rove Won’t Testify ‘To Keep Himself From Being Indicted’

digg.com     Jul 19, 2008   3 related          

Iglesias: Rove Won’t Testify ‘To Keep Himself From Being Indicted’ » Last week, Karl Rove ignored a subpoena and refused to testify before Congress, choosing instead to take a trip abroad. This morning, David Iglesias, one of...                

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Evidence: Torture As Official US Policy

mathaba.net     Jul 19, 2008   10 related          

Post-9/11, torture has been official US policy under George Bush - authorized at the highest levels of government. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Bush Administration Use of Torture In a secret 2007 report,...                

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Great Moments In High Contrarianism

lefarkins.blogspot.com     Jul 18, 2008   1 related          

I guess it's time to go back to this from Ben Wittes:I know what you're thinking: If they confirm Mukasey without answers, the Democrats will once again be caving and letting the administration escape accountability. While...                

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