A new ethics complaint has been filed against Sarah Palin: Zane Henning, a North Slope worker from Wasilla, said he filed the complaint with the attorney general. He says Palin is promoting her future political career on state property, pointing in particular to the governor’s Nov. 10 interview with Fox News Channel host Greta Van […]
(updated and bumped) Newsweek is reporting that D.C. power attorney Eric Holder is being tapped for Attorney General. (Update 1) NBC news is now reporting that Holder has accepted the position. Once confirmation comes out from the transition team, I will put him in the Cabinet 44 section. (Update 2) Via The Washington Independent, here […]
Lord Bingham, one of the Brittan’s top judiciary figures has condemned the Iraq war, calling it a “serious violation of international law”: Lord Bingham, in his first major speech since retiring as the senior law lord, rejected the then attorney general’s defence of the 2003 invasion as fundamentally flawed. Contradicting head-on Lord Goldsmith’s advice that […]
Or more specifically – their chairman? Raw Story has an exclusive about San Diego GOP’s new chairman and how he was heavily involved in pirating software. Besides being totally anti-business (something I would think the GOP would shun), let’s not forget what our Attorney General, Michael Mukasey said earlier this month: Criminal syndicates, and in […]
In yet another example of politicizing terrorism in order to push political agendas, I present Attorney General Michael Mukasey (with a thanks to Chuck Schumer and Diane Feinstein): Criminal syndicates, and in some cases even terrorist groups, view IP crime as a lucrative business, and see it as a low-risk way to fund other activities. […]
Just like we went through here in Ohio last year, now our neighbor to the south kicks out their corrupt Republican Governor: Democrat Steve Beshear harnessed voter frustration over ethics and Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s 2005 pardons of his aides to unseat the Republican incumbent. Beshear, a former lieutenant governor and attorney general, also completed an […]
So long idiot!: Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington. Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, submitted his to President Bush by telephone on […]
Appears to come from Arlen Specter while questioning Gonzo today: “This is not a game of gotcha,” said Specter. In a reflection of the stakes, he told the attorney general he faced the equivalent of a “reconfirmation hearing.” True confirmation hearings don’t mean much with Bush in the White House. He just puts appointments up […]
Today’sNYT: Four senators said Monday that they suspected that the Justice Department had failed to turn over all relevant documents related to the dismissals of eight United States attorneys. The department has released more than 3,000 pages of e-mail messages and other files. But, the senators wrote in a letter to Attorney General Alberto R. […]
Turns out Gonzalez can authorize a wiretap for up to a year under FISA as Georgia10 points out: First, let me point out that under Section 1802, the government can wiretap a foreign power for up to one year without a warrant. Not 72 hours. An entire year. This provision is applicable when the Attorney […]