That is precisely what the administration, the GOP and its mouthpieces would say if a Democrat was talking about this: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said Thursday he is considering legislation to cut off funding for the Bush administration’s secret domestic wiretapping program until he gets satisfactory answers about it from the White House. […]
Here is a nice story in today’s New York Times which really shows us some internal debate at the Justice Department over warantless taps. A top Justice Department official objected in 2004 to aspects of the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program and refused to sign on to its continued use amid concerns about its […]
As if Diebold’s crooked business practices isn’t enough of a threat to our voting rights and the basis of our democracy, we now learn that the Justice Department is also posing a harsh threat: The Justice Department has barred staff attorneys from offering recommendations in major Voting Rights Act cases, marking a significant change in […]