Very, very interesting: A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County’s federal detention centers. The indictment criticizes Cheney’s investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds interests in the private prison companies running the federal […]
Drum Roll!!!! Alberto Gonzales!!! Negative news coverage may have cost former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales his job, but it won him a dubious honor Wednesday from a magazine published by the American Bar Association: Lawyer of the Year. Additionally, the ABA Journal named Gonzales’ successor, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, as its top lawyer for 2008 […]
Untitled document While the Republicans worked hard yesterday to protect Bush and his administration from political prosecution for war crimes, a judge ruled that former administration officials don’t have immunity. A federal judge in Idaho has ruled that former attorney general John D. Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of a […]
Last week on Meet the Press, Tim Russert asked RNC chairman Ken Mehlman if he would stand by any findings that Pat Fitzgerald concludes in the Valerie Plame leak. Mr. Mehlman danced around the question and would not give a straight answer. Later this week we saw Republican Strategist Rich Galen started calling Pat Fitzgerald […]