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There is a chance, however, that the hard drive and other evidence seized during his capture might not be inadmissible in court. “Much of the evidence that may exist was obtained and then retained outside the rules of federal evidence,” says Kevin Brock,...
Tags: Singapore, Waterboarding, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Interrogations, September 11 attacks, Islamic terrorism, Law Crime, Politics, War crimes, Zacarias Moussaoui, Baloch people, Evidence, Michael Mukasey, Torture in the United States
NYT this morning in which he refutes the criticisms: First, let's dispose of the straw men. John Boehner, the Republican leader in the House, accused the Obama administration of "treating terrorism as a law enforcement issue" — as though "law enforcement"...
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Michael Mukasey, the final attorney general in the Bush administration, defended military tribunals, asserting that they were created for this kind of case and noting that they were used during and after World War II.
Tags: attorney general, New York, September 11 attacks, Presidency of George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Michael Mukasey, Politics, Law Crime
A rule limiting access to lawyers for immigrants facing deportation has been tossed out by the Obama administration. The rule was issued in the waning days of the Bush administration, angering immigrants rights groups that immediately sought to persuade...
Tags: Obama Justice Department, Bush, attorney general, Eric Holder, Michael Mukasey
Word is that President Obama 's team has winnowed a fairly large field down to two finalists. One is Joshua Sharfstein , former health policy adviser to Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) and current Baltimore health commissioner, who's focused on things...
Tags: Michael Mukasey, law firms, attorney general
Saturday, Mukasey or a high-level designate must turn in a so-called "declaration" regarding who knew what and when about the whistle-blower status of an FBI agent who criticized the government's handling of the case, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan...
Tags: mukasey, gen, Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens, FBI, U.S, Michael Mukasey
Attorney General Michael Mukasey has said farewell to the Justice Department, praising the agency and poking fun at himself for a health scare last year. Mukasey, a former federal judge from New York, became the country's 81st attorney general in November...
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Disgraced Wall Street investment manager Bernard Madoff, accused of orchestrating a $50 billion fraud, was put under house arrest on Wednesday. BNP Paribas SA became the latest European bank to reveal its exposure to the scandal, and its stock was the...
Tags: Marc Mukasey, Bernard Madoff, Michael Mukasey, Bernard L. Madoff
More than 170 people around the globe, including at least 61 in the United States, have been arrested in a major operation targeting international child pornographers, officials said Friday. So far, Operation Joint Hammer has rescued 11 girls in the...
Tags: United States, Michael Mukasey, Virgin Islands U.S, European Union, child pornographers, child pornography, attorney general, child porn
The House Judiciary Committee chairman, as well as Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), who chairs the Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, civil rights and civil liberties, in a letter Thursday asked Mukasey for the basis of a statement he made Wednesday....
Tags: AG Mukasey, Michael Mukasey