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Attorney General Mukasey Collapses During Speech
By David Knowles - Politics DailyDelivering a speech to the Federalist Society on Thursday night, Attorney General Michael Mukasey began slurring his words, went rigid, then collapsed before a shocked crowd. When the incident occurred, Mukasey was detailing what he saw as the Bush Administration's successes in the war on terror. The AG was taken to a nearby hospital, and will remain there overnight for testing. Mukasey is said to be resting comfortably, and is alert and "in good spirits." More details when they become available.In a tangentially related story, earlier today, a federal court issued an order that neither ...
No Charges For Gonzales in Attorneys Purge
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyThe Washington Post reports that Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine will not refer former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to a federal grand jury for his role in the U.S. Attorneys purge. A report, written by another official in the department, however, calls for a prosecutor to investigate the firings. According to report, current Attorney General Michael Mukasey will name a prosecutor from within the department. The controversy over the firings began in December of 2006, when eight U.S. attorneys were fired. Though firing U.S. Attorneys is the prerogative of the President, ...
Waxman Revisits Plame Saga
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyHouse Oversight and Government Reform Committee Henry Waxman wants to look into the Valerie Plame outing, citing a disclosure Scooter Libby made to the FBI in which Libby indicated to investigators that he may have been instructed by Vice President Dick Cheney to out Plame. Waxman wants the FBI to turn over records of an interview they conducted with Cheney during the course of the investigation that ended with the conviction Libby for perjury and the subsequent commutation of his sentence by President Bush. In a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Waxman said that recent revelations ...
DOJ Probe of Passport Breach Sought
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyRepublican Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) called for Attorney General Michael Mukasey to open a Justice Department investigation into the State Department's admission that the passport files of the three remaining presidential candidates had been opened and viewed by Department contractors. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has apologized to Sen. John McCain, Sen. Hillary Clinton, and Sen. Barack Obama for the unauthorized look into their personal passport files. Two of the workers involved in the incident have since been fired by the State Department.Mukasey said last week that his department ...
House Files Suit in Contempt Case
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit in Federal court today, seeking to compel two Bush Administration officials to testify about their roles in the firing of eight United States Attorneys last year. The House voted contempt of Congress charges against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers last month, after the two refused to answer subpoenas sent them by the Judiciary Committee. The action is a first of its kind. No branch of Congress has ever sued the Executive Branch to enforce a subpoena.The Justice Department denied a request by House ...
Pelosi Demands Grand Jury for WH Aides
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailySpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi today called on the Justice Department to impanel a federal grand jury and investigate whether White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress. The House voted to hold the two in contempt before the President's Day recess for failing to respond to subpoenas issued by the House Judiciary Committee. The committee was seeking Bolten and Miers' testimony in its investigation into the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys last year.Pelosi addressed a letter to Attorney General Michael ...
Mukasey Mum on Waterboarding
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyAttorney General Michael Mukasey is likely to face very tough questioning on Capitol Hill today, as he makes his first appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee since his confirmation hearings. The issue will be a familiar one for him. Senate Democrats continue to press Mukasey to make a public declaration on the legality of waterboarding, an interrogation technique used by CIA personnel on certain high value terrorist detainees that many Democrats believe constitutes torture.At his confirmation hearings, Mukasey pointedly declined to give his legal views on the procedure, saying that ...
Veto Threat for Waterboarding Ban
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe House of Representatives passed a bill barring the CIA from using waterboarding in its interrogations of terrorist detainees on a close vote yesterday. The measure passed 222-199, far short of the 2/3 majority needed to override a presidential veto. The White House quickly issued a veto threat on the bill, saying that it would "prevent the United States from conducting lawful interrogations of senior al Qaeda terrorists to obtain intelligence needed to protect Americans from attack."House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) called the bill a step toward exercising ...
Reps Press Mukasey on KBR Rape Case
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyChairman of the House Judiciary Committee John Conyers and Republican Representative Ted Poe sent a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey requesting the status of the Justice Department's inquiry into the alleged rape of Jamie Leigh Jones, a 22-year-old female employee of Kellogg, Brown & Root by some of her co-workers in Baghdad. Because contractors are not subject to American law in Iraq, there may be no way to hold Jones' attackers accountable. No government agency would confirm any investigation was even taking place. ...
Congress to Ban Waterboarding
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyAccording to anonymous congressional aides, the intelligence bill working its way through congress will ban interrogators from waterboarding detainees. The President will most certainly veto the bill. Last summer Bush wrote an executive ordered allowing what was referred to as "enhanced interrogation techniques". The President might also issue a signing statement, a controversial device he has embraced, that would allow him to ignore portions of laws he signs. ...
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