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MICHAEL MUKASEY’S SHEER-EVIL MOUTH

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Mukasey Defends Author of So-Called Torture Memos Friday 23 May 2008 by: The Associated Press Washington - Attorney General Michael Mukasey is defending former government lawyers who drew up the legal basis of the Bush administration’s use of harsh interrogation methods against terror suspects. Mukasey told Boston College Law School graduates Friday that lawyers doing their part to protect the country in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks should not now be held liable or face...Read Full Story

Michael Mukasey: The Best Attorney General the PharMafia Could Ever Hope For

By Fraudpi on  From pharmafraud.blogspot.com
I documented and reported numerous allegations of Sarbanes Oxley violations, Fraud, Fraud Cover-up, and Retaliation, in a 12 page letter (with dozens of pages of supporting documents), to J&J Attorney Taysen Van Itallie. Van Itallie refused to act on my allegations and stopped returning calls to my Attorney. I also sent numerous additional emails to Van Itallie regarding the ongoing fraud, fraud cover-up, and retaliation. Van Itallie refused to reply to my emails, or to take action to stop...Read Full Story

Should I be Afraid of the Department of Justice?

By Fraudpi on  From pharmafraud.blogspot.com
I've talked with attorneys, plaintiffs, and consultants who are involved in litigation of some sort, in which they have asked the DOJ to act on their behalf. A consistent theme I've heard from every single one of these individuals, whether they're involved in a Class Action, a Qui Tam claim, an Employee Rights case, or some other action, is an overriding fear of doing something that might piss the DOJ off. Their interaction with the DOJ is virtually non-existent. They sit passively by...Read Full Story

Slight Right - Michael B. Mukasey: Civilian Courts Are No Place to Try Terrorists - WSJ.com

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The Obama administration has said it intends to try several of the prisoners now detained at Guantanamo Bay in civilian courts in this country. This would include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and other detainees allegedly involved. The Justice Department claims that our courts are well suited to the task. Based on my experience trying such cases, and what I saw as attorney general, they aren't. That is not to say that civilian courts cannot...Read Full Story

Questions for the A.G. Nominee

By krisnelson on  From inpropriapersona.com
New York Times - Questions of Justice : Michael B. Mukasey, President Bush’s nominee for attorney general, appears today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Op-Ed page asked four legal experts to pose the questions they would like to hear Judge Mukasey answer. One sample question: 1. Griffin Bell, attorney general under Jimmy Carter, once wrote of the “tension between the attorney general’s duty to define the legal limits of executive action in a neutral manner and the president’s...Read Full Story
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Two of former President George W. Bush's attorneys general, Michael Mukasey and Alberto Gonzales, last week told Fox News that mandatory congressional testimony on rulings would threaten judicial independence. Mukasey, who has informally advised ...  
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Washington TimesVa attorney general says he has no conflict in defending ballot law against ...Washington PostVirginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says his criticism of the state's ballot access law doesn't mean he can't defend it in court. Cuccinelli's office represents the state in a lawsuit filed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who failed to obtain the needed ...Cuccinelli attests he can defend ballot law he wanted changedWashington...  
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Attorney General Schneiderman lists accomplishments for North CountryNorth Country NowThe Office of Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has issued an end-of-the-year review detailing many of its accomplishments for the North Country in areas including public safety, economic justice, taxpayer protection, public integrity, civil rights ...  
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OregonLive.comFormer US Attorney Dwight Holton prepares to run for state attorney generalOregonLive.comDwight C. Holton, who raised the public profile of the US Attorney's Office for Oregon during a 20-month run as the state's top federal prosecutor, has resigned to position himself for a likely run as Oregon's next attorney general. ...  
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