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Michael Mukasey stories: 68 news summaries

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OPINION

 Bush AG: 
 Court Terror 
 Trials Too 
 Dangerous 

Challenges to security, secrecy would be 'overwhelming'

Oct 19, 09 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration wants to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other Guantanamo detainees in federal courts—and that's a major mistake, says Michael Mukasey. Terrorism trials pose "overwhelming" security challenges, and classified information would have to be revealed, warns George Bush's relatively moderate third attorney general... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Michael Mukasey • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • attorney general • 9/11 attacks • Guantanamo tribunals

OPINION

 Mukasey: Now's No Time
to Weaken Patriot Act

Terror arrests show that national security needs trump privacy worries

Oct 2, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The arrests last week of Najibullah Zazi and other terror suspects should make lawmakers think twice about making intelligence-gathering more difficult for those trying to keep America safe from terrorist attacks, writes Michael Mukasey. Congressional Democrats are considering imposing new requirements on Patriot Act provisions when they come up for... More »

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national security • terror plots • surveillance • terrorist • wiretap • Patriot Act • Michael Mukasey • electronic surveillance laws • Najibullah Zazi

Groups Move to Disbar Bush Lawyers Over Torture

Target Mukasey, Gonzalez, Ashcroft

May 18, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of mostly left-leaning organizations is attempting to get a gaggle of Bush officials disbarred for sanctioning torture, the Legal Times reports. In complaints filed with five state bar associations today, the groups accuse ex-attorneys general Michael Mukasey, Alberto Gonzalez, and John Ashcroft—along with nine others—of violating... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Alberto Gonzales • John Ashcroft • lawyer • Michael Mukasey • American Bar Association

OPINION

Bush AG, CIA Chief Slam Obama on Torture Memos


Apr 17, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama made a dangerous mistake in yesterday releasing Justice Department memos about interrogation techniques from 2005, say former Attorney General Michael Mukasey and former CIA Director Michael Hayden. By releasing the details of these methods, Obama is eliminating a crucial intelligence tool—not just for his own administration but... More »

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Barack Obama • CIA • torture • Department of Justice • Attorney General • Michael Hayden • Michael Mukasey • interrogation techniques • harsh interrogation • Obama administration • CIA director

 Holder:
 Waterboarding Is Torture 

But supports FISA, Patriot Act

Jan 15, 09 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Eric Holder minced no words when asked about waterboarding in his confirmation hearing today. “Waterboarding is torture,” the AG-designate said, a declaration neither Michael Mukasey nor Alberto Gonzales was willing to make. He said that, even in emergencies, the president couldn’t override the constitution. Republicans also leapt... More »

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Barack Obama • Alberto Gonzales • Attorney General • Arlen Specter • Senate confirmation hearings • Michael Mukasey • confirmation hearings • Eric Holder • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

 Mukasey 
 Steps Off 
 Madoff Case 

Rogue financier, meanwhile, placed under house arrest

Dec 17, 08 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Attorney General Michael Mukasey is recusing himself from the Bernard Madoff investigation because his son is representing an employee involved with the fraud case, Bloomberg reports. Mukasey also graduated from an Orthodox Jewish school where Madoff’s wife has taught and which placed $6 million in the fraudulent scheme. A... More »

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Congress • SEC • house arrest • Michael Mukasey • Ponzi scheme • financial crisis • Bernard Madoff

(Newser) - Michael Mukasey is out of the hospital with a clean bill of health after collapsing during a speech last night. The attorney general spent an "uneventful night" at the hospital and passed a battery of tests. Doctors have seen no indication that he suffered a stroke or heart attack,... More »

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Attorney General • hospital • Michael Mukasey

updated

Mukasey
Collapses
During Speech

Attorney general is
'conscious and alert'
at DC hospital

Nov 20, 08 10:11 PM CST
(AP) - Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed during a speech last night and was rushed to a hospital after briefly losing consciousness. He appears to be doing fine now. "The attorney general is conscious, conversant and alert," said a Justice Department spokesman after doctors admitted Mukasey to George Washington University... More »

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Michael Mukasey • attorney general

NYPD Clashes With Justice on Surveillance

Cops say feds blunt anti-terror efforts; AG testy in series of letters

Nov 20, 08 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The Department of Justice has firmly rejected efforts by the New York Police Department to relax restrictions on eavesdropping, triggering a war of words between the agencies’ heads, the New York Times reports. The NYPD wants broader latitude for electronic surveillance, and less red tape for its requests, but Justice... More »

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Department of Justice • NYPD • New York • FISA • Michael Mukasey • eavesdropping • electronic surveillance laws • police department • Raymond Kelly

Proof Mounts of Impropriety by Feds in Siegelman Case

US Attorney continued to guide case after recusing herself over GOP ties

Nov 14, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - New court documents call further into question the actions of Justice Department officials in their prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman on corruption charges, Time reports. With the Democrat’s appeal scheduled for next month, the House Judiciary Committee disclosed violations by the Bush-appointed US Attorney, Leura Canary, who... More »

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Department of Justice • US attorney • US attorneys scandal • corruption • Don Siegelman • Alabama • John Conyers • Michael Mukasey • bias • Leura Canary

Mukasey Taps Prosecutor for Attorney Firings Case

Conn. official Dannehy could force likes of Rove to testify

Sep 29, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Mukasey appointed a special prosecutor today to look into the attorney firing scandal today, Reuters reports, after an internal investigation came up empty-handed. Many top witnesses, such as Karl Rove, didn’t cooperate, but could now be subpoenaed by Connecticut prosecutor Nora Dannehy. More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Karl Rove • US attorneys scandal • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey

 No Charges in US Attorney Firings: Report

Gonzales won't face grand jury from internal Justice investigation

Sep 29, 08 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Justice Department probe of the firings of a group of US attorneys is ending without recommending charges against former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales or anyone else, the New York Times reports. The investigators' report, to be released today, is nonetheless said to be scathing on the politically motivated firings,... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Karl Rove • Harriet Miers • Michael Mukasey

Mukasey Steps Into Genital Mutilation Case

Citing further danger, AG gives woman second shot at asylum

Sep 23, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an extremely rare move, the US attorney general has stepped into a low-level immigration case and ordered that a victim of female genital mutilation be given another chance at asylum, CNN reports. AG Michael Mukasey slammed a previous decision that said the African woman had no reason to fear... More »

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Africa • female circumcision • female genital mutilation • asylum • Michael Mukasey • Mali

FBI Looks to Expand Powers of Investigation

Agency wants to open cases without reason for suspicion

Aug 21, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Department of Justice is aiming to relax restrictions on the FBI so agents can investigate people without any clear reason for suspicion, congressional Dems tell the New York Times. The plan, which may be revealed in September, has attracted concern, including a letter from four Democratic senators warning that... More »

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Congress • FBI • Congressional hearings • Ted Kennedy • Russ Feingold • Michael Mukasey • congressional Democrats • Richard Durbin • investigations

No Charges for Biased Justice Officials: Mukasey

Former employees have already faced internal consequences, AG says

Aug 12, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Mukasey said today the ex-Justice Department employees who discriminated against candidates in hiring for political reasons will not face criminal charges, the New York Times reports. Prosecution would be inappropriate, the AG said, because the biased hiring practices violated federal civil service law, not criminal law. More »

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Department of Justice • Monica Goodling • Attorney General • discrimination • lawyer • Michael Mukasey • bias • prosecutors • conservatives

Justice Dept. Hiring Practices Illegal: Report

Gonzales aides judged high-level applicants
by their politics

Jul 28, 08 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alberto Gonzales’ Justice Department illegally discriminated against applicants for career positions based on political considerations, a new report by the department's inspector general finds. Gonzales’ White House liaison Monica Goodling routinely violated civil service laws by asking "What is it about George W. Bush that makes you want to... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Monica Goodling • Michael Mukasey • political appointee

ANALYSIS

Mukasey Can't Reach Dems Across Gulf on Terror Law

Disgust, distrust on policy has attorney general's push falling on deaf ears

Jul 24, 08 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The refusal by Democrats to give Michael Mukasey a hearing during a Hill appearance yesterday is evidence of a “huge and poisonous gulf” between the legislative and executive branches that threatens to delay action on judicial process until 2009, Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball write in Newsweek. The attorney... More »

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Congress • habeas corpus • Jerrold Nadler • Michael Mukasey • Boumediene v. Bush

Cautious Mukasey Disappoints Former Backers

It's 'business as
usual' in AG's office

Jul 23, 08 3:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Attorney General Michael Mukasey's cautious approach has disappointed one-time backers who hoped for a new direction at the Justice Department, reports the New York Times. He has been reluctant to probe the US attorney firings that triggered predecessor Alberto Gonzales' downfall, and has moved at a snail's pace on issues... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Charles Schumer • Attorney General • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey

OPINION

As Congress Caves on FISA, Coalition Urges Fighting Back

'Limitless erosion of core constitutional liberties' abhorrent, Greenwald writes

Jul 8, 08 5:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - With a vote set for tomorrow on a new domestic surveillance bill that grants immunity to telecoms involved in warrantless wiretapping of US citizens, Glenn Greenwald urges Salon readers to donate to a "coalition devoted to the preservation of basic constitutional protections and the rule of law." The... More »

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Mike McConnell • FISA • Michael Mukasey • warrantless wiretapping • George W. Bush • Glenn Greenwald • Jeff Bingaman • telecom immunity

 Medicare Fraud Runs Rampant 

Most claims are filled automatically

Jun 13, 08 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Health care fraud is rampant, especially in South Florida and the LA area, and surprisingly easy to pull off, reports the Washington Post. The 11-digit annual price tag could be smaller if investigators focused more on the fact that Medicare, for example, is "highly vulnerable" to scam artists and... More »

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fraud • Medicare • health care industry • Michael Mukasey

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