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October 2007
- Mukasey Silent on Torture, Vocal on Spying
  
  New York Times | Oct 18, 07 8:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Michael Mukasey remained mum today on whether interrogation methods such as waterboarding constitute torture. But the president’s nominee for attorney general spoke out in favor of the White House’s eavesdropping program, the NY Times reports, frustrating and confusing Democrats on the second day of his confirmation hearings. Mukasey argued the president’s constitutional authority may allow him to supersede congressional law. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Congress • White House • CIA • torture • Michael Mukasey • Attorney General • waterboarding • Patrick Leahy • Senate Judiciary Committee • Constitution • Sheldon Whitehouse
- Senate Brokers Truce With Bush on Domestic Spying
  
  Washington Post | Oct 18, 07 4:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Senate Democrats and Republicans have brokered a deal on legislation regarding the White House domestic spying and wiretapping program—including a highly controversial grant of immunity to telecommunication companies that co-operated with warrantless wiretaps. The deal marks a victory for the White House because Democrats had to kill a House bill imposing tougher restrictions on government wiretapping, reports the Washington Post . More »
  
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  al-Qaeda • FBI • Hamas • White House • CIA • Nancy Pelosi • warrantless wiretapping • Patrick Leahy • Arlen Specter • House Judiciary Committee • Mike McConnell • American Civil Liberties Union • Senate Intelligence Committee • domestic wiretapping • domestic spying • John D. Rockefeller
- Dems to Grill AG Nominee on Bush's Meddling
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Oct 16, 07 2:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Michael Mukasey's confirmation hearings kick off tomorrow, and the focus of senators' questions for the AG nominee is already clear, the Christian Science Monitor reports: Democrats want assurances he’ll be more independent than Alberto Gonzales. Pat Leahy, for one, is looking for agreement that “federal law enforcement should not be compromised by political operatives from the White House.” More »
  
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  Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Michael Mukasey • Attorney General • Patrick Leahy
September 2007
- Habeas Corpus Bill Withers in Senate
  
  New York Times | Sep 19, 07 3:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A bill to allow terrorism suspects to challenge indefinite detention faltered in Washington today as only 56 Senate votes could be mustered to cut off debate on the habeas corpus measure. Sixty are needed for bills to move forward for a vote in the upper chamber; supporters said they might still renew the legislation, the New York Times reports. More »
  
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  Congress • terrorism • Senate • US Supreme Court • Patrick Leahy • habeas corpus • constitutionality
- Mukasey Courts the Hill
  
  Bloomberg | Sep 18, 07 5:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mukasey mingled today with the Dems who will make or break his chance at becoming the next attorney general. If they're worried about him taking on the job, none showed it, Bloomberg reports. Even Senator Leahy, who wants the White House to fork over documents on its surveillance program before a new AG is approved, signaled support for the conservative nominee. More »
  
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  Bush administration • Michael Mukasey • Attorney General • Patrick Leahy • US attorney firings
August 2007
- Cheney Admits He Has Secret Wiretap Documents
  
  Washington Post | Aug 20, 07 11:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Vice President Dick Cheney will resist efforts by Congress to force him to produce dozens of documents relating to a warrantless wiretapping program conducted by the National Security Agency, the Washington Post reports. Cheney's counsel acknowledged for the first time yesterday that the vice president's office has documents relating to the controversial program. More »
  
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  Congress • Dick Cheney • warrantless wiretapping • Patrick Leahy • Senate Judiciary Committee • wiretap • subpoena • National Security Agency
- Leahy to Act in Batman Flick
  
  Associated Press | Aug 20, 07 2:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, a long-time Batman aficionado, will play a role in the upcoming Batman movie, "The Dark Knight." And while President Bush and some members of the GOP may think he has the title role, he plays only a small part as a "distinguished gentleman." The movie will be released in 2008. More »
  
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  movie • Patrick Leahy • senator • The Dark Knight • Batman • Vermont • DC Comics
- Bush Aide Stonewalls Senators
  
  Associated Press | Aug 2, 07 3:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Karl Rove didn't show up, but the White House sent a 29-year-old aide to field Senate Judiciary Committee questions about the US attorney firings today. Scott Jennings, the first administration figure to testify while still in office, followed the path laid out by ex-boss Sara Taylor in refusing to answer substantive questions, reports the AP. More »
  
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  Congress • Bush administration • Senate • White House • scandals • Karl Rove • Patrick Leahy • US attorney firings • executive privilege • Judiciary Committee • Sara Taylor
July 2007
- Senate Sends Rove Subpoena
  
  Associated Press | Jul 26, 07 2:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed presidential strategist Karl Rove today, over his role in the 2006 US attorney firings. Chairman Patrick Leahy said he’d “exhausted every avenue seeking the voluntary cooperation" of Bush's Brain, and was left no option but to force him to appear. More »
  
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  Karl Rove • Alberto Gonzales • Patrick Leahy • Senate Judiciary Committee • US attorney firings • wiretap • subpoena
- Intel Memo Contradicts Gonzales
  
  Associated Press | Jul 26, 07 8:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Alberto Gonzales' Senate testimony this week is at odds with a year-old intelligence document, and the discrepancy may earn the AG in a congressional perjury investigation. At issue is a 2004 White House briefing, which Gonzales has repeatedly testified did not concern the warrantless wiretapping program; a memo from the national intelligence director obtained by the AP says it did. More »
  
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  Alberto Gonzales • warrantless wiretapping • Patrick Leahy • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • John Ashcroft • National Security Agency • Terrorist Surveillance Program
- Ex-Aide Stays Tight Lipped on Attorneys
  
  Washington Post | Jul 11, 07 3:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Former White House political adviser Sara Taylor never discussed the ouster of nine US attorneys with President Bush, she told the Senate Judiciary Committee today. The subpoenaed Taylor said little else about the Justice Department scandal, citing executive privilege, but waffled occasionally between discretion and disclosure—for instance apologizing for having called one fired attorney "lazy" in an email. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Bush administration • White House • Karl Rove • Patrick Leahy • US attorneys scandal • Sara Taylor
- Bush Directs Aides to Defy Subpoenas
  
  Washington Post | Jul 10, 07 4:12 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In an aggressive use of executive privilege, President Bush instructed two of his former aides yesterday to disregard congressional subpoenas demanding they testify about the attorney firings scandal. In a letter to Congress, Bush's counsel rebuffed Democratic senators for encroaching on internal White House affairs, bringing the two branches closer to an possible Supreme Court showdown. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Senate • US Supreme Court • White House • House of Representatives • Patrick Leahy • Senate Judiciary Committee • Harriet Miers • US attorneys scandal • contempt • Fred Fielding • Sara M. Taylor
- Leahy Ready to Take White House to Court
  
  Associated Press | Jul 1, 07 1:48 PM CDT

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