The New York Times reports that the Ashcroft/Gonzales Department of “Justice” (my quotes) has significantly shifted the civil rights mission of the nation’s highest prosecutor of federal law. Instead of focusing on […]
Five Senators and the strength of their convictions: in their own words…
On May 16, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) said: “When you have to spend more time up here on Capitol Hill instead of running the Justice Department, maybe you ought to think about […]
Tyranny of the banal
By Martin Bosworth A few days ago, my esteemed fellow roguish scholar Mike commented eloquently on the double-plus goodspeak of Monica Goodling.
Bush and his thugs make the world safe for wiretaps
By Robert Silvey On Tuesday, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey related his Shakepearean tale of George Bush’s thugs and the botched hospital/wiretap caper. Bush’s two hardnosed consiglieri—Al “Recollections” Gonzales and Andy […]
“Deliberate ignorance”
By Martin Bosworth Glenn Greenwald does his usual masterful job in analyzing the full horrific consequences of the lengths Abu Gonzales went to in order to ensure that the NSA’s illegal wiretapping […]
Loyal Dubya is Dem’s best friend
President Bush today said that embattled World Bank head Paul Wolfowitz, currently embroiled in yet another BushCo scandal, “ought to stay” in his position. This comes hot on the heels of Bush’s […]
Top Abramoff investigator at Justice resigns in wake of scrutiny over … Abramoff ties
You simply must be kidding me. Justice Dept official resigns over investigation connected with Abramoff