Attorney General

The Torture Memo

Stephen Gillers : Torture

How could two really smart government lawyers authorize torture in arguments that have no foundation in law?

2007

Justice on Steroids

Dave Zirin

Barry Bonds makes an enticing target. But the DOJ should also focus on steroid enablers, like a certain team owner who now lives in the White House.
Justice Delayed

David Cole : War on Terrorism

The government's case against Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh is closed. But did the US government learn anything about its wayward two-decade prosecution of Palestinian activists?
Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony

Patricia J. Williams : Pakistan

Contemplating Mukasey, Musharraf and the imprisoned lawyers of Pakistan: how easily a modern liberal democracy can slide into a totalitarian state.
Voting for Torture

: Torture

By approving Michael Mukasey's nomination for Attorney General despite his evasions on waterboarding, the Senate has led us all across a dangerous line.
A Whistleblower's Tale

Glynn Wilson : Karl Rove

Republican lawyer Jill Simpson was the absent star of Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on selective prosecution.
Questions for Michael Mukasey

Congress

Elizabeth Holtzman, Nan Aron, Stephen Gillers, Victor Navasky and others quiz the Attorney General nominee on torture, the Constitution and the fate of Alberto Gonzales.
Patriot Act's Wide Net

Ken Olsen : Terrorism Targeting the US

The Gonzales Justice Department used the Patriot Act to prosecute a gang of eco-arsonists as terrorists.
A Legacy of Torture

Robert Scheer

The dark legacy of Alberto Gonzales--torture and a tainted judiciary system--will live on long after he leaves government.
Justice Denied

Aziz Huq : Civil Rights After 9/11

Alberto Gonzales leaves office with the Justice Department tarnished, the rule of law debased and our civil liberties significantly eroded. It now falls to Congress--and the next President--to repair the damage he's done.
Curing the Rot at Justice

John Nichols : Alberto Gonzales

Congress has thus far failed to hold Alberto Gonzales accountable for politicizing the Justice Department. Polite words must now give way to bold actions.
When Prosecutors Get Political

Justin Levitt : Campaigns & Elections

What does a politicized Justice Department look like? Political hack Bradley Schlozman gave the Senate Judiciary Committee an idea when he testified about his tenure as a US Attorney in Missouri.
Sick Justice

: Constitutional Questions

Alberto Gonzales now stands revealed as an unambiguous conspirator against the Constitution--as does his boss.
Gonzales: The Dutiful Toady

Robert Scheer : George W. Bush

As Congressional testimony reveals Alberto Gonzales's loathsome behavior as Attorney General, remember he was carrying out the wishes of George W. Bush.
Attorneygate in Guam

Ari Berman

Before there was Attorneygate, there was the 2002 firing of a US attorney in Guam engaged in a prosecution of Jack Abramoff. Anyone see a pattern here?
A Wider Corruption

The US Attorneys scandal sheds light on a broader pattern of transforming government agencies into a permanent GOP patronage machine.
Porn Cop vs. US Attorney

Max Blumenthal

A federal prosecutor fired as he was launching an investigation of a GOP Congressman now stands smeared by the White House and its antiporn crusader.
Attorney General, Capital Punishment

Liliana Segura : Death Penalty

As the US Attorney purge scandal intensifies, new light is shed on federal prosecutors' struggles with the Justice Department over the death penalty.
The White House's Porn Plot Against Prosecutors

Max Blumenthal

A US Attorney fired just as he began investigating a GOP lawmaker for corruption is now being smeared by the White House and its top porn cop.
The December 7 Massacre

The case of the Gonzales Eight proves the White House sees no legal limit on presidential power.