Time for the Reckoning?
David Cole : Torture
Momentum is growing for some form of official accountability on the Bush administration's practice of torture, surveillance and detentions without trial.
2009
2008
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Justice, Bush-Style
GOP loyalists have taken over the Justice Department and retooled the civil rights division as a political weapon.
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FBI Seeks Sweeping New Powers
Aziz Huq : Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Attorney General Michael Mukasey is poised to implement new rules that will create a new surveillance state.
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Perversion of Justice
Emily Berman : George W. Bush Administration
A scathing new report confirms some of our worst fears about Bush Administration's politicization of the Justice Department.
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The Torture Memo
How could two really smart government lawyers authorize torture in arguments that have no foundation in law?
2007
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Justice on Steroids
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.
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Justice Delayed
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?
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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.
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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.
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A Whistleblower's Tale
Republican lawyer Jill Simpson was the absent star of Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on selective prosecution.
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Questions for Michael Mukasey
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.
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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.
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A Legacy of Torture
The dark legacy of Alberto Gonzales--torture and a tainted judiciary system--will live on long after he leaves government.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sick Justice
Alberto Gonzales now stands revealed as an unambiguous conspirator against the Constitution--as does his boss.
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