emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 1/6/2009
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I just finished reading Vaughn Walker's opinion explaining that the government will have to give him the document that--the lawyers for al Haramain claim--shows they were wiretapped without a warrant under Bush's illegal wiretap program, so he can determine whether it really does show what ...
prospect.org - 1/5/2009
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prospect.org —
The latest news from the Transition Office :
We have sub-cabinet Justice Department nominees -- bios after...
the jump: Today, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he intends to nominate the following individuals for key posts at the United ...
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TRANSITION TO JUSTICE.
boston.com - 1/5/2009
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boston.com —
By Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff Elena Kagan, Harvard
law school's dean, will be the new solicitor general,...
President-elect Barack Obama's transition office announced. She will be Obama's voice at the US Supreme Court, and she has been considered a ...
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Kagan nominated for solicitor general
change.gov - 1/5/2009
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change.gov —
WASHINGTON -- Today, President-elect Barack Obama announced that
he intends to nominate the following individuals for key...
posts at the United States Department of Justice: David Ogden, Deputy Attorney General; Elena Kagan, Solicitor General; Tom ...
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President-elect Obama announces key Department of ...
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Al-Haramain Spying Case to Proceed
Daily Kos —
... that the FISAAA passed by Congress last July unconstitutionally granted immunity to the telcos. All this holds the possibility that we still might have a remedy in the courts on the issue, and provides an early test for the Obama Justice Department. Presuming the Bush administration appeals this decision, would the Obama team continue that fight? Given the legal team he's assembled, that doesn't seem likely. For more on that, and the interesting timing of this case, emptywheel has a great post So it's very possible that we could finally have some light ...
Proving Bush is Guilty: The al-Haramain Dates
Firedoglake —
... and this post for background about Judge Vaughn Walker's order yesterday that the government must give him a document accidentally given to al-Haramain years ago that the Muslim charity claims proves they were wiretapped using the illegal wiretap program. Those posts explain that Walker will finally assess the warrantless wiretap program itself to determine whether it violated FISA. The second post goes on to suggest that this decision will likely impact Walker's pending decision on whether or not the retroactive immunity passed by Congress is legal. ...
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