directorblue.blogspot.com - 5/11/2009
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In April 2007, Nancy Pelosi publicly excoriated then-AG Alberto Gonzales for allegedly fibbing about the administration's firings of eight U.S. attorneys. Let's ignore for the moment the actual issue of the attorneys -- i.e., that Bill Clinton fired all 93 attorneys simultaneously in 1993 and ...
Why Won't Gonzales Deny He Killed Harman-AIPAC Probe?
blogs.cqpolitics.com 4/21/2009 — If you had been falsely accused of doing something outrageous, wouldn't you declare you had done no such thing?
Everyone is entitled to a presumption of innocence--at least in a courtroom--but it is certainly suspicious that former Attorney ...
Why Won't Gonzales Deny He Killed Harman-AIPAC Probe?
motherjones.com 4/22/2009 — If you had been falsely accused of doing something outrageous, wouldn't you declare you had done no such thing?
Everyone is entitled to a presumption of innocence--at least in a courtroom--but it is certainly suspicious that former Attorney General ...
Who Was Harman Talking To?
talkleft.com 4/20/2009 — The explosive CQ story regarding an alleged telephone conversation between Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) and a "suspected Israeli agent" turns on the identity of the "suspected Israeli agent" Harman was is alleged to have conspired with. Josh Marshall ...
DOJ Torture Emails: How The Times Could Have Reported The Story
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/8/2009 — Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that Justice Department lawyers agreed in 2005 that harsh interrogation techniques were legal. The impact of the story -- which was based largely on email messages written at the time by James Comey, ...
News: Hiring Coup or Tainted Hire?
insidehighered.com 7/14/2009 — On August 1, Alberto Gonzales will start working at Texas Tech University, where he will teach a seminar in political science while helping the university (and Angelo State University) recruit and retain first generation college students. In ...
More reaction to Padre Alberto
faustasblog.com 5/18/2009 — The debate on Padre Alberto rages on. So far over 20,000 visitors have come to this blog, and my posts on Padre Alberto have gathered over 70 comments, more than on any other person I’ve ever blogged about.
The press continues the debate, from South Africa, ‘Fallen’ priest’s affair ...
Stein has more on the Harman/Gonzales scandal
atlargely.com 4/30/2009 — Alberto Gonzales is long past the point of being arrested and indicted on a plethora of charges ranging from obstruction of justice to blackmail. Jeff Stein delivers another blow in his...
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Lying To Congress: OK For DOJ Officials, Not So Much For Ballplayers
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/16/2009 — So Miguel Tejada, the shortstop for the Houston Astros, has been charged with lying to Congressional investigators about the use of steroids in baseball.
That news put us in mind of someone two other people who are suspected of lying to Congress, ...
Alberto Gonzales Finds A Job
swampland.blogs.time.com 7/9/2009 — The ranks of the nation's unemployed have dropped by one. As we had noted earlier in this space, at least one former Attorney General had been having trouble finding work in the legal profession.
Now, the Austin American-Statesman tells us that ...
Ex-AG Gonzales: 'I Should Have Been More Engaged'
npr.org 1/26/2009 — Tell Me More , January 26, 2009 Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday rejected critics' charges that he allowed the Justice Department to become politicized under his watch. Gonzales told host Michel Martin of NPR's Tell Me More that he ...
Congress: Pelosi in Baghdad —
First Read 5/11/2009
Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a surprise stop in Baghdad, where she met with al-Maliki. She also visited Qatar and Jordan. But "for Democrats pushing an investigation into potential criminal wrongdoing in the war on terrorism, the GOP now has a ...
Congress: Pelosi story continues —
First Read 5/12/2009
“Casting aside their president's misgivings, Democrats are racing into hearings to criticize newly released Bush administration memos justifying harsh terrorism interrogations. So far, however, the biggest embarrassment has engulfed a Democrat, House ...
Hoyer downplays GOP criticism of Pelosi —
First Read 5/12/2009
From NBC's Mark Murray and Luke Russert In his weekly off-camera pen-and-pad briefing, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer downplayed Republican criticism that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has received over questions about her knowledge of ...
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