Posts Tagged: Office of Legal

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9
Apr 08

Youngstown and Yoo

You may recall my prior post about John Yoo and the politicization of the Justice Department.  One of the things several bloggers have mentioned, after reading through the content and footnotes of Yoo’s 81-page torture memo (drafted when he was a rising star in the Office of Legal Counsel) was the notable absence of a particular hallmark case…

But before that, take a gander at this post at Lawyers, Guns, and Money, regarding Bush, Chertoff, and the border fence, referencing a NYTimes column:  Read more... (927 words, estimated 3:42 mins reading time)

Civil Rights / Corruption / Election 04 / Election 06 / Election 08 / Government / News / OpEd / Politicking / Terror / War — No Comments
9
Apr 08

Justice Perverted

Well, in particular, this Mukasey claim is remarkable (fast-forward to 1:21):

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Mukasey blubbers about how a missed phone call from a 9/11 Hijacker, if intercepted, could have stopped 9/11. Hamilton refutes this by essentially saying this is important, yet was not shared with the 9/11 Commission, implying one of three things:  Read more... (998 words, 1 image, estimated 3:60 mins reading time)

  1. Mukasey was making it up for dramatic appeal.
  2. He was repeating something heard elsewhere, believing it to be true.
  3. Somehow, something quite important was suppressed from the 9/11 Commision.

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