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Michael Mukasey

Events (38)

September 1, 1995: Judge’s Ruling Ensures that Ali Mohamed Does Not Have to Testify in Trial, Even Though Prosecution Knows Where He Is 1995-09-01
December 4, 2002: Judge Says Padilla Has Right to See Lawyer; Government Challenges Ruling 2002-12-04
October 18, 2007: Future Attorney General Uses Unknown Anecdote to Argue against Terror Prosecutions 2007-10-18
November 8, 2007: Michael Mukasey Becomes Attorney General after Close Senate Vote and Waterboarding Controversy 2007-11-08
November 11, 2007: New York Times Blasts ‘Rubber-Stamp’ Confirmation of Attorney General Mukasey 2007-11-11
November 20, 2007: Former White House Press Secretary Says Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby, Card Responsible for ‘False Information’ about Plame Outing 2007-11-20
December 3, 2007: Bush Administration Refuses to Allow Fitzgerald to Give Documents to Congress 2007-12-03
December 11-14, 2007: Some Politicians Support Special Counsel Investigation over CIA Videotape Destruction 2007-12-11
December 12, 2007: Mukasey Calls for Immunity for Telecom Firms, Expanded Surveillance Capabilities 2007-12-12
December 14, 2007: Justice Department Refuses to Answer Congressional Questions about CIA Tape Destruction 2007-12-14
December 16, 2007: Bush Administration Pushing for Immunity for Telecom Firms Who Cooperated with NSA Domestic Wiretapping Program 2007-12-16
January 2, 2008: Prosecutor Appointed to Investigate Destruction of CIA Tapes 2008-01-02
January 30, 2008: Involvement of Mukasey’s Son in Telecommunication Giant’s Lawsuit Revealed 2008-01-30
February 5, 2008: Intelligence Officials Admit US Waterboarded Three Detainees 2008-02-05
February 7, 2008: FBI, DIA Stand By Decision Not to Waterboard 2008-02-07
February 7, 2008: Attorney General Mukasey Says He Will Not Investigate US Government’s Use of Waterboarding 2008-02-07
February 22, 2008: Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence Attribute Failure to Exploit Yemen Hub Calls to 1981 Executive Order 2008-02-22
February 22, 2008: McConnell, Mukasey: Law’s Expiration Costing the Government Needed Terrorist Intelligence 2008-02-22
February 23, 2008: Bush Insists on Telecom Immunity, Claims Democrats Put Trial Lawyers before Nation’s Safety 2008-02-23
February 23, 2008: Mukasey, McConnell Admit that US Receiving Same Intelligence as before PAA Lapse 2008-02-23
February 25-26, 2008: Hoekstra, Republicans Claim Democrats Put Trial Lawyers, Global Warming before National Security 2008-02-25
February 29, 2008: Mukasey Refuses to Refer Contempt Citations to Grand Jury 2008-02-29
March 10, 2008: House Judiciary Committee Files Lawsuit to Compel White House Testimony 2008-03-10
March 27, 2008: Attorney General Makes Puzzling Claim about Pre-9/11 Communication Intercept 2008-03-27
March 29, 2008: Media Confused over Attorney General Mukasey’s New Claim of Afghan Intercept before 9/11 2008-03-29
April 3, 2008: Congressmen Ask Attorney General Mukasey to Explain Pre-9/11 Hijacker Intercept Comments 2008-04-03
April 5, 2008: Commentator Complains Media Ignores Torture Memo, Says It Lies about Iraq to Focus on Obama’s Bowling, Patriotism 2008-04-05
May 20, 2008: ACLU Blasts Administration’s Failure to Respond to Torture Complaints 2008-05-20
June 3, 2008: Oversight Chairman Requests Interview Transcripts from CIA Leak Investigation 2008-06-03
June 6, 2008: 56 House Members Call for Special Counsel to Investigate Torture Authorizations 2008-06-06
August 7, 2008: Some in Congress Want Investigation of FBI’s Anthrax Attacks Investigation 2008-08-07
October 14, 2008: Community Organization Under Fire for Alleged Fraudulent Voter Registrations 2008-10-14
October 17, 2008: Civil Liberties Organizations Sues over Disputed Constitutionality of FISA Amendment Legislation 2008-10-17
February 14, 2009: Justice Department Considers Releasing Internal Report Critical of Bush-Era Lawyers 2009-02-14
February 22, 2009: Justice Department Investigation Finds OLC Opinions Unacceptably Deficient 2009-02-22
March 14, 2011: Conservative Rock Musician Calls Attorney General a ‘Racist Punk’ 2011-03-14
Shoftly After May 2, 2011: Bin Laden’s Death Reignites Debate over Usefulness of US Torture Techniques 2011-05-02
December 18, 2011: Presidential Candidate Advocates Arrest, Impeachment of ‘Radical’ ‘Activist’ Judges 2011-12-18