Corruption Updates: Department of Justice

The Department of Injustice

Master Link List Coverning the whole Bush Crime Spree to the Present

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Topics:

1 gonzales master lie list

Torture

Illegal Spying

Partisan hiring/firing

Civil Rights Division

US Attorney Scandal

Gonzales various crimes/corruptions

Don E. Siegelman

2 Mukasey: The crimes continue under dem appointee

3 Oversight Failure

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1) Gonzales Master Lie List

1a) Torture

also see the complete link list: Unitary Executive, Torture

Gonzales Memo Calling Geneva Conventions “Quaint” and “Obsolete,” Commondreans. org, 11-10-04

Corruption Updates 23, dec 3, 2006, "TIMES SOFTPEDALS PRESIDENTIAL WAR CRIMES AND DOMESTIC CRIMES"

Corruption Updates 11 9, 10-4-07, Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations: Bush's Signing Statements on McCain's Anti-Torture Law in 2005 have been know to All

FBI working to bolster Al Qaeda cases: Bush-CIA Torture threatens Legitimacy of US "Terror" Cases, Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2007

Justice opens criminal investigation of CIA, lat, January 2, 2008

Waterboarding Is Focus of Justice Dept. Inquiry, nyt, February 23, 2008

AG Mukasey Defies Congress, (destruction of torture tapes) lat, 12-14-07

mukasey rules torture legal, reuters, 1-30-08

Justice Dept. Letters Give C.I.A. Tactics a Legal Rationale, nyt, April 27, 2008

justice department an accessory before and after crime of torture; justice still argues torture is legal, nyt, 4-27-08

also see: Top Bush Advisors Approved torture, ABC, 4-9-08

Newly released Justice memo: 'Good faith' would protect against torture charges, ap, 7-24-08 It works for the cops here.

OBAMA

Holder’s Hole Card:The AG nominee says he won't go after Bush-era interrogators—maybe, Newsweek, Jan 28, 2009

US threats mean evidence of British resident's Guantánamo torture must stay secret, judges rule, guardian, 2-4-09

Torture, the UK, and Obama: A chance for "Change we can Believe in?" alex wierbinski, 2-4-09

Obama's Justice Department backs Bush secrecy on renditions suit, raw story, 2-9-09

Senator seeks Bush-era "truth commission", reuters, 2-9-09

Obama signals he isn't interested in 'truth commission' to investigate Bush abuses, raw story, 2-9-09

Obama's Justice Department backs Bush secrecy on renditions suit, raw story, 2-9-09

Torture analysis/essays

Mukasey's rulings predictable before confirmation, committee, 8-28-07

Bush's Signing Statements on McCain's Anti-Torture Law in 2005 have been know to All, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., September , 2007

cheney: mukasey a fine public servant, alex, 1-30-08

US Rulings authorize War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., April, 2008

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1b) Two Flavors of Illegal Domestic Spying

FBI and NSA

FBI Abuse of "National Security Letters"

(which are unconstitutional on their face)

Corruption Updates 25, 8th article on page, Senators rap FBI over domestic spying, "FBI CHIEF DEFYS CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT REFUSAL TO DISCLOSE ILLEGAL PROGRAM"

Corruption Updates 32 , 3rd article on page, "PRESIDENT TRIES END RUN AROUND CONSTITUTION: CLAIMS ACTIONS ARE SECRET, AND ABOVE THE LAW"

FBI USING UNLIMITED SEARCH POWERS:Bush Pledges Swift Action on FBI Reform(LIAR), wp, 3-10-07

Corruption Updates 91, Washington Post, July 11, 2007, Gonzales Knew About (FBI civil liberties) Violations, Officials Say: US Attorney General a Liar

How the Fight for Vast New Spying Powers Was Won, wp, August 12, 2007

Iglesias: Ashcroft pushed out for wiretap opposition, the raw story, 7-14-08

essays/analysis

Spector Recognizes that Oversight is Broken and the President is Out of Control, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., July 24, 2007

FBI USING UNLIMITED SEARCH POWERS, alex, 3-10-07

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NSA

NSA Spying on Americans Is Illegal, ACLU, (12/29/2005)

Corruption Updates 31, 1st article on page, 1-17-07, “AG criticizes judges for terror rulings”

How the Fight for Vast New Spying Powers Was Won, wp, August 12, 2007

GONZALES ATTACKS CONSTITUTION, JUDICIARY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SIMULTANOUSLY, alex, 1-17-07

Corruption Updates 70, 6-8-2007, Democrats May Subpoena N.S.A. Documents (Comey testified to Congress about the hospital assault, Congress wanted legal justifications for program, and his side of the episode from Gonzales)

Corruption Updates 95, 4th article on the page, Gonzales testifies in firings row: And Lied to Congress about the hospital assault

Corruption Updates 96, 1st article on the page, FBI director contradicts Gonzales on wiretaps: Noose of Lies Tightening around Gonzales Neck

How the Fight for Vast New Spying Powers Was Won, wp, August 12, 2007

Jack Goldsmith: White House Secrecy On Wiretaps Described, wp, October 3, 2007

ABC News Report, Sept 7, 2007, on Goldsmith and his new book, The Terror Presidency

Ashcroft paid off, upi, 1-10-08

Ashcroft paid off: U.S. Attorney in Newark Finds Himself on the Defensive, nyt, February 13, 2008

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essays

Justice Department Refuses to Disclose Details of Secret NSA Illegal Searching Program to Congress, alex, 12-6-06

GONZALES ATTACKS CONSTITUTION, JUDICIARY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SIMULTANOUSLY, alex, 1-17-07

SECRET COURTS, ILLEGAL WARRANTS DEFINE THE BASIS OF ILLIGITIMACY AND CORRUPTION, Gonzales Hints of General Warrants by NSA, Secret Court, alex, 1-17-07

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1c) Partisan Hiring and Firing

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a) Civil Rights Division

LA Times, 5-31-07: US AttorneyMinnesota case fits the pattern in flap over firing of U.S. attorneys: US Attorney Fired to Maintain Voter Fraud, and Suppression of Indian Voters

Schlozman's speech

LA Times, 6-4-07: US Attorney:Justice official is said to have favored GOP loyalists: Bush Justice Department Suppressing Democrat Voters

NY Times, June 14, 2007: Justice Dept. Reshapes Its Civil Rights Mission: No Civil Rights

Bush packed Dept of InJustice with crooked political hacks, wp, 6-24-08

U.S. Justice Department officials will not be prosecuted in hiring scandal, iht, 8-12-08

Schlozman: Justice Dept. official lied to Congress, internal probe finds, mcclatchy, 1-13-09

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b) US Attorney Scandal

must read: The US Attorney Scandal: A Root and Branch Survey, may 1 updated version

US Attorney Appointment called unconstitutional, lat, 1-25-07

SCARY NEO-CON POLITICAL OPERATIVE REPLACES US ATTORNEY IN ARKANSAS, alex, 1-25-07

Domenici says he queried prosecutor, not pressured him, ap, March 5, 2007

Fired U.S. attorney's testimony raises broader concerns, lat, March 8, 2007

Corruption Updates 38, lat, 3-9-07, “LA TIMES OFFERS BUSH POLITICAL COVER FOR FIRING PROSECUTOR OF DUKE CUNNINGHAM”

Corruption Updates 39, 4th article on page, “Fed Attny Firing Report:TRIBUNE CO HAS MADE LATIMES A TOOL”

LA Times, 5-3-07: Lam defends her performance as a U.S. attorney: Wronged Corruption Prosecutor Lam Speaks Out

Corruption Updates 39, mcclatchy, 3-12-07, “Rove's role in firings is focus”

Corruption Updates 39, 5th article on page, “GOP official urged Rove to fire prosecutor” see justice, us attorney scandal

Corruption Updates 39, lat, 3-10-07, “House panel expands inquiry into prosecutor firings”

Corruption Updates 39, lat, 3-12-07, “Gonzales is urged to quit 'for the nation'

Corruption Updates 43, 2nd article on the page, GONALES CAUGHT IN OPEN LIES TO CONGRESS

Corruption Updates 43, 4th article on the page, Gonzales Met With Top Aides On Firings: GONALES CAUGHT IN OPEN LIES TO CONGRESS

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Corruption Updates 46, wp, 4-1-07, "Prosecutor Posts Go To Bush Insiders:Bush packing US Attorney posts with biased insiders"

Corruption Updates 47, wp, 4-10-07, "Gonzales has US Attorneys in Babylonian Captivity"

Washington Post, 4-12-07, White House E-Mail Lost in Private Accounts: White House now "Lost" Emails they Hid in Illegal Hidden Accounts

Washington Post, 4-13-07: Rove E-Mail Sought by Congress May Be Missing: Crucial Rove EMails Deleted

Washington Post, 4-14-07: Gonzales Aide Floated Replacements Early On: Liars Inhabit all Offices of the Executive Branch

Washington Post, 4-28-07: Political Appointees No Longer to Pick Justice Interns: All Career Lawyers Hired at Justice During Last 6 Years Must be Suspended Pending Investigation

Corruption Updates 46, 1st article on the page, Gonzales Caught Lying, AGAIN: Gonzales, Miers Approved Firings, Ex-Aide Says

Corruption Updates 48, 5th article on the page, Justice Department In New Fight Over Papers on Firings: Gonzales a Liar

Corruption Updates 48, 9th article on the page, Gonzales a Liar: Ex-Justice Official's Statements Contradict Gonzales on Firings

Corruption Updates 51, 3rd article on the page, Gonzales Aide Floated Replacements Early On

LA Times, 5-3-07: Justice Department looking into prosecutor hirings: Justice Department Investigates Itself: EXPECT NO JUSTICE

LA Times, 5-3-07: Lam defends her performance as a U.S. attorney: Wronged Corruption Prosecutor Lam Speaks Out

Corruption Updates 54, lat, 5-4-07, "Fired U.S. attorneys are called some of the best: Another Gonzales Lie Exposed: US Attorneys NOT Fired for "Performance Problems"

LA Times, 5-12-07: Gonzales allowed aides some hiring power, records show: The US Attorney Scandal: A Root and Branch Survey

The US Attorney Scandal: A Root and Branch Survey, may 1 updated version

NY Times, 5-12-07: Colleagues Cite Partisan Focus by Justice Official: Litmus Test for all Federal Employees: "Are you a Bushie?"

NY Times, 5-24-07: Ex-Gonzales aide says she may have 'crossed the line:' Dems Playing Dumb: Emails and Previous Testamony Proving Political Misconduct in Career and US Attorneys ignored

LA Times, 5-25-07: Inquiry widens into Justice Department hiring: Justice to Investigate Itself: We can expect no Justice

LA Times, 5-31-07: US AttorneyMinnesota case fits the pattern in flap over firing of U.S. attorneys: US Attorney Fired to Maintain Voter Fraud, and Suppression of Indian Voters

Washington Post, 5-31-07: Justice Dept. Expands Probe To Include Hiring Practices

Hispanic Groups Reconsider Their Support for Gonzales, wp, 5-29-07

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NY Times, June 9, 2007: No-Confidence Resolution on Gonzales Is Scheduled: Gonzales Going to Walk Free After Committing Political and Constitutional Crimes

AP, June 11, 2007: Dems Push Monday Vote on Gonzales: Spector will Vote no Confidence on Gonzales

LA Times, June 11, 2007: Vote on Gonzales marks juncture in probe: Lies Accepted by Dems, so far...

BBC, 12 June 2007: Republicans block Bush ally (Gonzales) vote: Criminal Attorney General Passes Senate Muster

LA Times, 6-13-07: Former White House officials subpoenaed in U.S. attorney inquiry: Congress Finally Does Something About Criminal Presidency

NY Times, July 21, 2007; A White House Warning on Contempt Charges: Justice Department Defys Law-Constitution to Hide President's Crimes

BBC, July 24, 2007; Gonzales testifies in firings row: Spector Recognizes that Oversight is Broken and the President is Out of Control

Washington Post, August 4, 2007; Gonzales Now Says Top Aides Got Political Briefings: Gonzales Stands by His Crimes and Lies, Defends Politicization of Justice in America

AP, August 2, 2007; Judiciary Pushes Bush Probe: President Defies Congress, Constitution, to Cover Illegal Tampering with Federal Prosecutions-Prosecutors

Associated Press, August 27, 2007; A Timeline of Significant Events in Gonzales' Career: The American Dream: From Illegal to Criminal in the Corporate Fascist State

Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2007; Bush losing (Rove) key advisor at a low ebb: Bush Co-Conspirators Jumping off the Burning Ship

Washington Post, August 28, 2007; Embattled Gonzales Resigns: Who Will Defend the President's Crimes Now?

...

NY Times, August 29, 2007; Democrats Say They Will Press Gonzales Inquiries: Dems Claims to Defend Constitution Suspect

Dems Claims to Defend Constitution a Lie. august, 2007

Washington Post, October 4, 2007; Domenici to announce plan to retire: Dominici Sparked US Attorney Scandal by Triying to Obtain Federal Prosecutions of Political Enemies

Bush packed Dept of InJustice with crooked political hacks, wp, 6-24-08

U.S. Justice Department officials will not be prosecuted in hiring scandal, iht, 8-12-08

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essays

SCARY NEO-CON POLITICAL OPERATIVE REPLACES US ATTORNEY IN ARKANSAS, alex, 1-25-07

DOMENICI FINALLY ADMITS TO UNETHICAL, IF NOT CRIMINAL, CONTACT WITH FEDERAL PROSECUTOR: PROSECUTOR ATTRIBUTES FIRING TO HIS RESISTANCE TO DOMENICI POLITICAL PRESSURE, alex, 3-5-07

REPUGNANTS QUESTION WHY ATTORNEY SNITCHES REPUBLICAN CRIME: THE PROPER ANSWER IS “LOYALTY TO LAW,” BUT REVENGE IS THE TRUE ANSWER, alex, 3-8-07

LA TIMES OFFERS BUSH POLITICAL COVER FOR FIRING PROSECUTOR OF DUKE CUNNINGHAM, alex,3-9-07.

REPUBS CAUGHT KILLING, EATING THEIR OWN POLITICAL CHILDREN. alex, 3-12-07

Bush-Gonzales Perverting Course of “American Justice” with Crooked US Attorneys, alex, 4-1-07

Gonzales has US Attorneys in Babylonian Captivity, alex, 4-10-07

All Career Lawyers Hired at Justice During Last 6 Years Must be Suspended Pending Investigation, alex, 4-28-07

Corruption Updates 54 essay: A Root and Branch Survey: Gonzales allowed aides some hiring power, records show

The US Attorney Scandal: A Root and Branch Survey, may 1 updated version

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Corruption Updates 95, 4th article on the page, Gonzales testifies in firings row: And Lied to Congress about the hospital assault

Gonzales' Lies are merely "Imprecise and Overbroad" statements: Lies are what you call them, alex, 6-11-07

Failure of Independent US Attorneys Threatens American Injustice System, alex, 6-17-07

Spector Recognizes that Oversight is Broken and the President is Out of Control, alex, 7-24-07

Justice Department Defys Law-Constitution to Hide President's Crimes, alex, july 23, 2007

Gonzales Like a Tick in America's Ass: Hard to Grip and Rip, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., August 7, 2007

Gonzales Adds yet Another Lie to His List of Crimes and Lies: Defends Politicization of Justice in America, alex, 8-7-07

Bush Co-Conspirators Jumping off the Burning Ship, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., August 28, 2007

Who Will Defend the President's Crimes Now? Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., August 28, 2007

Dems Claims to Defend Constitution a Lie. august, 2007

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Various Corruptions of the law, Gonzales Admin

Corruption Updates 42, lat, 3-22-07, “Tobacco prosecutor says administration interfered"

Corruption Updates 42, ap, 3-22-07, “U.S. suggests cutting Abramoff sentence"

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LA Times, June 17, 2007: U.S. attorneys fallout seeps into the courts: Failure of Independent US Attorneys Threatens American Injustice System

Washington Post, June 17, 2007: Justice Dept. hard put to hire U.S. attorneys, Bush Crimes in Justice Department Guts Professional Staff

Washington Post, June 19, 2007: Panel probes Rove's GOP e-mail history: Rove Operates in Secret Government, Despite Records Law: Gonzales may have Abetted this Crime. see unlimited president, secret govt.

McClatchy, July 23, 2007; U.S. dropped Enron-like fraud probe: Department of Injustice Protects Corporate Criminals (executives from a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway)

Dems Claims to Defend Constitution a Lie. august, 2007

Government criminals untrustworthy: lies presented in court to pervert law and justice, AP, November 20, 2007

Official: Justice Dept. slowed probe into phone jamming, mcclatchy, December 19, 2007

Only the tip of a bipartisan iceberg: Justice department bigwig admits participation in abramoff web of corruption, bee, 4-23-08

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essays/analysis

Fed Attorney trying to Reduce Abramoff's Time: This is how Justice Dept. Lawyers keep their jobs in the Bush Administration, alex, 3-22-07

Washington Post, 4-28-07: Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyer Under Scrutiny in Probe: Bush's Federal Task Force Traps Another Rat. Bush's "Catch and Release" US Attorneys no threat to the Rats

Failure of Independent US Attorneys Threatens American Injustice System, alex, 6-17-07

Department of Injustice Protects Corporate Criminals, alex, 7-31-07

Dems Claims to Defend Constitution a Lie. august, 2007

Abramoff is gone, but the machine of corporate bribery rolls on, committee, 4-23-08

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Don E. Siegelman

NY Times, 5-31-07: Ex-Governor Says Affidavit Shows Politics in Bribe Case: Can we Trust the Prosecutor or the Politician? No, both would be in Jail in a Democratic Country

NYT, July 17, 2007; Congressional Inquiry Urged in Prosecution of Ex-Governor: Repubs Prosecute Dems for Same Bribes they receive

HARPERS, 10-29-07; Career Prosecutors Opposed Siegelman Case

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2) mukasey

Who Will Defend the President's Crimes Now? Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., August 28, 2007

Dems confirm unitary president, torture, and and all of Bush's crimes through Mukasey Confirmation, Washington Post, November 9, 2007

Dems Claims to Defend Constitution a Lie. august, 2007

Los Angeles Times, September 18, 2007; Mukasey is drawn into an old fight: Dems Ready to Confirm AG who will Protect Bush's Crimes:

Dems Ready to Confirm AG who will Protect Bush's Crimes, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., September , 2007 (latest hyperlinked version)

Washington Post, October 18, 2007; Mukasey Endorses Expansive Presidential Authority: Who Will Defend the President's Crimes Now? Mukasey and the Dems.

Dems confirm unitary president, torture, and and all of Bush's crimes through Mukasey Confirmation, Washington Post, November 9, 2007

Who Will Defend the President's Crimes Now? The Senate, by confirming Our New Attorney General

AG Mukasey Defies Congress, lat, 12-14-07

Mukasey refuses to act on house contempt citations, ap, 3-1-08

Bush has gotten away with his crimes

Mukasey: Dems only responding to Bush Crimes when he targeted Dem Politicos, let bush off for everything else, alex, 3-1-08

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1) Failure of Oversight

Congress

NY Times, June 9, 2007: No-Confidence Resolution on Gonzales Is Scheduled: Gonzales Going to Walk Free After Committing Political and Constitutional Crimes

AP, June 11, 2007: Dems Push Monday Vote on Gonzales: Spector will Vote no Confidence on Gonzales

LA Times, 6-13-07: Former White House officials subpoenaed in U.S. attorney inquiry: Congress Finally Does Something About Criminal Presidency

NY Times, July 21, 2007; A White House Warning on Contempt Charges: Justice Department Defys Law-Constitution to Hide President's Crimes

BBC, July 24, 2007; Gonzales testifies in firings row: Spector Recognizes that Oversight is Broken and the President is Out of Control

AP, August 2, 2007; Senators Planning Ways to Oust Gonzales: Gonzales Like a Tick in America's Ass: Hard to Grip and Rip (gonzales protected by pelosi see analysis "grip and rip")

Dems Claims to Defend Constitution a Lie. august, 2007

Bush's Signing Statements on McCain's Anti-Torture Law in 2005 have been know to All, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., September , 2007

Dems appoint mukasey: defender of bush crimes, see above

Bush has gotten away with his crimes

Mukasey Appointment: Dems only responding to Bush Crimes when he targeted Dem Politicos, let bush off for everything else, alex, 3-1-08

Dems demand Justice Dept. memos that OKd use of harsh interrogations: Dems Pretend Surprize at Bush's Continued Regime of Kidnapping, Dissappearences, Torture, and Kangaroo Courts, Washington Post, October 5, 2007

dems lobbyist/bribery link

essays/analysis

Spector Recognizes that Oversight is Broken and the President is Out of Control, alex, 7-24-07

Gonzales Like a Tick in America's Ass: Hard to Grip and Rip, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., August 7, 2007

Dems Claims to Defend Constitution a Lie. august, 2007

Mukasey: Dems only responding to Bush Crimes when he targeted Dem Politicos, let bush off for everything else, alex, 3-1-08

dems lobbyist/bribery link

Courts

AP, August 2, 2007; Judiciary Pushes Bush Probe: President Defies Congress, Constitution, to Cover Illegal Tampering with Federal Prosecutions-Prosecutors

The Administration on Oversight

AG criticizes judges for terror rulings, ap, January 17, 2007

Criminal Administration Moves against CIA IG to Cover their Crimes, alex, October 15, 2007

essays

GONZALES ATTACKS CONSTITUTION, JUDICIARY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SIMULTANOUSLY, alex, 1-17-07

Dems fail to defend Constitution against Bush Terror Attack, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., August 7, 2007

Draft ~~Articles of Impeachment~~ Charges against Bush, 8/07

Principal in Corporate Politics? It's Time for Change, alex, 8/07

Can the Justice Department be Trusted? Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., August 31, 2007

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