Prosecutorial Misconduct Reaches Epidemic Proportions
Mar 26, 2018 From the Bush-era torture memos to everyday criminal trials, prosecutorial misconduct has been running rampant.
Military, CIA Leaders May Be Investigated for War Crimes
Nov 20, 2017 The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked for authorization to investigate U.S. practices in Afghanistan.
The Mythical Integrity of Robert Mueller and James Comey
Jun 7, 2017 The special "Russiagate" prosecutor (left) and the fired FBI director have long histories as pliable political operatives. The special "Russiagate" prosecutor (left) and the fired FBI director have long histories as pliable political operatives.
Truthdigger of the Week: Lynne Stewart
Feb 10, 2014 Early in the Bush administration, six months after the attacks of Sept 11, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced he would prosecute attorney Lynne Stewart on the grounds that she had materially aided a terrorist organizationSix months after the attacks of Sept.
Ashcroft Assumes Ethical Advisory Role With Xe Services
May 5, 2011 Hold your breath. John Ashcroft--George W. Bush's first attorney general and champion of the Patriot Act--has just taken an ethical advisory position with Xe Services, the military contractor formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide. (more)
Legal Troubles Might Lie in Wait for Ashcroft
Sep 5, 2009 Did then-Attorney General John Ashcroft violate the Constitution in his handling of certain national security investigations shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks? According to the Los Angeles Times, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has reason to believe that he did, and thus Ashcroft can be sued for prosecutorial abuses even this long after the fact, the paper reported Saturday.Did then-Attorney General John Ashcroft violate the Constitution in his handling of certain national security investigations shortly after 9/11?
Basis of Domestic Surveillance Was ‘Flawed,’ Report Finds
Jul 11, 2009 Former President Bush's infamous warrant-free domestic surveillance plan, instituted after 9/11 to monitor potentially suspicious communication between parties within and outside of the U.S., has deservedly gotten a bad rap -- and it's about to get worse, thanks to a congressionally mandated report released Friday.
High Court Lets Ashcroft, Mueller Off the Hook
May 19, 2009 The nation's top court decided on Monday that former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI honcho Robert Mueller aren't directly accountable for the abuses that Pakistani detainee Javaid Iqbal, a Muslim, says he endured as a result of his race and religion in a New York prison in 2002.
Jonathan Shapiro on the Hamdan Case
Aug 29, 2008 In Jonathan Mahler's new book, George W. Bush emerges as the most lawless president in American history, the first to usurp the law as a matter of policy.
