Election Protection

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 30, 2008 Election Day approaches, and with it a test of our election system's integrity. Who will be allowed to vote; who will be barred? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Team Obama Asks for Special Prosecutor to Investigate Voter Fraud

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2008 By way of a response to the McCain camp's claims about Barack Obama's ties to ACORN, Obama's campaign has put in a request to Attorney General Michael Mukasey to "turn over any investigations of voter fraud or voter suppression to Special Prosecutor Nora Dannehy, the same special prosecutor recently appointed to investigate the U.S. attorney firing scandal," according to CNN. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

From Fired U.S. Attorneys to Sarah Palin

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 30, 2008 A new internal report confirms our fears about the politicization of the Justice Department. That same contempt for government can be found in the current financial crisis as well as the meteoric rise of the former mayor of Wasilla. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

FBI Coming to a Public Location Near You

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2008 The Justice Department was dotting the i's and crossing the t's on Friday on a new set of rules designed to help FBI agents zero in on potential national security threats within the U.S., allowing them to gather information in public places -- and even conduct interviews -- without identifying themselves. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mukasey Gives Scandalistas a Pass

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2008 Attorney General Michael Mukasey has said he will not prosecute his predecessor's aides for politicizing the Justice Department. Mukasey said the officials' violations were "disturbing," but not crimes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Claims Privilege Over Cheney Interviews

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2008 One of the benefits of saturating the American people with scandal is that folks eventually stop paying attention. That's certainly the case with Plamegate, which is still being investigated despite the president's best efforts to the contrary and a public that has generally moved on. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CIA: Waterboarding Possibly Illegal

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2008 CIA Director Michael Hayden told lawmakers Thursday that waterboarding is a useful technique but might not be "lawful under current statute." Hayden said his agency used waterboarding because of "misshaped and misformed" direction from Washington. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mukasey Dodges Senators’ Grilling on Waterboarding

Staff / Truthdig Jan 31, 2008 During a visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Attorney General Michael Mukasey irked certain senators by wiggling out of directly stating whether or not he believes that waterboarding is a form of torture, an expected but apparently exasperating dodge in the estimation of Sens. Edward Kennedy and Patrick Leahy, among others. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Western Civilization: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 31, 2008 At a time when Attorney General Mukasey dodges Senate questions about waterboarding, Americans should be asking a question of their own: Can we call ourselves civilized if torture is practiced in our name? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

9/11 Panel Leaders Accuse CIA, White House of Obstructing Inquiry

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2008 On Wednesday, the same day that Attorney General Mukasey announced the launching of a federal probe into the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes, the chairman and vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, respectively, published an explosive Op-Ed piece in The New York Times slamming the CIA and the Bush administration for "stonewalling" their investigation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mukasey Launches Probe of CIA Tapes

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2008 The Justice Department is (finally) treating the CIA's decision to destroy videotapes of agents using severe interrogation methods on terrorism suspects as cause for a criminal investigation. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey (above) acknowledged that the probe was a go on Wednesday and named John Durham as the outside prosecutor for the case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mukasey Stonewalls Congress in CIA Tape Inquiry

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2007 Newly installed Attorney General Michael Mukasey swiftly shot down requests by House and Senate Judiciary Committee leaders, as well as other members of Congress, for information about the Justice Department's investigation of the CIA tape destruction fiasco -- because the department would seem "subject to political influence." Oh. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )