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Obama vs. GOP: Budget vs. terrorism
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama today is talking about the budget, federal spending and reining in the deficit. He is talking about "paying as you go.'' Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is talking about something else: The......Tags: War Crimes, Constitutional Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, Crimes
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Weekly remarks: Lindsey Graham on terror trials; Obama on pay-as-you-go budgeting
Top of the TicketRepublican senator says civilian trials for terrorists are ridiculous; Democrat president admits large deficit but says government must live within its means like families.... -
Justice wiretap probe restarted
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Justice Department revealed Tuesday that it has reopened an internal investigation into whether department lawyers acted unethically or broke any laws in connection with the government's warrantless electronic surveillance of terrorism suspects....Tags: Lawyers, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, Government, Los Angeles Times
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A FISA fix
One of the most critical matters facing Congress is the need to enact long-term legislation updating our nation's foreign intelligence surveillance laws. Intercepting the communications of terrorists and other intelligence targets has given us crucial...Tags: Lawyers, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Terrorism, U.S. House of Representatives
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Judges seek leeway in prison sentences
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMarion Hungerford, a 52-year-old woman diagnosed with a mental illness, was convicted two years ago as an accomplice after her live-in boyfriend pleaded guilty to a series of armed robberies in Billings, Mont. Her sentence: 159 years in federal prison....Tags: War Crimes, New York, U.S. Department of Justice, Los Angeles Times, Crimes
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Sen. Feinstein: Judge Mukasey has my vote
During a long career in public service and private practice, Michael B. Mukasey has forged an independent path as a lawyer and federal judge. He has presided over 1,600 cases in almost 19 years on the bench. He has extensive experience on national...Tags: U.S. Army, Lawyers, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, Government
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Mukasey's confession
'Out of the mouths of babes," goes the old saying -- to which we now may add, "and from the mouths of attorneys general." When Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey went before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week to testify about the Bush administration's...Tags: Pol Pot, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, Government, Crimes
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Mukasey's black magic on torture
Maybe it was in honor of the Halloween season. The Bush administration's Justice Department has been a horror show for years now, complete with gruesome exhibits like the infamous 2002 "torture memo." And in his recent Senate confirmation hearings, the...Tags: Lawyers, Pol Pot, Upper House, Politics, Government
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Democrats demand probe into destruction of tapes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterKey members of Congress on Friday called for multiple investigations into the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes, charging the agency may have eliminated evidence of torture, obstructed justice or engaged in an illegal coverup. The CIA's...Tags: Office Equipment and Supplies, Police Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice, Foreign Aid, Economic Sanctions
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Mukasey's confirmation: a vote about torture
This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote in favor of Michael Mukasey to be the new U.S. attorney general, sending his nomination to the full Senate for confirmation. What is most surprising is the wave of support from the committee'...Tags: Politics, Bill Clinton, U.S. Department of Justice, Government, Bank Robbery
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Letters to the editor
Democrats' fear shields Cheney Re "Impeachment gets a brief look," Nov. 7 Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) sponsored a bill to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney. If ever a bill needed to be passed, this was it. Democrats betrayed Kucinich and Americans...Tags: Ohio, Fidel Castro, Constitutional Issues, Dennis J. Kucinich, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Profile: Michael B. Mukasey
Age 66; born 1941 in New York City Education LL.B., 1967, Yale Law School A.B., 1963, Columbia College, Columbia University Experience Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler: 2006-present Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, New York City, New York, Justice System, Columbia University
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