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Obama Administration
'Disappointed' Siegelman: Obama Justice Dept. Virtually The Same As Bush DOJ
Justin Elliott | November 25, 2009, 10:42AM
Don Siegelman with Obama and Bush (inset)
When the Obama Administration argued in a filing earlier this month that the Supreme Court should not consider an appeal by Don Siegelman, the former Alabama governor wasn't surprised, even though the Obama filing maintained the Bush-era stance in Siegelman's controversial corruption case.
"There's really been no substantial change in the heart of the Department of Justice from the Bush-Rove Department of Justice," Siegelman tells TPMmuckraker in an interview.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (64) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (7)Topics: Barack Obama, Bush, Bush Administration, DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility, Don Siegelman, Elena Kagan, Eric Holder, George Bush, Justice Department, Karl Rove, Obama Administration
Jay Bybee
Legal Defense Fund For Torture Memo Author
Zachary Roth | November 19, 2009, 2:35PM
Jay Bybee
One of the authors of the Bush Justice Department's notorious memos approving torture has set up a legal defense fund to help pay anticipated lawyers' fees in connection with the episode.
A website for the Bybee Legal Defense Fund "explains how contributions may be made to help Judge Jay S. Bybee pay costs and expenses he is incurring or may incur in connection with claims, investigations or proceedings relating to his service as Assistant Attorney General for the Office Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice or his service on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (17) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility, Eric Holder, George Bush, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Justice Department, Torture
John Ensign
Will Ensign Escape Criminal Probe?
Zachary Roth | November 19, 2009, 12:03PM
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Is the Justice Department leaning towards laying off Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)?
That's the direction in which Politico's reporting seems to point. According to the new site, DOJ officials "signal that the case is a low-priority matter for them." It adds that "no one close to Ensign or the Hamptons has been contacted by any federal investigators." And it notes that the Senate Ethics committee, which usually stands down when Justice is involved, has been forging ahead with its probe of the philandering Nevada senator.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (13) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (4)Topics: CREW, Doug Hampton, Eric Holder, John Ensign, Justice Department, Lobbyists, Sex
Eric Holder
Holder: OPR Torture Report Should Be Out By Month's End
Zachary Roth | November 18, 2009, 1:46PM
That long-awaited report on the Justice Department's role in the Bush administration's torture program could finally be ready to see the light of day.
During his testimony before Congress today, Attorney General Eric Holder said that the report, by the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility, is "in its last stages," and that he expects it will be released by the end of the month.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (9) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility, Eric Holder, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Justice Department, Torture
Obama Administration
Obama Adopts Bush's State Secrets Position -- And Exact Language -- In NSA Spying Case
Justin Elliott | November 2, 2009, 6:03PM
Pres. Obama and Fmr. Pres. George W. Bush
Here's a good catch from Michael Isikoff on the new blog Declassified at Newsweek:
It looks like the Obama Administration is invoking the state secrets privilege in a lawsuit alleging illegal surveillance by the National Security Agency -- and it's using the exact wording used by the Bush Administration two years ago in the very same case.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (18) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: Bush Administration, Dennis Blair, Eric Holder, J. Michael McConnell, Justice Department, NSA, Obama Administration, Shubert v. Obama
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