Posts Tagged ‘pat-leahy’

Who gets to define torture?

October 31st, 2007 | No Comments

There’s a lot being said over waterboarding.  Michael Mukasey’s nomination is said to be “drowning” over this one single issue.  Joe Biden and Patrick Leahy, who are prone to oppose just about anything for the sake of politics, are “concerned” that Mukasey, rather than completely cowering and denouncing PC-torture-procedure-of-the-day, stated he’d rather look at each [...]

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Alberto Gonzales resigning

August 27th, 2007 | 2 Comments

Alberto Gonzales was one of the architects of The Patriot Act.  He was also the legal mastermind in keeping it afloat.  He did this initially more or less discretely.  However, in November 2004 Bush nominated him to be the next Attorney General.  That’s when his work with The Patriot Act came front and center.  And, [...]

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