Gonzales' testimony revealed a department that has lowered the traditional walls erected between the White House, Main Justice, and the U.S. Attorney's Offices in the field, former Justice officials say. And that could have a profound impact on the way the department carries out its business in the future. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Excellent analysis of the ramifications of this administration's relationship with the Justice Department. Well sourced and full of information.
The story digs under the Gonzales hearings to explore the effect of politicians officially having more legal access to the Department of Justice. The effect this has of making the judicial system a club for the president is analysed.
Good analysis of two specific but somewhat unrelated issues addressed in Gonzales' recent testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Reasonably deep but quite narrow.
This article is illuminating and very accessible. The light it sheds goes all the way back to a day when John Ashcroft was Attorney General and Alberto Gonzales was White House counsel. What a tangled web.
As Mr Vines says, "solid leadership needs to be restored at the Department of Justice", and of course at the White House ! It is utterly important to the quality of American democracy.
Great story. Tight focus on the most worrying aspects of the Republican attempts to put their opponents in prison on trumped-up charges.
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