Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. April 7, 2009. Reversing this internal mindset of "ends justifies the means" will not be easy after years of it being shoved into place.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 6, 2009. In cases involving torture, rendition and Bush's 'lost' emails, Obama lawyers are making the same arguments as Bush's.
Stuart Whatley, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 4, 2009. A deal has been reached whereby Karl Rove will finally testify, under oath, before the House Judiciary Committee.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. February 19, 2009. As the first African American leading the DOJ, Holder called for a national dialogue on race -- something the U.S. has generally avoided.
J. Gerald Hebert, Campaign Legal Center. February 10, 2009. This is the latest sign that there are skewed law enforcement priorities within the Justice Department.
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. January 15, 2009. "We prosecuted our own soldiers for using it in Vietnam. I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, waterboarding is torture."
bmaz, Firedoglake AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. January 3, 2009. The Bush Basement Sale is on for another eighteen days, step right up and get yer bargains!
Staff, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 18, 2008. Eric Holder, a Clinton-ite, is in place to be the first African-American attorney general, Newsweek reports.
Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 24, 2008. Joint report finds massive political interference, misconduct, destruction of DOJ records.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 24, 2008. The Bush Administration won't let the facts get in the way in its desperate attempts to convict six men on terrorism charges.
Charlie Cray, Huffington Post. April 11, 2008. Why is Congress poised to pass a new bill that could make it almost impossible for the feds to get at these culprits?
National Lawyers Guild, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 7, 2008. Sami Al-Arian proved his innocence in a court of law. He should not be in prison.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 25, 2008. The Bush Administration nominates one of its favorite pro-torture lawyers for a top DOJ post. Again.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. December 13, 2007. The Justice Department and other GOP partisans argue states can adopt new barriers to voting to combat imagined threats to elections.
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. November 16, 2007. Every day, new revelations emerge in the mounting scandal rocking the Bush Administration and the mercenary company.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 22, 2007. Civil rights attorneys say the DOJ has turned away from suing on behalf of minority voters that tend to support Democrats.
Charlie Cray, Huffington Post. October 4, 2007. The Blackwater case fits perfectly into the broader pattern of the administration's almost total failure to enforce the law against corporations.
