On AlterNet: john ashcroft
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "john ashcroft"
Willam Fisher, IPS News. September 8, 2009.
A federal appeals court has ruled that Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of Abdullah Al-Kidd.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Politics. August 21, 2009.
"Wire me up," Mr. Ridge said, according to a book by New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau. "Not a chance."
tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. July 21, 2009.
These people are seriously demented, un-Democratic, and fanatical. Most importantly, they are in positions of great power.
David Swanson, After Downing Street AlterNet: PEEK. June 29, 2009.
People like John Rizzo and John Fredman should not be working for our government. They should be impeached. They should be prosecuted.
David Murdock, American News Project AlterNet: Video. April 29, 2009.
How did Jay Bybee breeze through a confirmation hearing for his appointment to the Federal Appeals Court in February 2003?
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 18, 2009.
The man who blew the lid off Bush's spying program believes more details on government spying must, and will, come to light.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. March 30, 2009.
The trial and imprisonment of the university professor has been capricious, inept and overtly racist every step of the way.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. March 25, 2009.
As a condition for his release, the U.S. government told Binyam Mohamed to plead guilty, deny torture, and not to talk to media.
Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. February 24, 2009.
We need a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute criminal lawyers like John Yoo who gave Bush et al legal cover.
Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor. December 10, 2008.
The justices will decide whether senior Bush administration officials were responsible for detainee mistreatment after 9/11.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 2, 2008.
As a new special prosecutor is assigned to probe the firings, stunning details emerge -- including Alberto Gonzales's fake notes.
Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. September 23, 2008.
A new book delves into the secret history of the vice presidency, revealing Cheney as "the father of the warrantless domestic surveillance program."
Willam Fisher, IPS News. August 18, 2008.
Among the defendants in the lawsuit by extraordinary rendition Maher Arar are John Ashcroft, Tom Ridge, and Robert Mueller.
Laura Flanders, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. July 22, 2008.
Who will hold the architects of the war on terror accountable?
Jeremy Brecher, Brendan Smith, The Nation. July 19, 2008.
Why we can't let the Bush Administration get away with its crimes.
Ali Gharib, IPS News. July 3, 2008.
Years after he was found not guilty in a federal court, the Bush administration is keeping a Palestinian university professor jailed, in legal limbo.
Center for Constitutional RightsJuly 1, 2008.
Citing national security, a federal court rules that Maher Arar, who was kidnapped at JFK and sent to Syria by the U.S., had no due process rights.
Art Brodsky, Huffington Post. June 25, 2008.
The Democrats' capitulation on FISA is a triumph of Congressional self-importance over the guardianship of our Constitutional rights.
Marjorie Cohn, Jurist Legal News and Research. May 13, 2008.
It's not just administration officials who should be targeted for sanctioning torture. The lawyers who advised them should be prosecuted too.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 14, 2008.
The New York Times reports that the former attorney general can't find a job. That should be the least of his problems.
Brian Beutler, Media Consortium. August 17, 2007.
Documents provided by FBI Director Robert Mueller strengthen the case that Alberto Gonzales perjured himself before the Senate Judiciary committee.
