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19 May 2009, 6:50 am
[Legal Intelligencer] * SCOTUS dismissed the lawsuit that sought to punish top Bush officials, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft, for detaining Muslims that were not involved in 9-11. [read post]
26 Mar 2010, 6:07 pm
Attorney General John Ashcroft, alleging that they engaged in a discriminatory policy by targeting him as a person “of high interest” in the investigation of the September 11 terrorist attacks solely because of his race, religion, and/or national origin. [read post]
13 Apr 2018, 9:30 am
After Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself from the matter, Comey appointed Fitzgerald, then the United States attorney for the northern district of Illinois—giving him “plenary” authority to investigate crimes committed in connect with the release of the classified information, “as well as federal crimes committed in the course of, and with intent to interfere with, your investigation. [read post]
13 Apr 2018, 9:30 am
After Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself from the matter, Comey appointed Fitzgerald, then the United States attorney for the northern district of Illinois—giving him “plenary” authority to investigate crimes committed in connect with the release of the classified information, “as well as federal crimes committed in the course of, and with intent to interfere with, your investigation. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 1:12 pm
As recounted by Politico in January, Bush's first attorney general, John Ashcroft, expanded the number of White House officials permitted to contact the Justice Department on non-national security members from four to 417; his second attorney general, Alberto Gonzalez, further increased the number to 895 (according to findings by Senate Judiciary Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse, a former U.S. attorney). [read post]
19 May 2007, 6:42 am
"I'd rather trade places with Jose Padilla," jokes Viet Dinh, a former senior Justice official under then-Attorney General John Ashcroft. [read post]
9 Sep 2007, 7:51 pm
Jack Goldsmith, former head of the Office of Legal Counsel, US Justice Department: From YouTube: "In these two excerpts from Bill Moyers Journal, Jack Goldsmith, former head the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department, gives an insider's view of advising the President on the limits of executive power during the war on terror.In the second excerpt, Goldsmith recounts what he calls "the most amazing scene I'd ever witnessed"-the night then White… [read post]
9 Sep 2007, 7:51 pm
Jack Goldsmith, former head of the Office of Legal Counsel, US Justice Department: From YouTube: "In these two excerpts from Bill Moyers Journal, Jack Goldsmith, former head the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department, gives an insider's view of advising the President on the limits of executive power during the war on terror.In the second excerpt, Goldsmith recounts what he calls "the most amazing scene I'd ever witnessed"-the night then White… [read post]
29 Jun 2017, 7:29 am
Those named as defendants included former attorney general John Ashcroft, former FBI director (and current special counsel) Robert Mueller and former Immigration and Naturalization Services commissioner James Ziglar. [read post]
5 Nov 2007, 5:00 am
Update: the letters in response (including one from Sen Russ Feingold) are not letting him get away with his game — Wiretapping and the Telecoms — pdf To the Editor Re "Uncle Sam on the Line" (Op-Ed, Nov. 5): Former Attorney General John Ashcroft leaves out a crucial point when he argues that telecommunications companies that allegedly cooperated with the administration's warrantless wiretapping program should be… [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 3:29 pm
Issue: Whether current and former federal officials, including FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft, are entitled to qualified immunity against allegations they knew of or condoned racial and religious discrimination against individuals detained in the wake of the September 11 attacks. [read post]
16 Jun 2018, 8:15 am
Rushing to Attorney General John Ashcroft’s bedside to fortify Ashcroft’s resolve, Comey displayed a determination to take difficult actions to safeguard what he on that occasion rightly perceived as the integrity of the legal system. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 3:48 pm
We’ve written before about Terwilliger, who was a former No. 2 at the Justice Department during the Bush I administration (he also briefly served as acting attorney general). [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 3:02 pm
Iqbal, whether the Second Circuit erred in allowing a Bivens suit to proceed against FBI Director Robert Mueller, former Attorney General John Ashcroft and various prison officials over alleged detainee discrimination after September 11, 2001. [read post]
12 Jun 2017, 9:40 am
Qatar has hired former Attorney General John Ashcroft and his law firm to lobby the U.S. government and evaluate its anti-terrorism financing efforts, according to the AP. [read post]
20 Feb 2008, 7:41 am
Locy and independent journalism pay the price for former Attorney General John Ashcroft’s reckless statement in 2002 that Dr. [read post]
17 May 2007, 9:01 am
Yesterday, the WSJ’s Jess Bravin noted that former deputy AG Jim Comey, in his Senate testimony on Wednesday, said that Philbin was with him in Attorney General John Ashcroft’s hospital room when the dramatic confrontation occurred over the legality of the White House’s wiretapping policies (click here for background). [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 5:38 am
Arar sued former United States Attorney General John Ashcroft; former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge; Robert Mueller, Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and others in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. [read post]
20 May 2009, 1:31 am
The ruling dismissed a complaint filed by a Pakistani Muslim against former Attorney General John Ashcroft seeking to hold Ashcroft liable for policies that led to the roundup of aliens following Sept. 11, 2001. [read post]
31 May 2011, 8:29 am
At issue in the case was whether former Attorney General John Ashcroft is immune from a suit alleging that he used the federal material witness statute as a pretext to investigate and preventatively detain terrorism suspects in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001. [read post]
