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16 Jun 2008, 2:16 pm
The case grows out of a lawsuit against former Attorney General John D. [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 1:44 pm
Iqbal, et al. (07-1015), where the Second Circuit allowed 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 (filings available here). [read post]
9 Jun 2008, 8:01 pm
Following deportation to his native Pakistan, Iqbal filed a federal suit against not only prison officials but FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroftâ€â [read post]
6 Jun 2008, 3:41 pm
As Lyle previously discussed, the Court will consider a government request to overturn a Second Circuit decision that declined to dismiss a suit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller, whom the plaintiff alleges personally condoned plans to isolate all Arab and Muslim immigrants arrested near New York City in the wake of 9/11 in the maximum security wing of a Brooklyn prison. [read post]
28 May 2008, 11:21 am
Iqbal 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]
28 Apr 2008, 5:37 pm
[JURIST] US House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) [official website] Monday threatened to seek subpoenas [materials] to compel three current and former administration officials, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft [official profile], to testify about a recently released Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel memorandum [text; JURIST report] that advised the US [read post]
24 Apr 2008, 1:00 pm
Questionable judgment about and excessive devotion to blindly loyal subordinates One of the key complaints that I've heard about the Bush Administration is that it made mistakes in appointing people like former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Attorney General John Ashcroft, and of course, Vice President Dick Cheney. [read post]
24 Apr 2008, 12:42 pm
Earlier this week, Think Progress reported on former Attorney General John Ashcroft's comment about torture in a speech he gave Monday at St. [read post]
18 Apr 2008, 11:14 am
Although such agreements have become increasingly common, the process pursuant to which monitors are selected has recently drawn scrutiny in the wake of a no-bid, multi-million dollar monitoring contract awarded to the consulting firm of former Attorney General John Ashcroft, which was selected for the assignment by a former colleague of Mr. [read post]
11 Apr 2008, 10:14 am
Attending the sessions were Cheney, then-Bush aides Attorney General John Ashcroft, Secretary of State Colin Powell, CIA Director George Tenet and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 3:05 pm
At the time, the Principals Committee included Vice President Cheney, former National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell, as well as CIA Director George Tenet and Attorney General John Ashcroft. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 3:15 pm
John Ashcroft, it appears, repeatedly signed off on the legality of the techniques but was squeamish about going into details, arguing "that senior White House advisers should not be involved in the grim details of interrogations. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 10:46 am
The ACLU is in appeals court in Seattle today, arguing that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for the wrongful arrest and detention of Abdullah al-Kidd. [read post]
31 Mar 2008, 8:20 am
[SCOTUSblog] * A look back at the inception of the NSA's warrantless wiretapping: Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson wouldn't sign off on the requests, so they had to be rerouted to AG Ashcroft. [read post]
23 Mar 2008, 11:40 am
But former AG’s John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales didn’t do it. [read post]
12 Mar 2008, 11:56 am
Attorney General. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 11:41 am
That’s the question that came to mind while reading this morning’s reports that the DOJ — in advance of today’s testimony by former AG John Ashcroft regarding the circumstances of a lucrative, no-bid monitoring contract awarded him by New Jersey U.S. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 6:41 am
District Judge Reggie Walton requires Locy - not her former employer or others - to pay the fines as long as she refuses to identify her sources. 'This court appreciates the importance of the media's ability to freely report the news in a democratic society like the United States,' Walton said. 'But just as the First Amendment is a fundamental component of the American system, so too is the rule of law.' "
"Hatfill, publicly… [read post]
27 Feb 2008, 2:42 am
The controversy over the appointment of monitors under deferred prosecution agreements will be the subject of a hearing on Capitol Hill, and former Attorney General John Ashcroft has agreed to testify at the proceeding. [read post]
26 Feb 2008, 6:03 am
The prime example involved former Attorney General John Ashcroft, who stands to earn up to $52 million for the "monitoring" gig. [read post]
