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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]
20 Jun 2017, 11:30 am
The six men sued three executive officials (then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, then-FBI Director Robert Mueller, and then-Commissioner of the U.S. [read post]
20 Jun 2017, 11:30 am
The six men sued three executive officials (then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, then-FBI Director Robert Mueller, and then-Commissioner of the U.S. [read post]
Opinion analysis: Justices throw out most claims against federal officials in post-September 11 case
19 Jun 2017, 6:03 pm
Abbasi (along with two other related cases) filed a lawsuit against a group of federal officials: former U.S. attorney general John Ashcroft, former FBI director Robert Mueller, and James Ziglar, a former commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the wardens at a detention center where the men were being held. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 3:02 pm
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft was among the defendants. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 12:05 pm
Attorney General John Ashcroft, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, and former Immigration Commissioner, James Ziglar, and two wardens at a federal jail in New York City. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 10:50 am
The men claimed that former US attorney general John Ashcroft, former FBI director Robert Mueller and a former Immigration and Naturalization... [read post]
15 Jun 2017, 2:28 pm
There is a long list of prominent Republicans in the audience, including former attorneys general Edwin Meese (under President Ronald Reagan) and John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales and Michael Mukasey (under President George W. [read post]
13 Jun 2017, 8:06 am
Attorney General John Ashcroft. [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]
26 May 2017, 1:15 pm
In 2003, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft first issued memos directing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges against people accused of federal drug crimes. [read post]
18 May 2017, 8:00 am
The new Justice Department policy was quick to cancel the Obama administration’s attempts to end harsh sentencing strategies and actually restores some of the language from a 2003 memo written by then Attorney General John Ashcroft. [read post]
17 Mar 2017, 4:22 am
So, too, was John Ashcroft informed by his conservatism in writing a memo 10 years earlier urging his prosecutors to charge the most serious provable offense. [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]
16 Feb 2017, 9:01 pm
It was the product of their new attorney general, John Ashcroft, who told Congress he wanted a “comprehensive, coordinated, Government-wide, aggressive, properly resourced, and sustained effort” to deal with “the problem of unauthorized disclosures. [read post]
20 Jan 2017, 11:38 am
" Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that "Supreme Court Appears Split on Whether Immigrants Captured in 9/11 Sweeps Can Sue Officials; Plaintiffs held in Brooklyn detention center under harsh conditions allege violations of constitutional rights by former Attorney General John Ashcroft, other government officials. [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 2:06 pm
Representing former U.S. attorney general John Ashcroft and former FBI director Robert Mueller, Gershengorn focused primarily on whether the detainees could hold the senior government officials individually liable in a federal lawsuit for damages for alleged violations of their constitutional rights – known as a “Bivens” remedy. [read post]
15 Jan 2017, 7:56 am
Plaintiffs in Abassi brought claims against two sets of defendants: senior level Justice Department officials, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft and former FBI director Robert Mueller; and wardens of the federal detention center in New York where the plaintiffs were held. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 10:30 am
The officials – former Attorney General John Ashcroft, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, and former INS Commissioner James Ziglar, along with Dennis Hasty and James Sherman, the wardens at the federal detention center where some detainees were held – now urge the Supreme Court to reverse that ruling and dismiss the claims against them, arguing that litigating the plaintiffs’ claims would entangle courts in questions… [read post]
14 Oct 2016, 3:53 am
At The Christian Science Monitor, Steven Porter reports on the court’s decision this week to review cases stemming from lawsuits against high-level government officials, including former attorney general John Ashcroft, challenging detentions in the wake of the September 11 attacks, noting that this “marks the third time the high court has intervened in lawsuits against Mr. [read post]
