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18 Oct 2010, 1:24 pm
" Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft appeal of US Muslim's detention; A lower court has allowed a suit by an American Muslim, detained without charge in 2003 as a suspected material witness, to proceed against former Attorney General John Ashcroft; The Supreme Court says it will consider Ashcroft's appeal. [read post]
20 Oct 2010, 7:33 am
Writing for AOL Politics Daily, Andrew Cohen predicts that the Court is likely to rule in favor of former Attorney General John Ashcroft in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, explaining that he doesn’t “think the Court would have accepted the review if it wanted to endorse the 9th Circuit’s view and allow former executive branch officials to face trial — even in the stark circumstances presented by al-Kidd and his lawyers. [read post]
26 Jul 2007, 3:19 pm
FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress Thursday that the Intensive Care Showdown at then-Attorney General John Ashcroft's bedside did involve the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program and that he shared Justice Department officials' reservations about the program, confirming former Deputy Attorney General James Comey's damning testimony and increasing… [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 5:05 pm
"Former Attorney General John Ashcroft answers questions about his role in the drafting of detainee interrogation rules utilized at Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
11 Nov 2004, 3:02 am
[JURIST] Reaction to President Bush's nomination of White House Counsel, and former Texas Supreme Court Judge, Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as US Attorney General has been mixed, with most of the criticism citing Gonzales' role in setting administration policy on detaining and questioning people captured in the fight against terrorism. [read post]
12 Mar 2004, 12:36 am
Read their letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft here [PDF; via Talking Points Memo]. [read post]
5 Sep 2009, 5:58 am
"Ashcroft can be sued over arrests, appeals court rules; A 9th Circuit panel says the ex-attorney general violated the rights of citizens held as material witnesses without cause after 9/11; Rights advocates praise the ruling in Abdullah Kidd's case": Carol J. [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 9:59 am
Vice President Dick Cheney blocked the promotion of a Justice Department lawyer in retaliation for his role in a review of a government surveillance program that led to the Intensive Care Unit Showdown, where then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and Chief of Staff Andrew Card attempted to persuade a post-op John Ashcroft to give legal cover to the government's secret domestic spying program, according to written answers provided to Congress by former Deputy… [read post]
15 May 2007, 1:33 pm
Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. [read post]
23 Mar 2008, 11:40 am
But former AG’s John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales didn’t do it. [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]
5 Nov 2007, 2:15 pm
In an op-ed in the New York Times on November 5, ("Uncle Sam on the Line"), former Attorney General John Ashcroft offers a seemingly reasonable case for Congress to grant immunity to the major telecommunications carriers accused of cooperating in allegedly unlawful government surveillance programs. [read post]
16 May 2007, 10:03 am
Politics TV has the video of James Comey's testimony yesterday about his rush to the hospital to pre-empt Alberto Gonzales and Andy Card's attempt to get former Attorney General John Ashcroft to sign off on the extension of the warrantless NSA wiretap program. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 11:29 am
Attorney General Eric Holder are followed by a panel discussion that included John Ashcroft, '67, former U.S. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 7:46 pm
The officials are former Solicitor General Paul Clement and David Ayres, one-time chief of staff to former Attorney General John Ashcroft. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 8:57 am
In his memorandum of March 19, 2009 to heads of executive departments and agencies, Attorney General Holder rescinds former U.S. [read post]
23 May 2009, 4:05 am
The Ashcroft case was about whether a Pakistani citizen could maintain a civil action against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and former FBI Director Robert Mueller for violation of the plaintiff's civil rights in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 4:40 pm
The 9th Circuit has ruled that John Ashcroft, former Attorney General, can be sued for post 9/11 detention abuses. [read post]
18 May 2009, 7:37 am
The lawsuit, the Court ruled, did not cite specific enough factual grounds for a claim of intentional bias by former Attorney General John D. [read post]
22 Dec 2020, 7:12 pm
This commutation is supported by former Attorneys General Edwin Meese and Michael Mukasey, as well as former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson. [read post]
