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The Dog Days of Summer and Executive Privilege

Posted on August 7, 2008 by murrayw

Late last week, a Federal District Court Judge had scathing words for the Bush administration for claiming executive privilege for refusing to allow former senior White House aides to testify before Congress about the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. Judge … Continue reading →

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Special prosecutor a possibility as U.S. attorney and DOJ politicization probes reach into the White House?

Posted on August 7, 2008 by murrayw

I have two new stories on the Huffington Post– one this evening and one from yesterday– about the various investigations being conducted within the Department of Justice of the firings of nine U.S. attorneys and the politicization of the Department. … Continue reading →

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Baseball: The Red Sox unloading Manny Ramirez?

Posted on July 30, 2008 by murrayw

Manny Ramirez going to the Florida Marlins?; if the trade is made the Red Sox will get Jason Bay. If he replaces Ramirez, Bay will bring speed, defense, a better than average arm, and youth (he’s 29) to the Sox. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Nite reads

Posted on July 27, 2008 by murrayw

Will our acting president (Frank Rich calls him that) become our permanent one (Tom Edsall wonders)? Read this NYT article on dermatologists. Not because it is all that interesting, but what is going on with dermatologists may unfortunately be a … Continue reading →

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Mike Mukasey’s tenure as Attorney General is reviewed by the New York Times…

Posted on July 22, 2008 by murrayw

And their reviews are not all that good. First some excerpts: When President Bush tapped Michael B. Mukasey to lead the scandal-plagued Justice Department nine months ago, Senator Charles E. Schumer could not say enough good things about his fellow … Continue reading →

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Kate Voegle: “Fooling Myself”

Posted on July 22, 2008 by murrayw
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President Bush asserts executive privilege rather than turn over Cheney’s FBI interview regarding Valerie Plame

Posted on July 16, 2008 by murrayw

President Bush today asserted executive privilege rather than turn over to Congress the FBI interview of Vice President Cheney as to what he knew about the leaking by his Cheney’s own chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby and other … Continue reading →

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Rep. John Lewis faces first primary challenge in decades tomorrow morning…

Posted on July 14, 2008 by murrayw

John Lewis, the legendary civil right leader, is facing his first serious primary challenge in the morning. Extraordinary that nobody has really payed much attention to this. Aside from the primary challenge, that Lewis is facing a challenge at all … Continue reading →

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District Attorney subpoenas blog, but won’t say why

Posted on July 14, 2008 by murrayw

This is bone chilling: There is no better way to get a blogger talking than by telling him what he cannot publish — although you might forgive a government prosecutor for thinking otherwise. A grand jury subpoena sent by prosecutors … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 13, 2008 by murrayw
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