[Video] Impeach Protest, University of Arkansas

Ariane DeVogue, ABC News For the first time, Attorney General Michael Mukasey has addressed the issue of whether waterboarding — an interrogation technique that simulates drowning — is illegal. He says that there are some circumstances where current law “would appear clearly to prohibit the use of the technique.”  But in a letter to Democratic…

Associated Press President Bush invoked executive privilege Monday to deny requests by Congress for testimony from two former aides about the firings of federal prosecutors. The White House, however, did offer again to make former counsel Harriet Miers and one-time political director Sara Taylor available for private, off-the-record interviews. In a letter to the heads…

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By Spencer Ackerman, TPMMuckraker Get ready for more revelations about the extent of the National Security Agency’s post-9/11 warrantless surveillance program. Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff reports that the Senate Judiciary Committee is going to hear testimony from Jack Goldsmith, the former head of Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, a key ally in James Comey’s efforts…