Michael Roston, rawstory.com Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) kicked off this morning’s hearing with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales by warning that the Justice Department faced “a crisis of leadership perhaps unrivaled in its 137 year history,” and warned of “Katrina-style cronyism” in the Department’s hiring practices. The Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman warned of politicization in the…
LegalTimes.com Daniel Metcalfe Says ‘Nothing Compares to the Past Two Years’ By Tony Mauro Legal Times April 16, 2007 Since the day he arrived at the Department of Justice in February 2005, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has “shattered” the department’s tradition of independence and politicized its operation more than any other attorney general in more…
Raw Story Conservative economist Bruce Bartlett accused President Bush of “bankrupting” America and betraying the Reagan legacy in an interview on PBS’s Tavis Smiley Show on Tuesday. A domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan and a treasury official under President George H.W. Bush, Bartlett assailed Bush’s “big government conservatism” and said he was surprised…
Michael Roston, rawstory.com style=”height: 100px” height=”100″ alt=”condi_rice.jpg” height=”96″ alt=”monicagoodling.jpg”Democratic leaders of two House committees decided late on Tuesday to postpone major moves in their investigations of top Bush administration officials, which had been expected early this Wednesday. The House Judiciary Committee decided to delay a decision this morning on immunizing Monica Goodling, a former top…
