{"id":3831,"date":"2007-10-18T10:02:35","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T16:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2017-05-21T03:34:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T09:34:50","slug":"mukaseys-testimony-raises-questions-about-torture-spy-powers-and-contempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/mukaseys-testimony-raises-questions-about-torture-spy-powers-and-contempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Mukasey&#8217;s Testimony Raises Questions about Torture, Spy Powers, and Contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/nw_mukasey_092107.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/nw_mukasey_092107.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t<\/p>\n<p>During his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, Judge Michael Mukasey, President Bush&#8217;s nominee for attorney general, dodged controversial questions related to the CIA&#8217;s use of torture and the federal government&#8217;s domestic surveillance program.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats in the Senate did not prod Mukasey for detailed answers.<\/p>\n<p>Mukasey received strong support from powerful Democrats and made statements that set him apart from his combative and controversial predecessor, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the hearing, Mukasey returned to his notion of the attorney general as an agent for the Constitution, not a pawn of the administration. &#8220;Legal decisions and the progress of cases are decided by facts and law, not by interests and motives,&#8221; said Mukasey in his opening statement. Under questioning by Sen. Arlen Spector (D-Pennsylvania), Mukasey later added that, should the president flout his advice and violate the Constitution, he would be prepared to resign his position. &#8220;I would have two choices,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I would either try to talk him out of it, or I would leave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080515060701\/http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/docs_2006\/101807J.shtml\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t During his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, Judge Michael Mukasey, President Bush&#8217;s nominee for attorney general, dodged controversial questions related to the CIA&#8217;s use of torture and the federal government&#8217;s domestic surveillance program. 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