Bush Era

Rove coached Justice staff before key hearing

Michael Rolston, rawstory.com Top White House political adviser Karl Rove coached a Justice Department staff member before he testified to a Congressional commitee in March, according to a report in Newsweek. Some investigators reportedly believe […]

Bush Era

New Signs Point to the White House

By Dan Froomkin, washingtonpost.com Yesterday brought considerably more evidence of direct White House involvement in the overt politicization of the Justice Department — not only in terms of purging U.S. attorneys who may have been […]

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Gitmo Lawyers Push Back

By William Fisher, t r u t h o u t A Justice Department proposal to limit lawyers’ access to the nearly 400 detainees at Guantanamo Bay is drawing sharp criticism from much of the […]