Democrats Won’t Block Hearing for Gonzales Successor: Back away from fight with WH
Senator Patrick Leahy, the Democratic Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said that Mukasey would commit to an administrative rule to ensure that only the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General, not U.S. Attorneys or other Justice employees, could respond to inquiries from politicians regarding outstanding cases, and that any other employee who discusses cases "with somebody outside, whether from the White House or members of Congress or something else like that, they will be fired"; this concession sought to avoid problems that arose during the controversy over the dismissal of U.S. Attorneys under the previous Attorney General's tenure.
Expose´ on Bush A.G. nominee The line in Attorney General nominee Michael B. Mukasey’s resume´ that has meant the most to the media is his experience presiding over the 1995 terrorism trial of the blind Sheikh. Peter Lance, in an exclusive two part report for rawstory.com sheds new light on a little known incident during the trial when the Judge helped minimize the significance of al Qaeda spy and FBI informant Ali Mohamed . PART ONE PART TWO
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