Senator Reveals Secret Bush Legal Opinions Posted: 12 months ago by dollyllama
Whitehouse said that as a member of the Intelligence Committee, he had examined "highly classified secret legal opinions" issued by the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, which the administration used to get legal support of its surveillance program.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 91 [+].

  comments (1) 
Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy? Posted: 2 years ago by indierockcafe
Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 39 [+].

Justice Dept. Probes Torture Memo Legality Posted: 7 months ago by dollyllama
"The abject failure of legal scholarship in the Office of Legal Counsel's analysis of torture suggests that what mattered was not that the reasoning was sound, or that the research was comprehensive, but that it delivered what the Bush administration wanted," Whitehouse said.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 129 [+].

Bush Spy Bill Stance Called Fear-Mongering Posted: 9 months ago by dollyllama
The administration admitted that the sweeping domestic surveillance originated in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. However, declassified documents obtained by the National Security Archive and testimony that is part of these lawsuits suggest the National Security Agency program was put into place shortly after Mr. Bush was inaugurated, long before 9/11.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 234 [+].

Cheney's chief of staff subpoenaed Posted: 7 months ago by dollyllama
In a May 1 letter to the Judiciary Committee, Cheney legal adviser Kathryn Wheelbarger said Addington would agree to be subpoenaed if the committee limits questions to his "personal knowledge of key historical facts" and avoids questions about Cheney's discussions with President Bush.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 272 [+].

New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings Posted: 2 years ago by indierockcafe
Just breaking, MTB has obtained excerpts from the leaked emails suggesting the WHite House targeted federal attorneys for firing because they were not "Bush loyalists"
Another Bush administration scandal, lies and cover-ups.

This update provides access to the actual email and may be the first place on the Internet to find it.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 63 [+].

Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''

Or something like that.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 41 [+].

Memo: Bush's power trumps laws on torture Posted: 8 months ago by dollyllama
"It is no wonder that this memo ... could not withstand scrutiny and had to be withdrawn," said Leahy, D-Vermont. "This memo seeks to find ways to avoid legal restrictions and accountability on torture and threatens our country's status as a beacon of human rights around the world."
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 106 [+].

Legal aid for whistle-blower site Posted: 9 months ago by keroberos32
Whistle-blowing site Wikileaks is getting legal help to fight an attempt to keep it offline.

An update to this by 2manyusernames
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 189 [+].

Lawyer who knifed wife to death is let out to work at legal centre Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A wealthy lawyer who stabbed his wife to death is spending his jail term handing out advice at a legal centre.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 60 [+].

FBI: No Need To Curb Domestic Surveillance Posted: 7 months ago by dollyllama
"Some of us think that 'checks and balances' means that you check with another branch of government," Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., said during the hearing. "All these (Department of Justice) employees are checking and balancing themselves."
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 219 [+].

U.S. Ends Protection for Wolves in 3 States Posted: 9 months ago by mahler87
The Bush administration on Thursday announced an end to federal protection for gray wolves in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, concluding that the wolves were reproductively robust enough to survive.

EDIT: When I first saw this article I thought it said "gay" wolves. Gray wolves are just not that interesting. My bad.
Comments: 15 Score: [-] 325 [+].

Special Counsel's Office Raided By FBI Posted: 7 months ago by dollyllama
Whistle-blower groups demanded that Bloch follow suit, and called on the White House to secure his resignation immediately. White House spokesman Tony Fratto declined comment.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 227 [+].

Senate bows to Bush, approves surveillance bill Posted: 4 months ago by bingo
WASHINGTON - Bowing to President Bush's demands, the Senate approved and sent the White House a bill Wednesday to overhaul bitterly disputed rules on secret government eavesdropping and shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits complaining they helped the U.S. spy on Americans.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 71 [+].

White House delaying chemical tests Posted: 7 months ago by dollyllama
The administration’s decision to give the Defense Department and other agencies an early role in the process adds to years of delay in acting on harmful chemicals and jeopardizes the program’s credibility, the Government Accountability Office concluded.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 91 [+].

Official fined for leaving secret files on train Posted: 3 weeks ago by aclister
A senior civil servant who left secret intelligence files relating to Iraq and al Qaeda on a train was fined 2,500 pounds on Tuesday.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 84 [+].

Qtrax - The future of music downloads is free and legal Posted: 10 months ago by Pocksucket
Due to launch later today, Qtrax signifies that the music business is finally coming to accept the reality of free music downloads.

Instead of charging you for the music, Qtrax will feed you adverts while you download, but without spyware or any other malicious software required (at least they claim).

What makes this really significant is that it has the backing of the major labels and they are claiming to have a catalogue of 25 million tracks by major artists available.
Comments: 12 Score: [-] 261 [+].

Copying HD DVD and Blu-ray discs may become legal Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they’ve purchased, a concession by the movie industry that may quell criticism that DRM (digital rights management) technologies are too restrictive.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 64 [+].

Treehuggers lose legal fight to solar-powered neighbour Posted: 9 months ago by topofall
Not F*****a but that other place!
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 171 [+].

Intelligence report too secret to release Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A government report on the growing use of contractors by U.S. intelligence agencies is too secret to be released.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 41 [+].

Legal Jobs, Legal Career, Legal Employment, Paralegal Jobs, Law Jobs, Corporate Counsel Jobs Posted: 1 year ago by seogenius
A Largest Legal Jobs Site In The World Providing Legal Job And Career, Legal Employment, Paralegal Jobs, Law Jobs, Legal Career, Corporate Counsel Jobs Search, Corporate Counsel, Legal Employment Search, Paralegal Job, Law Job, Corporate Counsel Jobs, Law Firm Jobs, Legal Career Counsel Jobs, Corporate Counsel Legal Jobs, Legal And Paralegal Employment.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] -73 [+].