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Attorney General Mukasey

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Last night, I attended the annual dinner of the Federalist Society, where the guest speaker was Attorney General Michael Mukasey. Mr. Mukasey gave a strong speech defending the Bush Administration's success in defending the nation from further terror attacks. He rebuked critics who attacked the administration's programs as violating the rule of law even while the critiques were completed devoid of any legal analysis. Finally, he attacked as irresponsible the calls by some members of Congress for criminal prosecution of DoJ lawyers who had simply given their best advice on what was and was not lawful at a time of national crisis. As he was winding up, his voice began to break up. Most of us thought he was simply getting choked up at the thought of dedicated people in his department being threatened in this irresponsible way...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).