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Yet another Justice Department rationale for torture
2008-04-30 06:03:00 by Stephen Soldz The Sunday New York Times brings new revelations of the Bush administrations ever-evolving legal rationale for torture. Like the hydra, lopping off one legal argument only leads to another. The only thing that remains constant is that the administration can do whatever it wants to those in CIA custody. Todays revelation is of a set of letters between Senator Wyden and the Department of Justice on the legal basis for the CIAs enhanced interrogation, aka torture, program. The letters seek to clarify the reasoning and impact of President Bushs executive order last summer that reauthorized CIA torture. Sandy Levinson at Balkinization explains why the reasoning in the letters will justify virtually any torturous action. Levinson starts by quoting from the Times article: In one letter written Sept. 27, 2007, Mr. Benczkowski [a deputy assistant Attorney General] argued that to rise to the level of an outrage and thus be prohibited un...
Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility Investigat
2008-04-19 19:00:00 By- Suzie-Q @ 10:00 AM MST Internal Justice Dept. Investigation Includes Yoo Torture Memo By Paul Kiel - April 18, 2008, 5:00PM Just how bad were John Yoo’s now-infamous torture memos? After numerous calls from Congress for the DoJ to get digging, the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility told Congress in February that it is busy investigating Yoo’s infamous August, 2002 torture memo. That one, signed by then Office of Legal Counsel chief Jay Bybee, limited the definition of torture to physical pain “equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death.” It was the administration’s so-called “golden shield” which permitted the CIA to use its most aggressive interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding. And then in March of 2003 came Yoo’s memo broadly authorizing the use of torture by military interrogators on unl...
By: Suzie-Q
JAL to pay 11.1 billion yen in fines to U.S. Justice Department over air ca
2008-04-18 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}WASHINGTON -- Japan Airlines (JAL) has agreed to pay approximately 11.1 billion yen in fines to the U.S. Department of Justice for forming an illegal air cargo cartel with rival companies, department officials said.JAL has admitted to the allegations. "We've fully cooperated with authorities in their investigations. We concluded that we should comply with the order after considering the relevant legislation and the facts. The incident is indeed regrettable and we a ...
[Scary] Justice Department says it is too busy fighting The War on Terror t
2008-04-08 22:05:00 Washington Post
Political Prisoner Released
2008-03-28 02:56:00 Remember this: Karl Rove had several of his political operatives placed in judicial positions - US Attorneys, Judges etc.They prosecuted Democrats on drummed up charges - made them political prisoners.One of the most obvious victims was Don Siegelman.But we have the beginning of a happy ending:Siegelman to be released from prison MONTGOMERY -- A federal appellate court today ordered former Gov. Don Siegelman released from prison while he appeals his 2006 conviction, but denied co-defendant Richard Scrushy's request to be released.[.....]The judges wrote that Siegelman met both requirements for an appeal bond: He is not a flight risk and his appeal raises a substantial question of law or fact likely to result in reversal or an order for a new trial."After thorough review of this complex and protracted record, we conclude Siegelman has satisfied the criteria set out in the statute, and has specifically met his burden of showing that his appeal raises substantial questions of law or f...
XM-Sirius Gains Approved from Justice Department
2008-03-25 02:36:00 The Justice Department announced approval for the XM Satellite and Sirius Monday. The proposed $5 billion merger still has to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission who is lingering concerns that the merger would create a monopoly in satellite radio. It has now been over a year since the merger was first announced.
Justice Department OKs XM-Sirius merger
2008-03-24 20:34:00 NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The U.S. Justice Department approved the merger between satellite radio companies Sirius and XM Monday, more than a year after the two companies first announced their deal.
By: Get rich
Quotabull
2008-03-14 22:40:00 Does this mean Spitzer’s been a Republican all this time? ? heard in the hallway outside my office. Message to Gov. Eliot Spitzer: I wanted to thank you for giving me the opportunity to define prostitution for my 11-year-old son. ? letter to the editor of The New York Times by Louise Hochberg of Great Neck, N.Y.; March 12. Only the lobbyists. ? New York Lt. Gov. David Paterson, when asked by the press “whether he, like [Eliot] Spitzer, had ever patronized a prostitute”; March 14. Why is his candidacy historic? Can you give me another reason why it is an historic campaign? Why are we afraid to say this? I am absolutely stunned by this whole thing. I?m not saying he isn?t qualified, never did I say that. He is very smart. He has experience issues, but if George Bush can learn to run the country, so can this guy. ? Geraldine A. Ferraro, unapologetic after resigning from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton?s campaign finance committee for citing Sen. Barack Obama?s race as the...
EFF sues Justice Department over Google privacy hire
2008-03-12 16:10:00 The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice seeking information about communications between a former top privacy official and Google, which eventually hired the official. At the time Jane Horvath was named as the Justice Department’s chief privacy and civil-liberties officer in February 2006, Google was challenging a subpoena by ...
Justice Department Investigating Blackwater
2008-03-03 08:31:00 The Justice Department is gathering testimony from Iraqi witnesses for a possible trial of Blackwater Worldwide security guards over a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead. FBI agents and Justice Department attorneys arrived in Baghdad last week in order to conduct interviews as part of an investigation into the truth ...
Congressional committee asks Justice Department to investigate Clemens (AP)
2008-02-27 19:06:00 Congress asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Roger Clemens “committed perjury and made knowingly false statements” to a House committee. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman and ranking Republican Tom Davis sent a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday. Read the full story.
By: MLB News Blog
Committee asks Justice Department to investigate Clemens (AP)
2008-02-27 18:44:00 Congress asked the Justice Department on Wednesday to investigate whether Roger Clemens made false statements to a House committee The chairman and ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said they sent a letter to Justice. “We believe that his testimony in a sworn deposition on Feb. Read the full story.
By: MLB News Blog
Bruce Fein of Reagan?s Justice Department Speaks Out About FISA, Abuse of P
2008-02-09 18:22:00 Nancy Pelosi may want impeachment off the table because it may implicate her as well. Bruce Fein, who served in the Justice Department, discusses the need for administration to return to the original FISA law, administrative abuse of power, checks and balances, and possible implications of Nancy Pelosi’s not wanting to pursue impeachment. The present FISA bill ...
By: What's Going On
[Obvious] Mukasey says the Justice Department cannot investigate waterboard
2008-02-09 16:29:00 Washington Post
Pro-gun crowd laments justice department`s move in Second Amendment case
2008-02-01 19:00:00 ?I was variously accused of being “negative” and “paranoid,” among other things, when I warned in this space some time ago that gun owners “should be careful what they wish for” in the Supreme Court`s upcoming ruling on Second Amendment rights,? writes Dave Henderson.
By: Gun News
Delving into Mitchell Report, Congress asks Justice Department to investiga
2008-01-15 17:16:00 Congress began its public examination of the Mitchell Report into baseball’s steroids era by calling Tuesday for the Justice Department to look into whether former AL MVP Miguel Tejada lied to committee staffers when questioned in connection to the Rafael Palmeiro perjury case in 2005. At a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in ...
By: MLB News Blog
Congress asks Justice Department to investigate Tejada (AP)
2008-01-15 15:48:00 Congress is asking the Justice Department to investigate whether former AL MVP Miguel Tejada lied to House committee staff when he was interviewed in 2005 in connection with the Rafael Palmeiro steroids case. House Oversight and Government Committee chairman Henry Waxman opened Tuesday’s hearing into the Mitchell Report about drug use in baseball by announcing ...
By: MLB News Blog
Congress asking Justice Department to investigate Tejada (AP)
2008-01-15 15:34:00 Congress is asking the Justice Department to investigate whether former AL MVP Miguel Tejada lied in 2005 to committee staff when he was interviewed in connection with the Rafael Palmeiro steroids case, The Associated Press learned Tuesday. House Oversight and Government Committee chairman Henry Waxman and ranking minority member Tom Davis were sending a letter ...
By: MLB News Blog
Justice Department has "No Comment" on Halliburton/KBR Rape Case
2008-01-09 15:12:00 Jamie Leigh Jones has had no justice since alleging rape by her Halliburton-KBR co-workers. She says Army doctors turned the results of her "rape kit" to Halliburton-KBR security officials in Baghdad. Not surprisingly, the evidence disappeared. There have been many alleged rapes in a Halliburton-KBR atmosphere of "rampant sexual harassment", but only Jones has had the courage to go public to force an investigation. AlterNet Last month, after ABC News reported that former Halliburton/KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones had been gang-raped by her co-workers while working in Baghdad, multiple lawmakers -- including Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) -- pressed the Bush administration to reveal the state of the case and to explain how an earlier investigation "had not resulted in any prosecution." The Bush administration has been anything but cooperative. Both the State and Justice departments refused to give Poe "answers on the status" of the inv...
Witch Hunt: Mukasey Orders Criminal Probe Over CIA Tapes
2008-01-02 23:37:00 Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed an outside prosecutor Wednesday to lead a criminal investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes. “The Department’s National Security Division has recommended, and I have concluded, that there is a basis for initiating a criminal investigation of this matter, and I have taken steps to begin that investigation,” Mukasey said ...
By: The Hot Joints
Justice Department: ‘Back Off’ on CIA Tapes
2007-12-17 16:55:00 newsweek:Â The controversy over destroyed CIA interrogation tapes is shaping up as a turf battle involving the courts, Congress and the White House, with the Bush administration telling its constitutional coequals to stay out of the investigation. The Justice Department says it needs time and the freedom to probe the destruction of hundreds of hours of recordings of two suspected terrorists. After Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused congressional demands for information Friday, the Justice Department filed late-night court documents urging a federal judge not to begin his own inquiry. The administration argued it was not obligated to preserve the videotapes and told U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy that demanding information about them “could potentially complicate the ongoing efforts to arrive at a full factual understanding of the matter.” | read more | similar articles:McClellan Blames Bush for CIA Leak DeceitReport: Ohio Voting Machines Have ‘Critica...
By: Thought-Blender
Justice Department tells Hayworth they are âsorryâ for any inconvenienc
2007-12-12 18:57:00 Former 6 term congressman JD Hayworth received a phone call from the Justice Department last week, informing him and his lawyers that they have decided against conducting a formal investigation into his connections to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.âThey told me that it was âtheir badâ and they hoped there werenât any hard feelings,â explained Hayworth on his daily radio show, âThey also apologized for insinuating illegitimate connections between me and Abramoff and threatening an investigation.âIn the wake of the Abramoff scandal, it was revealed that Hayworth had received contributions that could be tied to Abramoff and his partners. These connections and the threat of a pending investigation helped cast a shadow on Hayworth and boost the popularity of Democratic challenger Harry Mitchell who ultimately won the election.âThey said that they were âsorryâ for any inconvenience they may have caused to my re-election effort,â said Hayworth, âAnd they offered me ...
There is no opposition party in Washington
2007-11-19 14:46:00 In describing the Democratic response to Bush’s sabre-rattling toward Iran, Power of Narrative’s Arthur Silber summed things up neatly: They don’t object because — they don’t object. The only thing wrong with Silber’s assessment is that it was limited to Iran. In truth, you could just as easily use those seven succinct words to characterize the Democratic Party in general. Time and time again, on critical issue after critical issue, the Democrats fall in line with their Republican leaders and do what they’re asked. They do the will of the GOP instead of the will of the people. They act in the interests of the nation’s narrow power elite instead of in the public interest. They follow instead of leading. And they do so because - they don’t object. Some examples illustrate the point. Despite winning a majority in both houses of Congress largely on America’s unhappiness with our open-ended occupation of Iraq, and despite cont...
Mukasey Sworn In As Nation?s 81st Attorney General
2007-11-14 22:16:00 Former federal Judge Michael B. Mukasey was sworn in as the nation’s 81st attorney general today. President Bush, welcoming Mukasey to the Cabinet, called him “the right man” to confront the challenges at the department, which has been demoralized by a scandal in which eight U.S. attorneys were fired, provoking allegations from Democrats that they ...
By: The Hot Joints
Senate Committee Approves Mukasey Nomination
2007-11-07 17:01:00 The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Tuesday to approve the nomination of Michael B. Mukasey as Attorney General, despite opposition from most of the committee?s cowardly Democrats over Mr. Mukasey?s refusal to label an interrogation technique used by CIA as torture. The vote, 11 to 8, with two Democrats joining all of the committee?s Republicans in ...
By: The Hot Joints
John Aschcroft Talks Telecom Immunity in Op-Ed
2007-11-05 15:32:00 Former Attorney General John Ashcroft has a very good Op-Ed in the NY Times today about immunity for telecom companies that cooperated on the War on Terror. The National Security Agency asked the various telecommunications companies in the U.S. for assistance in listening to terrorist phone calls. The Justice Department sent each company a letter assuring ...
By: The Hot Joints
Hillary Clinton Under Fire By Justice Department For Alledged Fundraising C
2007-11-02 09:27:00 Questions raised about Hillary Clinton's big Chinatown fundraiserThe Associated PressPublished: November 1, 2007NEW YORK: On the wall of Hsiao Yen Wang's New York apartment, a cramped, 17th-floor public housing unit, are photographs of her husband, David Guo, a cook who specializes in Fujian cuisine.One photo stands out: Guo shaking Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's hand, a memento from a $1,000 (?693)-a-person fundraiser for the New York senator held in New York's Chinatown last April.Last week, Wang got another memento ? a calling card from a Justice Department criminal investigator. The investigator asked Wang if she was coerced into giving money to the campaign and whether she knew of anybody else who may have been forced to contribute.In an interview with The Associated Press, Wang said she and her husband had given willingly and that she knew of no coercion. A Justice Department spokeswoman would not comment on the inquiries."I want to see her become the first female U.S. pres...
Mukasey
2007-10-17 21:43:00 Talking The Talk!Mukasey Strives for Balance in Confirmation Testimony Attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey pledged this morning to adhere to the law and protect the civil liberties of Americans if he is confirmed as the head of the Justice Department, subtly signaling a fresh start after the tumultuous tenure of Alberto R. Gonzales.[....]"Protecting civil liberties, and people's confidence that those liberties are protected, is part of protecting national security, just as is the gathering of intelligence to defend us from those who believe it is their duty to make war on us," Mukasey said in prepared remarks. "We have to succeed at both."Mukasey also sharply criticized a Justice Department legal opinion issued early in the Bush administration, and since rescinded, that narrowly defined the acts that constitute torture and laid the legal groundwork for the use of harsh interrogation techniques on U.S. detainees.Calling the memo "a mistake" and "unnecessary," Mukasey said th...
Bush Says U.S. ?Does Not Torture?
2007-10-05 20:32:00 Once again left-wing wimps are howling about the U.S. “torture” policies that are once again front and center thanks to that liberal rag known as the New York Times. The Times reported that the first 2005 legal opinion authorized the use of head slaps, freezing temperatures and simulated drownings, known as waterboarding, while interrogating terror suspects, ...
By: The Hot Joints
Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
2007-10-04 16:38:00 I’m not sure why it comes as a big shock to anyone that the CIA is still allowed to use harsh interrogation methods regardless of anything that has been said to the contrary in Senate hearings. Never one to keep secrets the New York Times has once again put the treatment of those who want to ...
By: The Hot Joints
PROFILE: Michael Mukasey
2007-09-18 20:41:00 President Bush just named Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General. Many Americans who don’t follow politics that closely have emailed us asking, “who is this Mukasey guy?” So here is the Wikipedia profile of Michael Mukasey. Michael Bernard Mukasey[4] (IPA: /mju.?ke?.zi/[5]) (born July 28, 1941)[3] is an American lawyer who, for 18 ...
By: The Hot Joints
Bush Settles on Mukasey to Replace Gonzales
2007-09-17 02:26:00 President Bush has settled on retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General, two sources familiar with the decision said Sunday. The appointment of Mukasey, 66, considered a law-and-order conservative and authority on national security issues, could come as early as Monday morning, the sources said. Former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson ...
By: The Hot Joints
Harry Reid Vows To Block Olsen if Nominated For Attorney General
2007-09-12 23:14:00 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid vowed on Wednesday to block former Solicitor General Theodore Olson from becoming attorney general if President George W. Bush nominates him to replace Alberto Gonzales. Congressional and administration officials have described Olson as a leading contender for the job as the nation’s chief U.S. law enforcement officer, but Reid declared: “Ted ...
By: The Hot Joints
Justice Department Filing Slams Net Neutrality
2007-09-08 18:28:00 The Justice Department this week issued its support for a tiered approach to Internet service, and said that the imposition of net neutrality laws would hinder the continued growth of the Web. The DOJ submitted a filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that voiced support for a system that would allow Internet service providers to provide quicker download times or site access for those willing to pay for it. Detractors of such a system want equal access - or net neutrality - so that every Web site on the Internet, whether it is a major company's portal or a homemade storefront, has the same right to speed and access. "There are benefits to treating certain content differently," according to the brief, which was penned by members of the DOJ's antitrust team. "A number of companies offer services to provide faster delivery of content and/or to avoid some of the congestion and delay on the public Internet. Owners of network facilities have legitimate reasons to manage...
Justice Department Opposes Net Neutrality
2007-09-07 15:30:00 thornomad writes “I was saddened (though not surprised) to read that the Justice Department opposes net neutrality saying that it could “hamper development of the internet.” While it may seem counter-intuitive to me, they argue that allowing ISPs to provide different levels of service/speed for different content will benefit consumers. They did promise to “continue ...
By: Technology Blog
Justice Department Investigates Gonzales
2007-08-31 00:46:00 The Justice Department announced today that it is investigating whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied or otherwise misled Congress last month in sworn testimony regarding the Bush Administration's domestic terrorist spying program. In a letter to Patrick Leahy, Senate Judiciary Chairman, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine said that it is believed that investigators "will be able to assess most of the issues that you raise in your letter." Leahy had asked Fine to look into whether Gonzales gave inaccurate testimony about the firings of several U.S. attorneys last year. âYou identified five issues and asked that we investigate whether the statements made by the attorney general were intentionally false, misleading, or inappropriate,â Fine wrote in his four-paragraph response to Leahy in the letter dated Thursday. Fine expressed that there were ongoing investigations into the matter and that the Justice Department was taking them very ...
By: BLACK DOG PRESS
Your Phone Records Are Secret, But Not Like You Think
2007-08-30 07:19:00 Most Americans believe the records of who they call are confidential. After all, what should it matter to anyone but the parties on the call and the business(es) doing the billing, right? Well, the government thinks your phone records should remain secret as well. But not in the way you think. According to Wired Magazine, ...
By: Philaahzophy
Who?s in charge at the Justice department?
2007-08-27 08:21:00 Cause they’re dangerously appeasing to the Muslim community, and sending the wrong message to the majority America. U.S. sponsors Islamic convention By Audrey Hudson August 27, 2007 The Justice Department is co-sponsoring a convention held by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) ? an unindicted co-conspirator in an ongoing federal terrorist funding case ? a move that ...
Who?s in charge at the Justice department?
2007-08-27 08:21:00 Cause they’re dangerously appeasing to the Muslim community, and sending the wrong message to the majority America. U.S. sponsors Islamic convention By Audrey Hudson August 27, 2007 The Justice Department is co-sponsoring a convention held by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) ? an unindicted co-conspirator in an ongoing federal terrorist funding case ? a move that ...
Plot Thickens Regarding Gonzales Visit to Hospitalized Ashcroft
2007-08-17 21:33:00 Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been under intense pressure from the Democratically controlled Congress, and has been accused of a myriad of crimes. For the most part I consider the vast majority of these investigations to be nothing more than political theater committed by a Democrat controlled Congress looking for political points in the upcoming Presidential ...
By: The Hot Joints
FBI Director's Notes Contradict Gonzales's Version Of Ashcroft Visit
2007-08-17 21:14:00 You won't be surprised by this:Dan Eggen (WAPO) reports:"Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft was "feeble," "barely articulate" and "stressed" moments after a hospital room confrontation in March 2004 with Alberto R. Gonzales, who wanted Ashcroft to approve a warrantless wiretapping program over Justice Department objections, according to notes from FBI...."Update:Judges May Release Wiretap DocumentsEric Lichtblau of the New York Times reports that a secret intelligence court may consider an "unprecedented" request by the American Civil Liberties Union to unseal highly classified terrorist surveillance documents. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered the government to respond on the issue by August 31. NYTimes: The Founders Had an Idea for Handling Alberto GonzalesMatt Renner | Notes Show Ashcroft Kept in Dark on Spying: "Notes from FBI Director Robert Mueller, released Thursday by Congress, revealed that Bush administration officials may have prevented Attorney Ge...
Notes Confirm Pressure on Ashcroft Over Spy Program
2007-08-17 10:00:00 Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft was “feeble,” “barely articulate” and “stressed” moments after a hospital room confrontation in March 2004 with Alberto R. Gonzales, who wanted Ashcroft to approve a warrantless wiretapping program over Justice Department objections, according to notes from FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III that were released yesterday. One of Mueller’s entries in ...
By: The Hot Joints
Justice Department Greases the Fast Track to Death
2007-08-16 16:30:00 News Update 8.16.07 North Carolina In an editorial, The Fayetteville Observer advocates for continued stays of execution while the lethal injection quagmire is worked out. Elsewhere Tennessee Supreme Court ruling will allow the execution of some mentally retarded defendants. Mental retardation is a condition that, by definition, must manifest itself before the age of 18. Therefore, the ...
Justice Department sues Spartanburg County in alleged sex discrimination ca
2007-08-15 00:25:00 Hot off the wire: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against Spartanburg County, S.C., alleging that the county discriminated against a county employee because of her sex, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The government’s complaint alleges that the county discriminated against the ...
Rove Gave Political Briefings To Justice Department Officials
2007-08-05 18:19:00 by- Suzie-Q @ 9:20 AM MST From The Washington Post: Justice Department officials attended at least a dozen political briefings at the White House since 2001, including some meetings led by Karl Rove, President Bush’s chief political adviser, and others that were focused on election trends prior to the 2006 midterm contest, according to documents ...
By: Suzie-Q
Justice Department Withholds Records on Electronic Surveillance
2007-07-24 14:44:00 From EFF: Washington, D.C. - On Thursday, July 26, at 11 a.m., the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will argue for the release of court orders that supposedly authorize the government’s highly controversial electronic domestic surveillance program that intercepts and analyzes millions of Americans’ communications. The White House first acknowledged the surveillance program’s existence in 2005, claiming that ...
Is Justice Department Operating On Autopilot?
2007-07-22 17:12:00 by- Suzie-Q @ 8:13 AM MST Resignations and the ongoing furore over allegedly politicised hiring and firing at the US justice department have left so many top positions vacant that the department is all but operating on autopilot, the Financial Times has learnt. Six top DoJ officials have quit since February, when the sackings of at ...
By: Suzie-Q
HP calls for an immediate US Justice Department investigation of Ara Hovnan
2007-07-21 13:36:00 Folks, it is illegal in America to talk to your competitors in an industry about prices. Yet that is EXACTLY what Ara Hovnanian stupidly did in public the other day, as he addressed his fellow desperate homebuilders at the Southeast Builder Conference in Florida. I've seen some really dumb things during the housing crash, and this may be the dumbest. "Arrest me" he seems to be shouting. "I'm above the law, I control the universe" perhaps. Mostly though, it's "I'm desperate, and my company is about to go under unless we can illegally conspire together to stop this bleeding"Yes, I understand the rule of law no longer applies in America, but come on, this is so blatant, so public. Is anyone minding the store?Here's what Hovnanian had to say to his fellow builders - in public no less!"Raise prices," he said. "Buyers aren't buying because they think you're going to lower prices again. There's interest but there's fear. Raise prices 3-4 percent. And quit giving discounts.''For ...
By: Housing PANIC
Bush Commuted Libby Sentence Without Consulting Justice Department, Fitzger
2007-07-03 17:39:00 by- Suzie-Q @ 8:39 AM MST ‘Comfort’ at White House that decision won’t hurt Bush politically President George W. Bush did not consult with the Justice Department or special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald before commuting the sentence of former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, according to Tuesday’s Washington Post. Bush ...
By: Suzie-Q
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