The unemployment rate is high around the country -- but not for former Bush officials. A guide to who's cashing in
By Nick Turse Jun 22, 2009
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The former attorney general now says he opposes the investigation, and claims he was taken out of context
By Alex Koppelman
September 3, 2009
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The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.
By Marcy Wheeler
May 18, 2009
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Secret memos from the former administration reveal the breadth of the Bush team's claims of executive branch power.
By Vincent Rossmeier
March 3, 2009
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His reputation for integrity was meant to restore credibility to the Justice Department. Instead, his remarks on waterboarding show that he, like Alberto Gonzales, has let the White House call the shots.
By Sidney Blumenthal
November 1, 2007
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The then-White House counsel wrote a scathing letter to Justice saying the president had decided what was legal
By Alex Koppelman
July 10, 2009
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Alberto Gonzales jumps on the empathy-bashing bandwagon.
By Ben Travers
May 14, 2009
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After a two-year investigation, the Senate names names -- Bush, Tenet, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Addington, Rice.
By Mark Benjamin
December 12, 2008
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The Bush administration isn't happy about a report linking it to the destruction of tapes of CIA interrogations.
By Alex Koppelman
December 19, 2007
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The New York Times reports greater involvement of White House lawyers than previously known; administration officials may even have advocated the destruction.
By Alex Koppelman
December 19, 2007
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The controversial prosecutor's defenders said unnamed enemies were out to get her, but ultimately it may be that Paulose's friends were her undoing.
By Alex Koppelman
November 21, 2007
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Funny, the former attorney general didn't seem to appreciate the need for counsel before.
By Tim Grieve
November 15, 2007
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An attorney general nominee actually answers a question.
By Tim Grieve
October 17, 2007
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Your duty is to defend America's reputation in the world. To do so, you must persuade the Bush administration to renounce its abhorrent and hypocritical policy on torture.
By Sidney Blumenthal
October 11, 2007
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The former attorney general is said to fear prosecution for lying to Congress.
By Tim Grieve
October 10, 2007
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The Bush administration repudiated torture just in time for Gonzales' confirmation, then secretly embraced it again right after.
By Tim Grieve
October 4, 2007
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The White House lets conservative activists question Mukasey's "Republican pedigree."
By Tim Grieve
September 18, 2007
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In selecting Michael Mukasey, Bush dodges a fight with Senate Democrats.
By Tim Grieve
September 17, 2007
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It's the last day on the job for Alberto Gonzales and Tony Snow.
By Tim Grieve
September 14, 2007
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The infamous lawyer knows how to keep troublesome information hidden, and what better way for the president to taunt his detractors.
By Joe Conason
September 14, 2007
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The Senate majority leader says Democrats won't confirm the former solicitor general as attorney general.
By Tim Grieve
September 12, 2007
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And what ever happened to the new attorney general?
By Tim Grieve
September 6, 2007
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The White House, the FISA court and a heroic John Ashcroft.
By Tim Grieve
September 4, 2007
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The Justice Department's inspector general wants to know what questions Kyle Sampson and Monica Goodling were asking job applicants.
By Tim Grieve
August 31, 2007
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The attorney general may be leaving, but the Justice Department's inspector general hasn't forgotten him.
By Tim Grieve
August 30, 2007
Bush officials: Where are they now?
Gonzales retracts support for probe of CIA abuse
The 13 people who made torture possible
Bush's own set of laws
The sad decline of Michael Mukasey
An open letter to Karen Hughes
Will Bush dare to nominate Ted Olson as attorney general?
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