http://dir.salon.com/topics/attorney_general/?source=rss&aim=attorney_general en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST By Joe Conason Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/01/16/holder/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/01/16/holder/index.html?source=rss During Eric Holder's confirmation hearing, Arlen Specter scolded the attorney general-designate, but no one mentioned Israeli pressure. By Vincent Rossmeier Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/16/freeh_holder/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/16/freeh_holder/index.html?source=rss While he largely praised Attorney General-designate Eric Holder, Former FBI Director Louis Freeh also criticized his conduct during the pardon process. By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/11/01/mukasey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/11/01/mukasey/index.html?source=rss 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 David Cole Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/08/28/gonzales_record/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/08/28/gonzales_record/index.html?source=rss Alberto Gonzales' successor will face a heckuva job rectifying the damage the attorney general did to American justice. By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/08/27/gonzales_resignation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/08/27/gonzales_resignation/index.html?source=rss Without Karl Rove around to give him his orders, and with the investigations closing in, "Fredo" had nowhere to turn. By Alex Koppelman Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/21/mukasey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/21/mukasey/index.html?source=rss The attorney general, who collapsed while giving a speech on Thursday night, says he's feeling fine and that tests came back with good results. By Alex Koppelman Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/18/holder/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/18/holder/index.html?source=rss Newsweek reports that Barack Obama has offered Eric Holder, a former deputy attorney general, the job; Holder would be the first African American to lead the DOJ. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/11/09/mukasey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/11/09/mukasey/index.html?source=rss Six Democrats defect, making the waterboarding equivocator America's top lawyer. By Michael Scherer Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/20/gonzales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/20/gonzales/index.html?source=rss Republicans and Democrats alike pummeled Alberto Gonzales in a daylong hearing that left the future of his job in doubt. By Mark Follman Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/19/DOJ_obscenity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/19/DOJ_obscenity/index.html?source=rss As Congress prepares to grill Alberto Gonzales, Salon has uncovered another partisan issue connected to the mass firings: Pornography. By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/03/15/rove_attorneys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/03/15/rove_attorneys/index.html?source=rss The White House political director was clearly at the center of the partisan plot to fire U.S. attorneys, despite the administration's clumsy attempts to pretend otherwise. By Garrett Epps Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/09/attorney_general/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/09/attorney_general/index.html?source=rss Like Watergate, the unfolding U.S. attorneys scandal proves that it's dangerous for the nation's chief law enforcement officer to be an appointed crony of the president. By Alan Berlow Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/06/gonzales_death/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/06/gonzales_death/index.html?source=rss When Alberto Gonzales briefed George W. Bush on the cases of Texas death row inmates up for clemency, his memos were so shabby they seemed intended solely to make it easy for Bush to send prisoners to their deaths. By David Cole Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/19/justice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/19/justice/index.html?source=rss John Ashcroft's war on terrorism has done enormous damage to our liberties -- and he has few tangible results to show for it. By David Bowman Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/galleries/2002/07/22/nitke/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/galleries/2002/07/22/nitke/index.html?source=rss An interview with S/M photographer Barbara Nitke about her lawsuit against the attorney general, her art, and the thousand-yard stare. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/letters/2001/02/05/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/letters/2001/02/05/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss By Alicia Montgomery By Alicia Montgomery Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/18/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/18/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss Georgia's Zell Miller says he'll confirm the attorney general designate despite tough grilling on gun control and abortion by Kennedy, Schumer and Feinstein. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/11/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/11/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss In their battle for Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft, Republicans are once again attacking the Missouri Supreme Court justice whose federal judgeship Ashcroft scuttled. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/08/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/08/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss He denied Ronnie White a federal judgeship for being soft on crime, when his real grudge was against his pro-choice politics -- and the move cost him his Senate seat. By Alicia Montgomery Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/03/partisan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/03/partisan/index.html?source=rss Bush's attorney general nominee is only the latest conservative lawmaker caught pandering to fans of the Confederacy in a tiny but powerful Southern journal. By Daryl Lindsey Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/22/ashcroft_choice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/22/ashcroft_choice/index.html?source=rss Pro-choice activists criticize the appointment of conservative John Ashcroft as the Bush administration's attorney general. By Daryl Lindsey Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/02/elian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/02/elian/index.html?source=rss A legal expert says the Cuban boy's legal saga is slowly winding down. By Beth Broeker Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/04/25/thomas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/04/25/thomas/index.html?source=rss The baby's abuser is still uncharged, but the issue of his death -- in surrender or at the end of painful medical heroics -- finally reaches the court. By Bruce Shapiro Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/22/reno/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/22/reno/index.html?source=rss The attorney general robs Little Havana of its most potent symbol and redeems her last months in office. By Janelle Brown Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/06/microsoft_facts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/06/microsoft_facts/index.html?source=rss Judge Jackson's findings are music to prosecutors' ears -- but Microsoft says it's guilty of nothing more than embodying "the most basic American values."