Department of Justice

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Senate confirms Mukasey
Six Democrats defect, making the waterboarding equivocator America's top lawyer.
Judiciary Committee approves Mukasey
Leahy pokes a hole in Schumer's defense.
Schumer's ruminations
Will the senator pave the way for Mukasey? Maybe, maybe not.
Will Democrats stop Mukasey?
It's a long way from here to there.
Note to Perino: Buy dictionary, history book
The White House says it would be "unprecedented" to vote down Mukasey. It wouldn't be.
A smooth road for Mukasey
Never mind the bumps.
Mukasey vs. Gonzales
An attorney general nominee actually answers a question.
A cakewalk for Mukasey?
Hearing today; Democrats expect a cruise.
Gonzales' lawyer, Gonzales' worry
The former attorney general is said to fear prosecution for lying to Congress.
The president's A.G. pick: Bush blinks
In selecting Michael Mukasey, Bush dodges a fight with Senate Democrats.
Will Bush dare to nominate Ted Olson as attorney general?
The infamous lawyer knows how to keep troublesome information hidden, and what better way for the president to taunt his detractors.
What kind of conservative are you?
The Justice Department's inspector general wants to know what questions Kyle Sampson and Monica Goodling were asking job applicants.
The real story on Gonzales' departure?
Did he jump or was he pushed?
Did Chertoff lie to Congress about Guantánamo?
He told the Senate that Pentagon interrogation methods were "plain vanilla," but e-mails reveal his top staff met weekly with FBI officials who said they were torture.
The dismal legacy of Bush's top yes man
Alberto Gonzales' successor will face a heckuva job rectifying the damage the attorney general did to American justice.
Bud Cummins on Gonzales' departure: "I felt relieved"
The man whose firing helped touch off the U.S. attorneys scandal recalls John Ashcroft warmly and sees better days ahead for the DOJ.
Why did Gonzales resign?
Without Karl Rove around to give him his orders, and with the investigations closing in, "Fredo" had nowhere to turn.
Meet the acting attorney general
Did Paul Clement lie to the Supreme Court about the way the United States treats detainees?
Bush and Gonzales, or the accountability moment that wasn't
The president blames the attorney general's demise on "unfair treatment" from Congress.
Gonzales: As it began, so it ended
The attorney general's flaws were obvious from the beginning. The Senate confirmed him anyway.
Gonzales resignation: Dissembling until the end
Two days after he submitted his resignation, Gonzales told his spokesman that it wasn't imminent.
Another departure from Justice
The head of the civil rights division is leaving for the private sector.
Another "Gonzales guy" resigns
Bradley Schlozman, a Bush loyalist in the politicization of the Justice Department.
Leahy to Rove: It's not over
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman vows to continue the investigation into Rove's role in the prosecutor purge.
America under surveillance
Granted new power to spy inside the U.S., the Bush administration may be doing more than eavesdropping on phone calls -- it could be watching suspects' every move.
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