Janet Reno - Salon.com

Is the Bush administration ... right?

By Alex Koppelman — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

The president's order shielding Harriet Miers from charges of contempt may seem like a power grab, but it's not a new idea. Congress just needs new tools to fight back.

Did blacks stay home?

By Eric Boehlert — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

The Democrats' devastating losses Tuesday may be linked to disenchantment among African-American voters.

Voting into the void

By Farhad Manjoo — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

New touch-screen voting machines may look spiffy, but some experts say they can't be trusted.

Florida: The Sequel

By Eric Boehlert — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

Democrat Bill McBride is keeping the race for governor close, but the Bush brothers are going all-out to keep the Sunshine State in the family.

Reno

By Janelle Brown — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

The Latino lesbian comedian detonates a series of explosive observations about patriotism, the Bush administration and John Walker Lindh.

Wacko in Waco

By Arianna Huffington — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

At their summer camp economic summit, Bushians find comfort by withdrawing from a confusing, complicated and unfriendly world.

Don't blame it on Reno

By Jake Tapper — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

As Congress gears up to point fingers over pre-9/11 intelligence failures, the Clinton attorney general can plead: "I told you so"

Janet Reno's fatal decision

By Alan Berlow — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

The attorney general must soon decide whether to try to save a possibly innocent man from the electric chair -- or leave the case for an incoming administration unlikely to do so.

Blue Glow

By Joyce Millman — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

Salon's TV picks for Monday, Dec. 18, 2000

No apologies

By Fiona Morgan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

Janet Reno offers no regrets for her department's handling of the Wen Ho Lee investigation -- even after an unusual upbraiding from the president.

Waco's unanswered questions

By Robert Bryce — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

The trial is over, but both Branch Davidians and supporters of the government are disappointed that reports of lying and misconduct have been ignored.

"A machine-gun toting, child-molesting Jesus freak"

By — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

Readers respond to Robert Bryce's critique of the left's hypocrisy on Waco and David Koresh.

Why does the left ignore Waco?

By Robert Bryce — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

There's a better case for making a martyr of David Koresh than Mumia Abu-Jamal. So why do liberals continue to overlook him?

Elian's closing chapter?

By Daryl Lindsey — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

A legal expert says the Cuban boy's legal saga is slowly winding down.

The Million Mom March: What a crock!

By Camille Paglia — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

National policy shouldn't be set by packs of weeping white women led by Rosie O'Donnell.

"I don't think we need a big show"

By Daryl Lindsey — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

The Senate GOP's No. 2 backs away from prickly hearings on Janet Reno.

The last supper

By Myra MacPherson — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

Recounting the negotiators' shocking final hours before the Elian Gonzalez raid.

When cops become combat troops

By Bonnie Bucqueroux — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

The controversial use of force to seize Elian Gonzalez is just business as usual in the war on drugs.

"Gestapo thuggery"

By Daryl Lindsey — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

Alan Keyes triangulates his thoughts between the Nazi Germany, Waco and Janet Reno on Fox News, while Miami's police chief quits.

Elian! Nature trumps politics

By Camille Paglia — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

Enough is enough! Lazaro's a strutting bullyboy, Marisleysis is a hysterical narcissist; Ralph Nader may get my vote; and Phyllis Diller vs. Gloria Steinem.

Shame on Janet Reno

By David Horowitz — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

It was Fidel Castro, not the Miami Gonzalez family, who kept Elian from his father.

Raid on Little Havana

By John Lantigua — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

Miami Cubans say they will make Clinton pay for taking Elian. [UPDATED]

Reno's redemption

By Bruce Shapiro — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

The attorney general robs Little Havana of its most potent symbol and redeems her last months in office.

A tale of two photos

By Joan Walsh — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

The latest battle of images proves that the Elian saga had to be resolved by means of law, not propaganda.

A world of their own

By Max Castro — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT

The Miami media recognizes and helps perpetuate a separate reality for Cuban exiles.