John Ashcroft

When did we become like Syria? When did we become like Syria?

As I watched a surreal torture case unfold in a U.S. courtroom, the line between dictatorship and democracy seemed to disappear.
By Alia Malek Nov 14, 2007

  • Report: Torture started with Bush

    After a two-year investigation, the Senate names names -- Bush, Tenet, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Addington, Rice.
    By Mark Benjamin December 12, 2008

  • Ashcroft suggests CIA sought legal approval after torture began

    The former attorney general raises the possibility that the CIA looked for legal cover only after at least one suspected member of al-Qaida was tortured.
    By Mark Benjamin July 17, 2008

  • Why did Gonzales resign?

    Without Karl Rove around to give him his orders, and with the investigations closing in, "Fredo" had nowhere to turn.
    By Sidney Blumenthal August 27, 2007

  • All hail the king

    Under Bush, loyalty has reigned supreme. But as his presidency unravels, his obligation to his faithful servants -- from Gonzales to Wolfowitz -- has become perilously relative.
    By Sidney Blumenthal May 17, 2007

  • "One bomb away"

    The White House, the FISA court and a heroic John Ashcroft.
    By Tim Grieve September 4, 2007

  • Kept out of the loop

    John Ashcroft reportedly complained that the White House wouldn't let him know what he needed to know about warrantless wiretaps.
    By Tim Grieve August 17, 2007

  • Jury finds Padilla guilty on terrorism charges

    It's a long way from 2002, when John Ashcroft declared Padilla a would-be dirty bomber.
    By Tim Grieve August 16, 2007

  • "Let me say very clearly: I am not addressing any particular report"

    The White House on the hospital visit.
    By Tim Grieve May 18, 2007

  • Did Card and Gonzales break the law?

    Executive branch rules prohibit the discussion of sensitive classified matters in public places.
    By Tim Grieve May 18, 2007

  • Bush's long history of politicizing justice

    It's not only the U.S. attorneys who are threatened by partisan politics. Since Day One, the Bush administration has been quietly dismantling the DOJ's Civil Rights Division.
    By Alia Malek March 30, 2007

  • How U.S. attorneys were used to spread voter-fraud fears

    Long before it fired eight U.S. attorneys for political reasons, the Bush administration had politicized their jobs by making them push a favorite GOP talking point.
    By Mark Follman, Alex Koppelman and Jonathan Vanian March 21, 2007

  • "The New Dubya-Doo Movies"

    If there's a Rove, there's a way Dubya can be president for life.
    By David Puner February 27, 2007

  • Civil rights under Bush: It's a conservative Christian thing

    How the Bush administration has transformed the Justice Department's Civil Rights Department into a force for conservative legal views.
    By Tim Grieve July 24, 2006

  • And now, a word from John Ashcroft

    The former attorney general endorses Alito and discusses Bush's domestic spying program.
    By Tim Grieve January 11, 2006

  • A conservative court tells Bush: Enough

    The 4th Circuit says it's time to stop playing games in an "enemy combatant" case.
    By Tim Grieve December 22, 2005

  • Rove's nightmare

    If Karl Rove told federal officials in 2003 he wasn't involved in outing Valerie Plame, he could face charges.
    By Joe Conason October 7, 2005

  • Why John Ashcroft recused himself from the Plame case

    Journalist Murray Waas says the investigation was already centered on Karl Rove, who has close ties to the former attorney general.
    By T.G. August 15, 2005

  • Faith in federal funding

    The House moves to fund faith-based groups that hire and fire based on religious discrimination.
    By Page Rockwell March 8, 2005

  • Less safe, less free

    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 Cole November 19, 2004

  • It can happen here

    "Guantanamo," now playing in New York, warns that the liberties the U.S. government has taken abroad in the name of homeland security present grave threats to our own civil liberties.
    By James P. Pinkerton October 12, 2004

  • Washington lockdown

    The extreme perimeter around the symbols of power in the nation's capital demonstrates the impossibility of barricading and random-searching our way to national security.
    By John Moyers August 7, 2004

  • From John Ashcroft's Justice Department to Abu Ghraib

    The men behind the administration's decision to ignore and undermine the Geneva Conventions in Iraq.
    By Joe Conason May 22, 2004

  • Joe Conason

    John Ashcroft joined the right-wing crusade to smear the 9/11 commission this week. But the bipartisan panel has unearthed too much new information to be ignored.
    By Joe Conason April 16, 2004

  • Not ready for prime time

    President Bush went on TV Tuesday to reassure voters about the war in Iraq. Instead, he came off as a schoolboy who hadn't done his homework.
    By Tim Grieve April 14, 2004
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