http://dir.salon.com/topics/john_ashcroft/?source=rss&aim=john_ashcroft en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST By Alia Malek Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/14/arar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/14/arar/index.html?source=rss As I watched a surreal torture case unfold in a U.S. courtroom, the line between dictatorship and democracy seemed to disappear. By Mark Benjamin Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/12/12/treatment_detainee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/12/12/treatment_detainee/index.html?source=rss After a two-year investigation, the Senate names names -- Bush, Tenet, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Addington, Rice. By Mark Benjamin Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/17/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/17/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss 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 Sidney Blumenthal Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 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 Sidney Blumenthal Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/17/loyalty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/17/loyalty/index.html?source=rss 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 Tim Grieve Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/04/goldsmith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/04/goldsmith/index.html?source=rss The White House, the FISA court and a heroic John Ashcroft. By Tim Grieve Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/17/mueller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/17/mueller/index.html?source=rss John Ashcroft reportedly complained that the White House wouldn't let him know what he needed to know about warrantless wiretaps. By Tim Grieve Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/16/padilla/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/16/padilla/index.html?source=rss It's a long way from 2002, when John Ashcroft declared Padilla a would-be dirty bomber. By Tim Grieve Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/18/whgonzales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/18/whgonzales/index.html?source=rss The White House on the hospital visit. By Tim Grieve Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/18/comey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/18/comey/index.html?source=rss Executive branch rules prohibit the discussion of sensitive classified matters in public places. By Alia Malek Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/30/civil_rights/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/30/civil_rights/index.html?source=rss 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 Mark Follman, Alex Koppelman and Jonathan Vanian Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/21/us_attorneys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/21/us_attorneys/index.html?source=rss 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 David Puner Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/02/27/dubya_doo_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/02/27/dubya_doo_2/index.html?source=rss If there's a Rove, there's a way Dubya can be president for life. By Tim Grieve Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/24/civilrights/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/07/24/civilrights/index.html?source=rss How the Bush administration has transformed the Justice Department's Civil Rights Department into a force for conservative legal views. By Tim Grieve Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/01/11/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/01/11/ashcroft/index.html?source=rss The former attorney general endorses Alito and discusses Bush's domestic spying program. By Tim Grieve Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/12/22/padilla/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/12/22/padilla/index.html?source=rss The 4th Circuit says it's time to stop playing games in an "enemy combatant" case. By Joe Conason Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/10/07/rove_inquiry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/10/07/rove_inquiry/index.html?source=rss If Karl Rove told federal officials in 2003 he wasn't involved in outing Valerie Plame, he could face charges. By T.G. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/08/15/plame/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/08/15/plame/index.html?source=rss Journalist Murray Waas says the investigation was already centered on Karl Rove, who has close ties to the former attorney general. By Page Rockwell Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/08/faith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/08/faith/index.html?source=rss The House moves to fund faith-based groups that hire and fire based on religious discrimination. By David Cole Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 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 James P. Pinkerton Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/10/12/tyranny/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/10/12/tyranny/index.html?source=rss "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 John Moyers Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/07/police_state/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/07/police_state/index.html?source=rss 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 Joe Conason Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/05/22/yoo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/05/22/yoo/index.html?source=rss The men behind the administration's decision to ignore and undermine the Geneva Conventions in Iraq. By Joe Conason Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/04/16/911comm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/04/16/911comm/index.html?source=rss 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 Tim Grieve Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/14/bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/14/bush/index.html?source=rss 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.