repugnant to the constitution

and to all of the citizens of not only the united states of america BUT THE WORLD. it wasn't JUST ashcroft either.

this is the united states of america. we obey laws. we don't torture. we don't jail people without due process. we don't spy on people without warrants.

this is the united states of america

where were all the teabaggers and townhall criers whiners when our constitution was being ripped up, kicked and spit upon? WHERE

Appeals Court Rules Against Ashcroft in 9 / 11 Case

we do NOT torture

except when we DO torture. we should be ashamed. we are no better than THEY are. we are now the beast

Rice admits officials approved 'harsh interrogation techniques'
David Edwards and Muriel Kane

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently became the first Bush administration official to admit that high-level discussions of the use of torture had taken place in 2002 and 2003.

According to a written statement provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month and released on Wednesday by committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), officials were told that waterboarding and other "harsh interrogation measures" routinely used in a survival training program for US soldiers would not cause "significant" harm if used on prisoners.

Rice's statement is the first acknowledgment of those meetings by any of the officials involved. Rice did not name the other officials who were present, but reports last spring based on anonymous sources mentioned Vice President Dick Cheney, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft........

asshole

Ashcroft booed for Obama-Osama gaffe

uh oh, this is a NO NO

and one would think the former attorney general AND the top fed prosecuter in joisey WOULD KNOW BETTER. what they DIDN'T KNOW is that it would be brought to the light of day. we'll just see if anything is done about it or not. as with EVERYTHING in king george's reign, everyone gets off scott free (or is that scooter free???)

Ashcroft Deal Brings Scrutiny in Justice Dept.

By PHILIP SHENON

WASHINGTON — When the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey needed to find an outside lawyer to monitor a large corporation willing to settle criminal charges out of court last fall, he turned to former Attorney General John Ashcroft, his onetime boss. With no public notice and no bidding, the company awarded Mr. Ashcroft an 18-month contract worth $28 million to $52 million.

That contract, which Justice Department officials in Washington learned about only several weeks ago, has prompted an internal inquiry into the department’s procedures for selecting outside monitors to police settlements with large companies.

The contract between Mr. Ashcroft’s consulting firm, the Ashcroft Group, and Zimmer Holdings, a medical supply company in Indiana, has also drawn the attention of Congressional investigators.

The New Jersey prosecutor, United States Attorney Christopher J. Christie, directed similar monitoring contracts last year to two other former Justice Department colleagues from the Bush administration, as well as to a former Republican state attorney general in New Jersey.,,,,,,,

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Report: Ashcroft firm in big money deal
Report: Ashcroft Law Firm to Collect Over $52M to Help Monitor Knee Replacement Manufacturers

civil liberties? you don't need no STINKIN' civil liberties!

well dearies that point is moot. whether we need them or not. WE DON'T HAVE THEM under king george and his court

constitution? YOU DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' CONSTITUTION

Civil Liberties Violations

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has said he was surprised and unaware of civil liberties violations committed by the FBI during its exercise of Patriot Act powers — including the use of so-called National Security Letters — until an internal Justice Department report uncovered them in March 2007. But Gonzales and his predecessor, John Ashcroft, were routinely sent notifications from the FBI when such violations occurred and had to be reported to the president's Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB), according to documents released this month under the Freedom of Information Act. Here is a timeline:

(click the link above for the timeline)


just like sgt schultz, alberto gonzo says 'i know NOTHING!!!'

Gonzales Was Told of FBI Violations
After Bureau Sent Reports, Attorney General Said He Knew of No Wrongdoing


By John Solomon Washington Post Staff Writer

As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its potent new terrorism-fighting powers. "There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse," Gonzales told senators on April 27, 2005.
Six days earlier, the FBI sent Gonzales a copy of a report that said its agents had obtained personal information that they were not entitled to have. It was one of at least half a dozen reports of legal or procedural violations that Gonzales received in the three months before he made his statement to the Senate intelligence committee, according to internal FBI documents released under the Freedom of Information Act........

yet another story

where someone from king george's court has been found to be 'MORE INVOLVED' than previously thought. more involved in what you ask? more involved in nefarious activities. ILLEGAL activities.

we have a constitution. why are we letting them spit upon it? bill clinton got a blow job and the country comes to a screeching halt.

THOUSANDS of our men and women are dead in a country we invaded for NO REASON. thousands of united states citizens are displaced (and worse) because of the disaster that was katrina. our citizens are being spied upon. our emails read (THEIR millions of emails have mysteriously disappeared, yet OURS are safe and sound in their lairs), our phone calls listened to. our snail mail read and goddess only knows what else.

yet, WE ARE ALLOWING KING GEORGE AND HIS COURT FREE REIGN. when will we COLLECTIVELY say ENOUGH?

Official: Cheney Urged Wiretaps
Stand-In for Ashcroft Alleges Interference


By Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writer

Vice President Cheney told Justice Department officials that he disagreed with their objections to a secret surveillance program during a high-level White House meeting in March 2004, a former senior Justice official told senators yesterday.
The meeting came one day before White House officials tried to get approval for the same program from then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft, who lay recovering from surgery in a hospital, according to former deputy attorney general James B. Comey.
Comey's disclosures, made in response to written questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, indicate that Cheney and his aides were more closely involved than previously known in a fierce internal battle over the legality of the warrantless surveillance program. ..........

wow the slime

is oozier than even i thought.

if someone breaks the law (the someone being you or i), and that someone is caught, that someone would have to pay the price, no?

YES

well then how come all of the law breakers in king george's court (including the king himself) are NOT paying the piper for ALL of the dancing they've been doing?

Initial warrantless eavesdropping program deemed illegal by the Justice Department

By Jonathan S. Landay and Marisa Taylor
McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration ran its warrantless eavesdropping program without the Justice Department's approval for up to three weeks in 2004, nearly triggering a mass resignation of the nation's top law enforcement officials, the former No. 2 official disclosed Tuesday.
In testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey said that those he believed were prepared to quit included then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller.
Comey said then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card visited Ashcroft as he lay gravely ill in a hospital bed on March 10, 2004, and pressed him to re-certify the program's legality. Ashcroft refused.
"I was angry. I thought I had just witnessed an effort to take advantage of a very seriously sick man, who did not have the powers of the attorney general because they had been transferred to me," Comey recalled. "I thought it was improper." ...........