Plainly, a Justice Department Pick of Like Mind [Mukasey & Bush}

[rodeodance]

Source: nytimes




October 20, 2007

Plainly, a Justice Department Pick of Like Mind
By ADAM LIPTAK

The senators questioning Michael B. Mukasey, President Bush’s nominee for attorney general, seemed so pleased at first to be receiving direct and unadorned answers that they appeared to be barely taking in what he was saying.

But in his two days of testimony this week, it became clear that Mr. Mukasey believes presidential power to be robust, expansive and sometimes beyond the power of Congress to control.

That is perfectly aligned with the Bush administration’s views, and if Mr. Mukasey was initially a refreshing presence to the Senate Judiciary Committee, it was only because he justified in plain terms what other administration lawyers have said in secret memorandums often cloaked in obfuscation.

Mr. Mukasey did denounce torture in the abstract, but he would not say what it is. He said he would work toward the goal of closing the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, but only because it has harmed the reputation of the United States.




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[Atman]

1. Sounds like he's on his way to overwhelming confirmation!

:eyes:

Our country is dying.

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[Spinzonner]

2. Anybody that Bush would nominate

has to be unqualified

[tekisui]

3. Yeah, why should anyone believe that chimpy would ever

do the right thing. Of course Mukasey is no good. The criminals in the WH are incapable of doing right. They have to protect their asses.