Wed 14 Nov 2007
Beyond Mukasey’s Confirmation, White House Liability Issues Loom Large
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By Elizabeth Holtzman Truthout 11/13/07
Though it failed to send his nomination the way of Robert Bork, attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey’s evasiveness on the definition of torture has done something historic. It has made it unmistakably clear to mainstream observers that the president may be criminally liable for violating anti-torture laws. (more…)