This Week in Tyranny
Attorney General Michael Mukasey had an “informal meeting” in his office Friday wherein he candidly told them the scope of the threat from terrorism is far, far greater than he ever imagined. This says more about his crippling lack of imagination than it does about the scope of the threat. I’ve been opposed to him from the start because the circumstances around his nomination didn’t add up, but I’m still surprised at what a disaster he is. It’s as though the administration has some kind of re-education camp where even those with distinguished records get brainwashed into toeing the authoritarian line.
Mukasey also said (via) that “[t]he Senate passed a workable, bipartisan bill that contains some compromises. The House passed a bill that was neither bipartisan nor workable.” Apparently part of the re-education involves defining compromise as giving the President exactly what he wants. And what exactly was the deal with this informal meeting that it gets varied reports from multiple news organizations? It doesn’t sound like he corralled a random reporter for a quick talk when he had a few spare moments in his schedule. It sounds more like a press conference without all the pesky questions.
All of this is in addition to Mukasey’s Paradox (via) as described by Jonathan Turley where “lawyers could not be charged criminally because the president ordered them to commit the act — and that the president could not be charged criminally because lawyers told him he could do it.” This naturally “will result in administration officials being effectively beyond the reach of the law”. Mukasey is a disaster, pure and simple. He may be worse than his predecessor because the expectations going in were higher but he has performed just as poorly.
Finally, a note on the site. I’ve got it moved to pruningshears.us so please update your links. I think it’s much easier to remember and I’m glad to have it parked at a top-level domain. I’ve also changed the colors and site icons, and added some social bookmarking buttons. I hope you notice and enjoy the differences.
Dan
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