Title: Mukasey Connecting the Dots Source:
Various URL Source:[None] Published:Nov 10, 2007 Author:. Post Date:2007-11-10 07:44:11 by Zipporah Ping List:*9-11*Subscribe to *9-11* Keywords:None Views:351 Comments:13
Mukasey's son, Marc, also a former federal prosecutor, is a partner in Bracewell-Giuliani. Marc Mukasey is currently representing Giuliani Partners in the federal probe of Bernard Kerik, a onetime member of the consulting firm. Freeh's appearance, sitting beside the family, was a stark indication of just how unconsciously political Mukasey's key relationships are.
He's a firm supporter of the Patriot Act, writing a Wall St. Journal Op-Ed in 2004 that urged, "Before attacking the Patriot Act, try reading it." In it, he mocks the librarians who challenged Section 215, the provision allowing for seizure of library records and he argues in favor of sneak and peek search warrants and notes the legality of roving wiretaps.
When Jose Padilla was initially arrested on a material witness warrant, he presided over those proceedings. He ruled that President Bush had the authority to declare Padilla an enemy combatant but the court had the authority to review the evidence supporting the designation. The Second Circuit later overruled part of his ruling:
[The Appeals court] disagreed with his finding that the president had exclusive authority as commander in chief to arrest and detain, as an enemy combatant, a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil....To the contrary, the court found that, at a minimum, the president would need express congressional authorization for this process and that he had no such authority in this case, either inherently or pursuant to any existing act of Congress.
Mukasey is a decades-long pal of Rudy Giuliani and, like Ted Olson, now serves as a judiciary advisor to Rudy's campaign. Judge Mukasey swore in Rudy Giuliani as Mayor of New York -- twice in two days. One ceremony took place New Year's Eve at Mukasey's apartment.
These dots are making me ill. I had no idea there were so many sick connections for Mukasey, although I should have guessed.
Mukasey is so wrong for Attorney General for many reasons. He makes Jerkoff look like a choir boy by comparison. Mukasey is very smart and a very committed religious and political reich winger.
I heard on the news yesterday that he jumped on a plane immediately after his confirmation because there were a number of "secret" cases pending relating to civil rights.( Patriotic Act likely). "Secret" was the word the news announcer used. Very scary.
I heard on the news yesterday that he jumped on a plane immediately after his confirmation because there were a number of "secret" cases pending relating to civil rights.( Patriotic Act likely). "Secret" was the word the news announcer used. Very scary.
He's head of the Justice Dept now, in this bizarro Bush world.
These dots are making me ill. I had no idea there were so many sick connections for Mukasey, although I should have guessed.
I ran across something aout Mukasey that was bothersome and started doing a search and found some rather surprising info.. I hadnt realized he was the judge on the Padilla case.. for one. And then his connections with Guiliani.. which reveals to me.. he will be the RNC choice as the next presidential candidate.
Rudy Giuliani claimed that he'd never heard of the "NAFTA Superhighway" but his law firm is deeply involved in the Texas leg of the project.
"NAFTA Superhighway" is the term some use for the apparent plan to build a massive transportation system running through the middle of the U.S. It would allow cheap Chinese goods to be shipped directly to the U.S. and Canada from non-unionized Mexican ports, bypassing U.S. ports on the west coast.
Giuliani's law firm (Bracewell & Giuliani) represents a major company (Cintra from Spain) involved in the Texas leg of the Superhighway, called the "Trans Texas Corridor".
Was Giuliani not aware of his firm's involvement, or was he just "confused" over the term "NAFTA Superhighway"?
(Note, of course, that this is yet another video that CNN will bypass in order to show lightweight questions from snowmen. Please write their political director and let him know what you think: sam.feist *at* cnn.com )