Jul 22nd, 2008 · Attorney General Michael Mukasey says he wants Congress, not judges, to make policy on how Guantanamo detainees may challenge their detention. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against the Bush administration three times in cases related to processing Guantanamo detainees.
Jul 21st, 2008 · Congress, and not judges, should decide how to give Guantanamo Bay detainees their day in court, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Monday in calling for new laws governing how foreign terror suspects seek their release.
Jul 21st, 2008 · Attorney General Michael Mukasey urges Congress to set the rules by which Guantanamo detainees will challenge their detention. Lawmakers, not judges, can answer questions left open by a Supreme Court ruling granting detainees court access, he says.
Jul 10th, 2008 · Attorney General Michael Mukasey says he's doing all he can to make sure the Justice Department recovers from months of scandal. Mukasey testified Wednesday for nearly three hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee, but Senators got few of the answers they were looking for.
Jul 9th, 2008 · At a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Wednesday, Democrats accused the attorney general of a reluctance to look backward at problems within the Justice Department. Instead, Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said, Mukasey is content as a "caretaker."
Feb 13th, 2008 · Attorney General Michael Mukasey is in Baghdad, visiting employees of the Justice Department and observing their work on helping the Iraqis keep their justice system operating. On the flight to Baghdad, Mukasey talks about his first three months in office.
Feb 8th, 2008 · Democrats on Thursday asked Attorney General Michael Mukasey whether he would prosecute those who used the controversial interrogation technique waterboarding to extract information from suspects. He said, bluntly, no.
Jan 31st, 2008 · A Senate oversight panel tried again Wednesday to get Attorney General Michael Mukasey to clarify his concepts of what constitutes torture. But the verbal sparring created more heat than light, leaving many senators frustrated.