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Mukasey Unleashed.

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"I think what I said was that we could not investigate or prosecute somebody for acting in reliance on a Justice Department opinion." The honeymoon is way over. In congressional testimony yesterday, Attorney General and theoretical straight-shooter Michael Mukasey announces he won't look into waterboarding, won't look into the warrantless wiretaps, and won't enforce the persecuted prosecutor contempt citations. His rationale for all this? If the Justice Department says it's ok, it's not illegal. "That would mean that the same department that authorized the program would now consider prosecuting somebody who followed that advice." Sigh...it's enough to make one miss Alberto Gonzales. Ok, not really.

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Liam said:

You know, I'm just not voting for Schumer anymore.

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