Jon Eisenberg writes about the investigation into Al-Haramain - and how the Obama administration is continuing the same state-secrets stance to cover up illegal wiretapping. Gee, so much for the “professor of constitutional law” theory, in which Obama would be so sensitive to these issue...

Really, this just appalls me. But Wilkes-Barre is, how do I put this? Mobbed up. Luzerne County is as crooked as a dog’s hind leg. (And believe me, you have to be pretty bad to stand out in Pennsylvania, hardly a bastion of public ethics.) As scandals from Wall Street to Washington roil the pu...

George Clooney: We all know why we’re here and it’s not simply to report the status quo. Even though this status quo is beyond the pale of what is acceptable. It’s beyond our understanding of how much a person can take. Nothing new to report—except the shame of what man can do to man. An...

Glenn Greenwald on Obama’s efforts to block a court ruling on Bush’s wiretapping....

Just got an email from a friend about the law firm they used to work for. Get this: They’re laying off support staff, allowing them to interview for similar positions in other departments, and then requiring them to renegotiate salary and wait 90 days for benefits. Unless the laws are very, ve...

So much for “transparency”: The Obama Administration today announced that it would keep the same position as the Bush Administration in the lawsuit Mohamed et al v Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. The case involves five men who claim to have been victims of extraordinary rendition — includi...

I think we need to give the Wall St. Journal the Big Brass Balls award for this one: This one is going to be fascinating to watch, less for what it says about Mr. Daschle than what it will reveal about Democratic standards. Every Republican in America knows that if Mr. Daschle were a Reagan or Bush ...

Wheeee! This is fun! Invoking President Barack Obama, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) has subpoenaed former Bush Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove about his alleged involved in the political prosecution of an Alabama governor and the firings of nine US Attorneys. The subpoena, a...

Big Tony Scalia....

Glenn Greenwald on Obama’s plan to build a “new process” to convict those Guantanamo detainees kept on the basis of evidence obtained by torture: What he’s saying is quite clear. There are detainees who the U.S. may not be able to convict in a court of law. Why not? Because t...