***** Official HOUSE JUDICIARY hearing = MUKASEY, deceptive election practices *****

[L. Coyote]

Hearing just started and Conyers is discussing elections

WEBCAST link: http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/calendar.html

[L. Coyote]

1. CONYER: Key members of Bush Admin fail to appear because DoJ fails

Conyers talking about Rove failing to appear, failures of DoJ to produce documents, .....

AG has failed to appoint a single independent prosecutor....

[L. Coyote]

2. Conyers introducing Mukasey now, Mukasey opening statement

after "absolutely not" allowing a brief colloquey by an R.

"There have been moments of disagreement" Mukasey = not evidence of broken system, evidence of genius of the system LOL

[L. Coyote]

3. Rep. Jerry Nalder has the first set of questions. Torture!!

Nadler: Have you or anyone in the Dept. investigated interrogations before the Yoo memo?

Mukasey: I do not know!!

Nadler: Why can't we get the unclassified opinions?

Mukasey: Deliberative privilege.

Nadler: Are you asserting a new privilege?

Mukasey: One of the kinds of privilege we have.

[Clovis Sangrail]

4. no webcast link for today

:shrug:

[notadmblnd]

5. Dated 7/23 Watch now four or 5th down the list.

http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/calendar.html

[tridim]

15. Who the hell uses real media any more?

Grrr..

That's what McCain would stream in.

[L. Coyote]

16. I do all the time. It is a common streaming format.

It is also a proprietary file format, so they have had an advantage in making users use their viewer.

[tridim]

18. Well, it was common in 1995.

Not so much today. It's a horrible and obsolete product and format.

They don't make a player for my OS (XP64), but even if they did it would just be annoying ad-ware.

[druidity33]

20. which link is that?

mine keeps loading in Quicktime (which i do not have the latest plugin for)...

:(

Anyone got an audio link?

[L. Coyote]

23. Link is in the OP.

[druidity33]

33. for some reason

that link doesn't work for me. But i found a different one through Emptywheel that's working fine.

Break now...

[L. Coyote]

9. Im watching it NOW.

07/23/2008
WatchWebCast
Full Committee
10:15 A.M. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing on: Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice

[libnnc]

6. just for the record...

Mukasey: "Are you going to place me under oath or something?"

Conyers: "No that won't be necessary."

[VP505]

10. IMHO, that gives Mukasey

the green light to lie with impunity. Serious oversight, I don't think so.

[L. Coyote]

13. Not so. Lying to Congress is a felony.

There is never a need to swear in a witness to Congress. It is more a formality and allows prosecution for perjury instead of lying to Congress.

[fascisthunter]

11. Incredible...

why?

[helderheid]

12. What the fuck?

[libnnc]

14. I know

Conyers just waved it off. Not necessary.

They aren't asking him any serious questions so far.

[helderheid]

7. rec... 1?

[L. Coyote]

8. What is DoJ doing to prevent purges of legitimate voters?

Mukasey: Provisional ballots!

Mukasey: I don't know that that in fact happened!! LOL.

[Muttocracy]

17. thanks for headsup and thread.

[L. Coyote]

19. Rep. Jackson Lee: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, ICE Raids

broken watch list process
delays in citizenship applications

[L. Coyote]

21. Rep. Maxine Waters: Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Discrimination Complaints

Discrimination complaints in your own department?
How many pending? Initiatives?

Less than 5% African-American FBI agents?

Mukasey: "I don't know"

[L. Coyote]

22. Illegal alien voters. Mukasey: Proper IDs needed to vote.

The Rs are parading out their ruse again!!

Because Dems turned out in higher numbers in Indiana, this proves voter ID is a good idea ad gives legal vters enouh confdence to vote.

Mukasey: You do not cut down voter numbers with voter ID laws!! :rofl: THAT IS A LIE!!!!

[L. Coyote]

24. Rep. Wexler: How Admin effectively nullified Congress, subpoenas..

"unprecedented abuse of exective privilege"

FBI interviews related to Plame leak classified as White House business by DoJ.

Wexler: "Does your Justice Dept. consider all FBI investigators to be part of the White House?"

[Muttocracy]

25. nevermind - question answered in last post :)

[L. Coyote]

26. Mukasey: Executive Privilege is "discussions generally" in the Executive

to provide information to the President.

[Muttocracy]

27. i.e., everything?!

[Muttocracy]

28. I like this woman who's asking ?s now - Rove has to COME and claim privilege on each ?

[L. Coyote]

30. Sanchez is cutting him off repeatedly to ask her questions.

[Muttocracy]

34. she may as well get the ?s out for the record, because he's not giving real answers

[L. Coyote]

29. Rep. Sanchez: Siegelman? "Do you support Karl Rove's..."

claim of Executive Privilege.

Mukasey: "Don't know that" re case law that subpoenaed person must appear.

Sanchez: How can executive privilege be claimed by Rove regarding conversations with persons in Alabama?

No-bid contract to Ashcroft????

[druidity33]

31. Linda Sanchez rocks!

This lady should be running the hearing. Give her more time!

[Muttocracy]

32. can someone give me the brief version of Mukasey's background

military? law? govmt?

Listening to a few of these answers, I'm agreeing with Biden's complaint before Senate Judiciary that Mukasey never answers ?s straight.

[L. Coyote]

35. Reagan judge rises to top of US Court in NYC, involved in early anti-terror

rulings, like approving use of evidence obtained by torture.
Lawyers in the So NY USA offices also moved to DC to the White House legal staff when they needed more attorneys for Dem oversight.
So NY is the USA office that handles lots of SEC matters, lots of corporate crime, things like letting Rs off easy.

[Muttocracy]

36. very helpful, thanks.

[MiniMe]

37. Just saw this thread. They are in recess, are they coming back soon?

Anybody know? I want to know if I have enough time to go grab lunch.

[Muttocracy]

39. just started up again.

[MiniMe]

42. Thanks, it came back up just as I posted this

Issa was up so I went out and got lunch. LOL

[blogslut]

38. Issssssssssssssa is up

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[Muttocracy]

40. Who's the Maine-ah who's asking ?s

[Muttocracy]

41. nevermind, on to the next one

[L. Coyote]

43. Another recess now.