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...remains in jail after 28 months because lawmakers did not make the change retroactive. Jimmy Carter spoke out for leniency. On June 11, a judge ordered Genarlow released, citing a "grave miscarriage of justice." His mother called it a miracle. But still he sits in jail, since the state attorney general vows to appeal, saying the judge went...
White House aides couldn't have been more pleased at the failure of the Democrats' attempt to get a no-confidence vote against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales this week. While the Democrats managed to win over a few Republicans, bringing to nine the number of G.O.P. Senators now publicly opposed to Gonzales' continued service as head of the Justice Department, the overall effect of the maneuver was to make it look as if the effort to bring Gonzales down is stalling. But the relief at the White House and Justice may be premature...
Gonzales's defenders say he did nothing wrong in the conversation. "The Attorney General has never attempted to influence or shape the testimony or public statements of any witness in this matter, including Ms. Goodling," said Justice spokesman Dean Boyd. "The statements made by the Attorney General during this meeting were intended only to comfort her in a very difficult period of her life...
...There is a serious tension here, between the concepts of free speech, and open information, and the idea of privacy," says Kevin Bankston, staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation." There's definitely a privacy concern that an unmarked Google camera van can, and in fact has, captured images of people, whether in the street or in their homes, in a manner that could be embarrassing or even dangerous to them." He adds: "We don't think what Google's done here is necessarily illegal, though a few images may cross the line and may create liability. It's more...
...more that we're going to do this month that's any more important than [immigration reform]." "Surely this is more of a priority than pontificating about Alberto Gonzales," Kyl said, referring to Monday's debate on a one-line, non-binding resolution of no confidence against the embattled Attorney General. "This bill is not dead." It will have to be re-animated fairly soon, though, if there's to be any hope for immigration reform this year. "We kind of need to get this back on track by the July 4th holiday," said one Senate Republican staffer. "Because that...