warrantless domestic spying

Senate hearings on Mukasey nomination

Democrats prepares to install defender of torture, illegal spying as attorney general

By Bill Van Auken
WSWS
20 October 2007

This week’s Senate hearings on the nomination of Michael Mukasey as US attorney general made clear that the Democratic leadership is preparing to install as the country’s chief law enforcement official a right-wing former judge who backs the illegal methods of the Bush administration in its so-called war on terror, including torture and domestic spying.