Tag: Attorney General

Justice Dept. considering replacing outgoing US attorney in Brooklyn with Barr deputy: report

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Justice Dept. considering replacing outgoing US attorney in Brooklyn with Barr deputy: report

U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced Thursday he would leave the Eastern District to serve as the Justice Department’s principal associate deputy attorney general, a spokesman told CNN. His predecessor in the Washington-based role, Seth DuCharme, is a favorite to replace him in New York, according to the network.

DuCharme, before assuming the deputy position last year, had served as a counselor to Barr on criminal and national security measures, although he also spent years as a prosecutor in the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s office, according to CNN.

Mitch McConnell Wants to Crank Up Bill Barr’s Surveillance Powers. What Could Go Wrong?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Mitch McConnell Wants to Crank Up Bill Barr’s Surveillance Powers. What Could Go Wrong?

Ackerman correctly points out that these amendments would pretty much guarantee the ability of an incumbent administration to spy on its political opponents without consequence. In addition, the second amendment would allow an attorney general to meddle in the FISA process to an extent even beyond the way he can now.

Mitch McConnell Wants to Crank Up Bill Barr’s Surveillance Powers. What Could Go Wrong?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Mitch McConnell Wants to Crank Up Bill Barr’s Surveillance Powers. What Could Go Wrong?

Ackerman correctly points out that these amendments would pretty much guarantee the ability of an incumbent administration to spy on its political opponents without consequence. In addition, the second amendment would allow an attorney general to meddle in the FISA process to an extent even beyond the way he can now.