Reply #16: Eight Things We Already Know about Acting Attorney General Keisler

[L. Coyote]

More like eight things we already know. There are many more things we should know, but which the Bush administration is covering up. Namely, the decisions Keisler wrote during the Iran-Contra heydays when he worked for Reagan. Also, a very close inspection of his role in corporate fraud sweetheart settlements is now in order.

How did one of the persons resigning in the Gonzales scandal suddenly ascend to AAG?
What was Clement about to do that required Bush to push him out after just one day on the job? Or, was this September surprise planned all along, since before Gonzo resigned, and kept hush-hush to enable its fruition?

It is good to see others are taking note of this extraordinary set of events.

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8 Things to Know about Acting Attorney General Keisler
by HeyThereItsEric rcs1
Wed Sep 19, 2007
http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2007/9/19/204313/622

Some exceptional sleuthing from HeyThereItsEric

On Monday, TPMuckracker noted something hidden in the Michael Mukasey announcement: the appointment of Peter Keisler as Acting Attorney General.

8 things you need to know about Peter Keisler:

1. Keisler was a co-founder of the Federalist Society;
2. The Federalist Society was a checkbox in Goodling's evaluation of U. S. Attorneys;
3. Keisler oversaw the Administration's fight against habeas corpus for Guantanamo;
4. Keisler allegedly interfered with the Tobacco conspiracy trial;
5. Keisler received a recess appointment at age 24;
6. Keisler testified against extending whistleblower protections using arguments contradicting existing federal statutes;
7. Keisler defended secrecy for all Warrantless Surveillance info, arguing that even confirmation or denial of its existence threatens national security;
8. Keisler defended the Interior Department in Cobell v. Norton - a tour de force of legal maneuvering and alleged DOJ obstruction of justice.

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