Bush administration controversies

Among other scandals and controversies of the Bush administration were the Bush administration firings of U.S. attorneys controversy, the warantless eavesdropping program, and the Bush administration's politicization of the Department of Justice.

2004

• Transcript: President Nominates Judge Al Gonzales as Next Attorney General, Remarks by the President and Attorney General Nominee Judge Alberto Gonzales, White House, Office of the White House Press Secretary, November 10, 2004.
• Joe Strupp, "APME Comments Suggest Gonzales Won't Be a Press-Friendly A.G.," Editor and Publisher, November 10, 2004.
• Andrew Buncombe, "Bush selects evangelical for attorney general post," The Independent, November 11, 2004.
• Dan Eggen, "Gonzales Named to Succeed Ashcroft as Attorney General," Washington Post, November 11, 2004.
• Dan Froomkin, "Deciding What's Salient About Gonzales," Washington Post, November 11, 2004.
• "Evaluation of the likely impact of Attorney General Nominee Alberto Gonzales on Press Freedoms and the Public's Right to Know," The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, November 15, 2004.
• Nat Hentoff, "Liberty Beat: Worse than Ashcroft: Bush's new attorney general helped write the Patriot Act and supported torture," Village Voice, November 29, 2004.
• Darryl Fears, "Rights Groups Urge Scrutiny of Gonzales," Washington Post, November 30, 2004.

2007

• David Johnston and Eric Lipton, "U.S. Report to Fault F.B.I. on Subpoenas," New York Times, March 9, 2007.
• "Analysis: Patriot Woes Weigh on Gonzales," Townhall.com, March 9, 2007.
• Laurie Kellman, "White House in retreat on flap over US attorneys. Gonzales offers concessions after firing of eight," Associated Press (Boston Globe), March 9, 2007.
• Andrew Cohen, "The Department of InJustice," Bench Conference Blog / Washington Post, March 9, 2007.
• Paul Kane and Michael Abramowitz, "Gonzales Tries to Mollify GOP Critics on Firings, FBI Missteps," Washington Post, March 10, 2007.
• Josh Gerstein, "Gonzales Said To Stonewall a GOP Query. Probe of Leaks Are at Center of Inquiries From the Right," New York Sun, March 12, 2007.
• Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jeff Zeleny, "'Mistakes' Made on Prosecutors, Gonzales Says," New York Times, March 14, 2007.
• Murray S. Waas "Internal Affairs", National Journal, March 15, 2007.
• Murray Waas, "Aborted DOJ Probe Probably Would Have Targeted Gonzales," National Journal, March 15, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Gonzales Apologizes to USAs," TPMmuckraker, March 17, 2007.
• Frank Rich "When Will Afredo Get Whacked?" New York Times, March 25, 2007.
• Mark Silva, "'A question of credibility'. Senators demand explanation from attorney general," Baltimore Sun, March 26, 2007.
• Bryan Bender, "Key GOP senators criticize Gonzales. Doubt credibility on role in firings," Boston Globe, March 26, 2007.
• David G. Savage, "Gonzales feels heat from GOP senators," Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2007.
• Andrew Cohen, "Rough Justice - The Case Against Alberto Gonzales" (4-part series), Bench Conference Blog/Washington Post, April 7, 2007.
• Dan Eggen, "House Panel Subpoenas Gonzales for Documents," Washington Post, April 10, 2007.
• Margaret Talev and Marisa Taylor, "Gonzales could be back door to Rove," McClatchy Newspapers (The News & Observer), April 15, 2007.
• Jan Crawford Greenburg and Ariane de Vogue, "Gonzales Contradicts His Own Testimony. Recently Released E-Mails Show Attorney General's Involvement in Attorney Firing Talks," ABC News, April 16, 2007.
• David Johnston, "Ex-Aide Says Gonzales Discussed Firings," New York Times, April 17, 2007.
• Dan Eggen, "Gonzales to Admit Mistakes in Firings," Washington Post, April 19, 2007.
• Dahlia Lithwick, "Al, the President's Man. Alberto Gonzales is bloodied by his trip to the Senate," Slate, April 20, 2007.
• Dan Eggen and Paul Kane, "Senators Chastise Gonzales at Hearing. Members of His Own Party Pile On as Attorney General Defends Firings," Washington Post, April 20, 2007.
• Dana Milbank, "Maybe Gonzales Won't Recall His Painful Day on the Hill," Washington Post, April 20, 2007.
• Editorial: "Gonzales v. Gonzales," New York Times, April 20, 2007.
• Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "On a Very Hot Seat With Little Cover and Less Support," New York Times, April 21, 2007.
• John Heilprin, "Specter: Gonzales Undermines AG's Office," Associated Press (ABC News), April 22, 2007.
• Diana Jean Schemo, "Specter Says Gonzales Presence Is 'Harmful'," New York Times, April 23, 2007.
• Eric Pfeiffer, "GOP hits Gonzales' 'harmful' testimony," Washington Times, April 23, 2007.
• Peter S. Canellos, "Support of Gonzales Affirms Power Play," Boston Globe, April 24, 2007. Bush administration "willingness to withstand its own party's disdain for Gonzales probably springs not from loyalty but from self-interest: The last thing the president needs right now is confirmation hearings for a new attorney general."
• Murray Waas, "Secret Order By Gonzales Delegated Extraordinary Powers To Aides," National Journal, April 30, 2007.
• Scott Horton, "The Gleichschaltung at Justice", Harper's, May 1, 2007.
• Chris Sullentropp, "Gonzales' Suspicious Omission" New York Times [Opinionator blog}, May 1, 2007.
• Eric Lipton and David Johnston,"Justice Department Announces Inquiry Into Hiring", New York Times, May 3, 2007.
• Murray Waas,"Justice Official Says He Was Directed to Call Fired Prosecutors" National Journal, May 3, 2007.
• Murray Waas, "Administration Withheld Emails about Rove" National Journal, May 10, 2007.
• Laurie Kellman, "Gonzales Faces More Senate Questioning," Associated Press (Forbes), July 24, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "Specter Proposes Special Prosecutor To Investigate U.S. Attorney Scandal," Think Progress, July 24, 2007.
• Murray Waas,"Gonzales Investigated Subordinates Who Were Likely to Testify Against Him" Huffington Post, Oct. 7,2007.
• Murray Waas, "Justice Department Sought Guilty Pleas in NSA Case. Huffington Post, Oct. 19, 2007.
• Murray Waas, "Justice Department Reopens Probe into Warantless Domestic Spying",the Huffington Post, Nov. 14, 2007.

2008

• Mark Sorkin, "Meet J. Robert Flores, OJJDP Chief (Underminer)" Juvienation, April 9, 2008.
• Brian Ross, Anna Schecter, and Murray Waas, "Justice Department Official Awards $500,000 Grant to Golf Group" ABC News.com, June 9, 2008.
• Brian Ross, Anna Schecter, and Murray Waas, "Justice Department Official Awards $500,000 Grant to Golf Group" ABC News.com, June 9, 2008.
• Dan Slater, "Fore! To Combat Crime, $500K Grant to Golf Program" Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2008.
• Spencer Ackerman, "An Open Letter to A Justice Department Addicted to Cronyism," Washington Independent, June 10, 2008.
• Barron YoungSmith,"A Bush Administration Scandal, and its Antecedent," New Republic, June 10, 2008.
• Murray Waas, "Questions Surround Government Funded Abstinence Program' ABCNews.com, June 18, 2008.
• Murray Waas, "The Price of Political Cronyism: Lost Lives and Teenage Suicides"personal blog, June 18, 2008.
• Anna Schecter, Brian Ross & Murray Waas,"$500,000 Round of Golf? Congress Probes Official" ABCNews.com, June 19, 2008.
• Carrie Johnson, "Justice Department Grant Overseer Subject of Criminal Probe" Washington Post, June 20, 2008.
• Kate Klonick, "Flores Faces Criminal Investigation," TPM Muckraker, June 20, 2008.
• Murray Waas & Anna Schecter, "Exclusive: Bush White House Pushed Grant for Fromer Worker"ABCNews.com, June 24, 2008.
• Anna Schecter & Murray Waas, "DOJ Official Fired In Wake of ABC News Investigation" ABCNews.com, June 25 2008.
• Murray Waas, "Bush Appointees Attempted to Thwart U.S. Attorney Probe," personal blog, Sept. 28, 2008.
• Murray Waas, "The Dog Days of Summer and Executive Privilege,Murray Waas personal blog, Aug. 7, 2008.
• Murray Waas, "The Case of the Gonzales Notes," the Atlantic, Swpt. 28, 2008.
• Murray Waas, "What Did Bush Tell Gonzales?" The Atlantic, Sept. 26, 2008.
• John Amato, "Bush Appointees Attemted to Thwart U.S. Attorney Probe," Crooks & Liars, Sept. 27, 2008.
• Murray Waas & Justin Rood, "Report: White House Inolved in U.S. Attorney Firings," ABCNews.com, Sept. 29, 2008.
• Marisa Taylor, "Taxpayers Will Pay for Gonzales' Private Attorney," McClatchey Newspapers, Nov. 18, 2008.

2009

• Murray Waas, "Attorney: Rove Will Cooperate with DOJ Probes,"TPM Muckraker, Feb. 2, 2009.
• Damozel, "Rove to Cooperate...Or Not? Who Knows!" Buck Naked Politics, Feb. 3, 2009.
• Murray Waas, "U.S. Attorney Scandal: Feds Probe Domenici For Obstruction of Justice," TPM Muckraker, Feb. 4, 2009.
• Murray Waas "The Big Stone Wall: Nine Bush-Era Officials Refused to Cooperate With DOJ Probes," TPM Muckraker, Feb. 18, 2009.
• Murray Waas, "A U.S. Attorney's Story," the Atlantic, April 20, 2009.
• Dan Bogden: U.S. Attorney Fired By Bush Will be Rehired by Obama, Huffington Post, April 20, 2009.
• Murray Waas, "Bush Administration Leaks Bolstered Renzi's Reelection Bid," the Hill, June 24, 2009.
• Sam Stein, "Obama Renominates U.S. Attorney Fired by Bush," Huffington Post, July 31, 2009.
• Steve Friess, "Familiar Face Reappears for Key Role in Nevada," New York Times, July 31, 2009.
• Murray Waas, "Justice Done at Justice: U.S. Attorney Fired by Bush Administration Rehired for Old Job by Obama," personal blog, Aug. 1, 2009.
• Murray Waas, "Former U.S. Attorney Condemns White House Interference With Renzi Probe," Huffington Post, Aug. 12, 2009.
• Stephanie Woodrow, "Rove Aide Asked Miers to Help Clear Republican's Name," Main Justice, August 12, 2009.