mukasey

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Mukasey revives probe into lawyers' roles in NSA spying

Mukasey revives probe into lawyers' roles in NSA spyingHmThere appears to be more going on than meets the eye. I wonder if Mukasey made this a condition for accepting the job. Can't imagine that this was something President Bush wanted to do.

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Mukasey, NSA Spying

Discussion threads 2007-11-14

Mukasey revives probe into lawyers' roles in NSA spying

In his first week on the job, new Attorney General Michael Mukasey has reopened a long-stalled Justice Dept. investigation into the National Security Administration's domestic wiretapping program, The Los Angeles Times reports. The internal probe will investigate whether Justice lawyers acted unethically or broke laws in reviewing...

Tags: Probe, Mukasey, Government, Security, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-14

Mukasey says that war powers may allow for warrantless wiretaps

Mukasey says that war powers may allow for warrantless wiretapsFirst & Foremosthas this incursion been a declared war or is it just an invasion? There is your answer. If its just an invasion then all the unlawful acts of wire tapping was done illegally!!!Great PointIllegal invasion and occupation...not a declared...

Tags: invasion, Mukasey

Discussion threads 2007-10-19

Mukasey says that war powers may allow for warrantless wiretaps

The love feast for attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey came to an abrupt halt Thursday, as the nominee suggested that the president's executive powers are pretty darn expansive, after all. Mukasey said that the president could ignore federal surveillance law if it infringes on his...

Tags: President, Law, Mukasey, Workforce Management, Human Resources, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-19

Additional Resources

CA Dems: Scrutiny of Yahoo-Google deal threatens competition

Seeing as how Google and Yahoo are both California companies, California House members have taken it upon themselves to tell the Dept. of Justice to butt out of the advertising swap between the two Internet honchos. In a letter of Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the Democratic reps said: ...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Agreement, Computer Associates International Inc., D, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Indictments in huge hacking & theft case

A federal grand jury returned indictments today on 11 defendants in one of the largest hacking and online theft cases ever. The Department of Justice charged 11 individuals from around the world with stealing 40 million credit and debit card numbers, cracking the networks of nine retailers and stealing an...

Tags: Belarus, Hacking, Debit Card, Ukraine, Debit Card Number, Unauthorized Access Device, Identity Theft, Financial Services, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Online thieves worse than 1960s Mafia

It took Robert F. Kennedy to break the back of Mafia families like the Bonannos (that's Joe Bananas pictured) and we need that kind of dedicated commitment to stop today's equivalent of organized crime: online scammers, many of them from Eastern Europe. That was the message Attorney General Michael Mukasey...

Tags: Banking, Government, Federal Government, Financial Services, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-24

Attorney general nominee says he will protect civil liberties

Even as an administration that aggressively expanded warrantless surveillance and intelligence gathering enters its final year, the nominee to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general spoke forcefully about the need to protect civil liberties, The Washington Post reports. Attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey said at his confirmation hearing...

Tags: Nominee, Civil Liberty, Attorney General, Workforce Management, Human Resources, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-17