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At best, John McCain is a fibber. At worst, he's a malevolent liar. This week, McCain's people continued to spew the same old chitchat and baldfaced lies, despite media fact-checkers calling the campaign's assertions "shamelessly misleading." Even Karl Rove, the infamous forked-tongued prevaricator, said that the McCain campaign's lies and negative attacks have gone too far. The man is mean-spirited, reckless and appears to have sold his soul. If he triumphs, America will have the devil to...

By Kevin Johnson WASHINGTON -- Former attorney general Alberto Gonzales mishandled highly classified information related to two of the government's most sensitive counterterrorism programs, including its controversial domestic surveillance operation, a Justice Department report released Tuesday said. The report said Gonzales took home classified notes in February 2005 that partially outlined some operational aspects of the surveillance program and left them at home for an "indeterminate...

By Lara Jakes Jordan WASHINGTON - Former Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales mishandled highly classified notes about a secret counter-terror program, but he did not do so on purpose, according to a memo by his legal team. The memo acknowledges that Gonzales improperly stored notes about the program and might have taken them home at one point. Removing secret documents from specially secured rooms violates government policy. Gonzales' lawyers wrote in their memo that there is no evidence the...

Federal prosecutors say a Colorado jail inmate has been charged with mailing a threatening letter to likely Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain. Marc Harold Ramsey, 39, incarcerated at the Arapahoe County Jail since 2007 for felony menacing, 2nd degree assault, contempt of court and being a fugitive from justice, will be transferred from state to federal custody, CNN reported Saturday. Federal authorities said campaign workers at the Denver office of the U.S. senator from...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey will give remarks highlighting the Justice Department's efforts in coordination with federal, state and local law enforcement to prevent terrorism on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2008 at 9:00 A.M. PDT. He will also discuss the Federal Bureau of Investigation's transformation of its national security capabilities after the September 11 attacks, with a particular focus on the ongoing effort to develop new consolidated...

Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate said any action on an energy bill must wait until after the August recess since the two parties have been unable to agree. Republicans want legislation to expand oil drilling offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, while Democrats are pushing for tax credits for alternative energy development and curbing oil speculation, The Hill reported. The parties blamed each other for the impasse. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Republicans did not...

By Phillip Lucas, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Jul. 31--WASHINGTON -- Ratification of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact gained even more momentum Wednesday as the House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously for the bill's passage. The compact is an effort of states in the Great Lakes region to prevent the lakes' water from being offered to states facing water shortages. "I think it's a situation where everybody's a winner, and nobody is a loser," Rep. F. James...

By JOHN E MULLIGAN Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and colleagues on the Environment and Public Works Committee accuse Stephen L. Johnson of being more influenced by the White House than science. WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and two Democratic colleagues yesterday requested a federal probe of whether Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson has "made false or misleading statements" in Senate testimony about his regulatory decisions. The senators also called on...

Four U.S. Senate Democrats are seeking U.S. Environmental Protection Agency head Stephen Johnson's resignation, saying he misled Congress. The four senators also said they want U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey to investigate whether Johnson made false statement to Congress. Mukasey's office said Tuesday it was reviewing the request, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday. The Democrats -- Barbara Boxer of California, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works...

By Lara Jakes Jordan WASHINGTON - Former Justice Department officials broke the law by letting Bush administration politics dictate the hiring of prosecutors, immigration judges and other career government lawyers, according to an internal investigation released Monday. For nearly two years, top advisers to then-Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales discriminated against applicants for career jobs who weren't Republican or conservative loyalists, the Justice report found. At times, their search for...