here is a case by michael mukasey, the former attorney general and i quote -- "-- this is quotation from "the wall street journal". the mastermind of the world trade center bombing and apparently testimony in a public courtroom about delivery of a cellphone battery was enough to tip-off terrorists still at-large that one of their communication links had been compromised. that link which had been in fact monitored by the government and provided enormously valuable intelligence was immediately shut down and further information lost. i'm not going to read the entire quotations here, but just some headlines. i mentioned the head line of gla moussaoui where sensitive material was leaked. here is the headline from a cnbc story, the said that, whoops, we gave moussaoui some downlts he should -- documents that he shouldn't have had. documents that government said should be classified. the east africa east embassy bombing trials which occurred back -- this was after 2001 in september 26th is the "star ledger" story. the cost of disclosing information became clear after the trials of bin laden ass

michael mukasey, a former federal judge who has tried terrorism cases, and michael hayden, put a joint of bed in "the wall street journal stating that the release of the memos was on necessary as a legal matter, and i think of their correct their, and on sound as a matter of policy. they predicted that the effect of these memos would be to invite the kind of institutional timidity and fear of discrimination that we can intelligence gathering in the past and that we

the last -- and i would say least awful attorney general of the bush years, my former partner, michael mukasey, gave one speech in which he addressed the question of prosecutorial abuse. it occurred in march of 2008. he gave the speech in san francisco. he started out quoting teddy roosevelt. he went on to cite how the department was engaged with the issue of politically abusive conduct. a junket had been arranged, taking members of congress to play golf at st. andrews. it was arranged by a man and he said this had been fully investigated. i subsequently discovered that my friend mr. mukasey did not know that one of the participants in this golf junkets that he cited was his predecessor, john ashcroft. the week he gave that speech, the single most prominent report in the american press of corruption related to the united states department of justice. it was a no bid consultancy contract, multimillion-dollar consulting contract awarded by the u.s. attorney in new jersey, then preparing his candidacy to be governor, to the same john ashcroft. never investigated or addressed internally by the dep

former attorney general michael mukasey, a former federal judge who has tried terrorism cases, and michael hagan wrote hagan wroteop/ed in the wall street journal saying that the release of the memos would be not necessary as a legal matter, and i think they're correct there, and "and sound as a matter of policy," -- "unsound as a matter of policy." they said it would it and fight institutional fear of recrimination that has weakened intelligence gathering in the past and that we have come to regret on september 11, 2001. the lawful and wise thing to do would have been to keep our secrets secret, yet you did not. instead, you have now given a critical piece of information to our enemies. just in the last three weeks, i have received word again that on may 29, "the washington times" reported that the department of justice voluntarily dismissed a case against three black panther members for voter intimidation outside a polling place in pennsylvania. in that case, three black panthers were military-style uniforms, armed with a nightstick, and used racial slurs to scare would be voters at the

former attorney general mike mukasey, who tried terrorism cases and c.i.a. director michael hayden wrote a joint op-ed in the "wall street journal" stating that the release of the memos would be, quote, unnecessary as a legal matter, and i think they're clearly correct there and, quote, unsound as a matter of policy. and i think that's correct. they predicted that the effect of the memos, released, "will invite the kind of constitutional fear of recrim nation that weakened intelligence gathering in the past and then we came solely to regret on september 11, 2001." the lawful and wise thing to do would have been to keep -- would be to -- have been to keep our secrets secret. yet, you did not. instead, you have now given a critical piece of information to our enemies. just in the last three weeks i received word again that -- on may 29, "the washington times" has reported that the department of justice voluntarily dismissed a case against three black panther members for voter intimidation outside a polling place in pennsylvania. in that case three black panthers, armed with a