Not Every Violation of the Law is a Crime: US Attorney General


	Not Every Violation of the Law is a Crime: US Attorney General

dulios

8-12-2008 3:02 PM

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justice department, alberto gonzalez, michael mukasey, monica goodling, hiring practices, discrimination

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8-12-2008 4:52 PM

kkcapricorn

Deplorable logic. Another example of how the "elite" manufacture methods of skirting laws that they expect the common citizen to obey.

8-12-2008 5:18 PM

boniface

He should buy a dictionary!

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