Mukasey: Cheney's Man

Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey was not the top choice of "movement conservatives" who want their social agenda pushed.

But he is favored by Vice President Dick Cheney because Mukasey, as a federal judge, endorsed the post-9/11 agenda of stripping suspect Muslims of constitutional rights. Or, as Cheney put it, Mukasey will defend "the freedom from fear of terrorist attacks."

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