Attorney General down!

The Attorney General appointed by Bush, Michael Mukasey, fainted on stage this week. Apparently all tests have confirmed it was not a heart attack or stroke and he will be returning to work shortly.



Let's take this moment to remember a little bit about what the AG is for. From http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/ :

"The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the Office of the Attorney General which evolved over the years into the head of the Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the Federal Government. The Attorney General represents the United States in legal matters generally and gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. In matters of exceptional gravity or importance the Attorney General appears in person before the Supreme Court. Since the 1870 Act that established the Department of Justice as an executive department of the government of the United States, the Attorney General has guided the world's largest law office and the central agency for enforcement of federal laws. ... Judge Mukasey was nominated to be Attorney General by President George W. Bush on September 17, 2007, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 8. He entered duty on November 9."

Let us take another moment to follow Mukasey's inability to answer a question. I was really bothered by him being unable to answer the question of if waterboarding is torture. Even him saying "no it's not torture" is better in my opinion then him not answering at all. Here are a couple clips I found to be very interesting.



He says he doesn't know what is involved in the technique so he can't answer the question. He is then told what the technique involves, and STILL doesn't answer the question. Let's see if Biden can make sense out of this man.



-J