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Michael Mukasey, former U.S. Attorney General

Michael B. Mukasey became U.S. Attorney General in October 2007, succeeding Alberto R. Gonzales, who resigned in the midst of investigations into the firings of federal prosecutors.

Before becoming Attorney General, Mukasey spent 19 years as a federal judge in New York, including serving as chief judge, after being appointed by President Reagan in 1987. Earlier, he had been a prosecutor in Manhattan when Rudolph W. Giuliani was also a young assistant United States Attorney.

While Mr. Mukasey handled many high profile trials, his biggest cases involved terrorism. In 1993, he presided over the prosecution of Omar Abdel Rahman, the so-called Blind Sheik, whom he sentenced to life in prison for his role in a plot to blow up New York landmarks and tunnels. In 2003, as chief judge, he ruled that Jose Padilla was an enemy combatant but entitled to access to his lawyers. Before becoming U.S. Attorney General Mukasey and his wife had around-the-clock protection from U.S. marshals for eight years due to the nature of his cases - an unusual but not unprecedented need for federal judges.

"Current institutions and statutes are not well suited to even the limited task of supplementing what became, after Sept. 11, 2001, principally a military effort to combat Islamic terrorism,"Mukasey wrote in the Wall Street Journal. In a 2004 article, also in the Wall Street Journal, Mukasey defended the Patriot Act against charges that it eroded civil liberties. In particular, he defended "sneak-and-peek" warrants that allow agents, with court authorization, to enter premises, examine what is there and then leave. "Here too, the logic seems obvious: If you leave behind a note saying 'Good afternoon, Mr. bin Laden, we were here,' that might betray the existence of an investigation and cause the subjects to flee or destroy evidence," Mukasey wrote. Throughout his career, Mukasey has expressed strong support for an independent judiciary and bristled at perceived attempts by other branches.

Event Type:

Regular Event

Event Date:

9/7/2010

Event Time:

7:00 PM

Registration Deadline Date was 9/6/2010

Event Pricing:

	Price
Non-Members	$85.00
Guests Registered by a Member	$35.00
Basic Membership	$9.00
Fellow Membership	Free
Patron Membership	Free
Special Membership - Artist/Student//Rhodes Scholars/White House Fellows	$5.00

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