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You make the call: is AG Mukasey's costly personal travel important?

By Douglas A. Berman

I am not quite sure what to make of this new story from McClatchy Newspapers, headlined "Attorney general's private trips have cost taxpayers $155,800."  Here are some details: Attorney General Michael Mukasey has taken personal trips on government jets almost every weekend since he took office less than a year ago at a cost to taxpayers of more than $155,800, Justice Department and Federal Aviation Administration travel records show.  From November 2007 to September 2008, Mukasey traveled home to New York 45 times, according to the records, which were released recently in response to open records requests that McClatchy filed nine months ago. Justice Department officials defended Mukasey's personal travel, saying he has no choice but to fly on a government plane to see his family...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 31, 2008 (boomark / email).