Alberto Gonzales

Alberto Gonzales

	Did Gonzales Obstruct Justice By Attempting To 'Shape' Goodling's Testimony? 5-24-07 -- Add witness tampering to the list of crimes by Alberto Gonzales. In a damaging revelation made late in her testimony today, Monica Goodling disclosed that right before she took a leave of absence from the Department of Justice, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales personally attempted to shape her future testimony to Congress about the U.S. attorney purge.
	New Documents Confirm Gonzales Lied To Senator 5-22-07 -- On Dec. 15, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) had their second phone conversation regarding the appointment of Karl Rove-protege Tim Griffin as the new U.S. attorney in Arkansas.
	More Senators Call For Gonzo to Resign 5-20-07 -- Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) called for the resignation of his friend, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whose leadership he said had tarnished the Department of Justice. Republican Senator Kit Bond, usually a staunch GOP ally, suggested thursday that Bush consider ejecting Gonzales. The president might decide that the current leadership remaining at DOJ is doing more harm than good. On friday, Norm Coleman of Minnesota became the fifth Senate Republican to call for the attorney general's departure. And Republican Senator Wayne Allard is "weighing" whether to call for Alberto Gonzales to resign after reports that a former interim U.S. attorney for Colorado - who had Allard's backing - was targeted for dismissal in early 2006.
	Alberto Gonzales Thinks Bush is Above The Law 5-19-07 -- In Dec. 2005, it was revealed that president Bush had "signed a secret order in 2002 authorizing the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens and foreign nationals in the United States, despite previous legal prohibitions against such domestic spying." A few months later, on Feb. 6, 2006, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales came before Congress and was asked to explain why President Bush didn't simply work with Congress to develop a system that was legal: KENNEDY: Now, we were facing the issue of electronic surveillance at another time, in 1976, when we had the attorney general, Ed Levi, and President Ford. And they followed a much different course than you have followed. Ed Levi came and consulted with us. They dealt with the Congress, and they got FISA. And the question that I have for you is, why didn't you follow that kind of pathway, which was so successful at a different time. Why didn't you follow that pattern? GONZALES: Sir, the short answer is that we didn't think we needed to, quite frankly.
	Ex-Aide: Gonzales Discussed Firings 4-17-07 -- Contrary to his previous testimony, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales discussed the firing of "disloyal" US attorneys. This site had him labeled as a perjurer months ago.
	Gonzales Caught in Web of Deceit 4-16-07 -- Recently released emails prove the US attorney to be a perjurer.
	Alberto Gonzales Involved in Another Scandal 3-17-07 -- Last July, it was revealed that the Office of Professional Responsibility in the Justice Department -- the office "responsible for investigating allegations of misconduct involving Department attorneys" -- repeatedly attempted to investigate whether DOJ lawyers acted improperly concerning their role in the President's warrantless eavesdropping program, but finally stopped their investigation because the President refused to give them the security clearances they needed to conduct the investigation. Murray Waas reported in the National Journal that it was Alberto Gonzales who advised the President to deny those clearances even after Gonzales "learned that his own conduct would likely be a focus of the investigation." The investigation which they blocked "would have examined Gonzales's role in authorizing the eavesdropping program while he was White House counsel, as well as his subsequent oversight of the program as attorney general."
	Gonzales Lied to Congress Under Oath 3-17-07 -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary Committee, under oath, that the Bush administration never intended to take advantage of a Patriot Act provision that allows the President to appoint "interim" U.S. attorneys for an indefinite period of time, without Senate confirmation. But Justice Department emails from Dec. 2006 released this week show that Gonzales's then-chief of staff Kyle Sampson intended to use this provision to make an end-run around the Senate.
	Gonzales Seems Ready to Exit 3-17-07 -- Even steadfast defenders of the Regime seems to be growing weary of his lies and deceit.
	More Government Officials Call For Gonzales to Resign 3-16-07 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer and many other Democrats have called for Alberto Gonzales to resign over the U.S. attorney scandal, the media has reported it as if it is a partisan issue. Now 2 Republicans Senators and 1 Republican Congressman are also calling for him to step down.
	Gonzales' Role as Bush Personal Lawyer Never Ceased 3-15-07 -- Alberto Gonzales is a criminal who put the interests of his client, George Bush, ahead of his constitutionally charged duties as the nation's chief law enforcement officer. He is a lifelong Bush Crime Family operative whose first loyalty is to the Enterprise.
	Gonzales: "Mistakes" Were Made 3-14-07 -- An appointment to head a US attorneys office can put an ambitious sort on the fast track up the judicial-corporate ladder. The careers of Rudy Giuliani, Michael Chertoff and Sam Alito were all advanced by creating phony crime-fighting resumes as federal prosecutors.
	Call for Gonzales to Resign 3-12-07 -- Senator Charles Schumer has called for Alberto Gonzales to resign his post as attorney general.
	The Failed Attorney General 3-11-07 -- A perfect compliment to the failed president.
	Specter: "One Day There Will Be A New Attorney General" 3-10-07 -- You know it's bad when even Republicans turn on Alberto Gonzalez over the U.S. attorney firings.
	Why it's a Bad Day for the Constitution Whenever Alberto Gonzales Testifies 1-26-07 -- John Dean's stinging criticism points-out why Gonzales may be the worst attorney general in the nation's history.
	Gonzales Says The Constitution Doesn't Guarantee Habeas Corpus 1-25-07 -- One of the Bush administration's most far-reaching assertions of government power was revealed quietly last week when Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified that habeas corpus -- the right to go to federal court and challenge one's imprisonment -- is not protected by the Constitution.
	War Criminal Gonzales Criticizes Warrantless Eavesdropping Opponents 11-20-06 -- Gonzales claims critics are "defining freedom in a way that poses a 'grave threat' to US security." Ironically, it is Gonzales himself who poses a greater threat.
	Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Tenet Face War Crime Charges 11-12-06 -- The reason behind Bush's constant refusal to recognize international criminal law is becoming clear. Weren't these the same people who mindlessly repeated the mantra "Rule of Law" during Clinton's impeachment?
	Gonzales: Did He Help Bush Keep His DUI Quiet? 1-31-04 -- Senate Democrats put off a vote on White House counsel Alberto Gonzales's nomination to be attorney general, complaining he had provided evasive answers to questions about torture and the mistreatment of prisoners. But Gonzales's most surprising answer may have come on a different subject: his role in helping President Bush escape jury duty in a drunken-driving case involving a dancer at an Austin strip club in 1996.
	Orders to Torture 5-20-04 -- In a January 25, 2002, memo, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales advised the President of "the threat of domestic criminal prosecution under the War Crimes Act," a federal statute. He advised Bush to invent a legal technicality--declaring detainees in the "war on terror" to be outside the Geneva Conventions--which, he said, "substantially reduces" the chance of prosecution.