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emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 8/7/2009

Brennan Provides Gonzales-Like Obfuscation on Illegal Surveillance Program

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Or perhaps worse than Alberto Gonzales. At John Brennan's speech today, Spencer asked a question I've been hoping to have clarified since the IG Report revealed that two departments Brennan managed were in charge of targeting for Bush's illegal surveillance program. So today I asked ...

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themoderatevoice.com - 8/9/2009

Lame Questions for Alberto Gonzales. Cheesy, Whiny Answers

— themoderatevoice.com — I enjoy Deborah Solomon’s weekly interviews (”Questions For…”) in The New York Times Magazine, a column that... has appeared in the Times’ weekend magazine since 2003. Although her interview techniques and the published results of her interviews have come under ... (more) Lame Questions for Alberto Gonzales. Cheesy, Whiny Answers

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General David Petraeus

The New York Times

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cbsnews.com - 8/10/2009

Alberto Gonzales: My Reputation has Suffered - Political Hotsheet

— cbsnews.com — Former attorney general Alberto Gonzales says that there is "no question" that his reputation has taken a... turn for the worse after undergoing an investigation into his role in the firings of nine federal prosecutors. Still, he says that being the ... (more) Alberto Gonzales: My Reputation has Suffered - Political ...

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thinkprogress.org - 8/8/2009

Gonzales ‘angry’ his reputation has been tarnished: I don’t deserve this treatment.

— thinkprogress.org — The New York Times Magazine has a new interview with former Bush attorney general Alberto Gonzales, who... is set to begin a job teaching political science at Texas Tech this fall. Gonzales is also currently writing a book — although he ... (more) Gonzales ‘angry’ his reputation has been tarnished: I ...

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The New York Times

United States

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Brennan Redeems Himself?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... Marcy Wheeler adds that Brennan gave an evasive, "Gonzales-like" response to questions about his role in Bush's illegal surveillance program. Nevertheless, Ackerman ...

Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars — Newshoggers: The source of the insanity. Gin and Tacos: The spurious and the unspurious – Glenn Reynolds and the Dow-Jones. Emptywheel: John Brennan gives Gonzales-like answer on illegal surveillance program. No Comment: Rove’s Mississippi Mud. skippy the bush kangaroo: 20 largest cases of companies bilking the government. The Poor Man: Clap if you believe in war. Cleek: There’s a wingnut on the road. Guest post by Batocchio. Mike is back tomorrow. Thanks to him ...

Bush’s Info Sharing Memo Timed to Match Warrantless Wiretap Revelations
Firedoglake — ... --and current Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan--were key players in Bush's illegal spying program, I've been reading the October 2007 ...

Frank Naif: Obama's new counterterrorism message is good, but the messenger has problems
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... But Brennan gave a halting, carefully parsed, lawyerly non-answer when Washington Independent's Spencer Ackerman asked him directly about his role in domestic surveillance activity. Ackerman's colleague, Marcy Wheeler, even characterized Brennan's response to the domestic surveillance question as "Gonzales-like," a reference to the disingenuous answers provided to Congress by Bush Attorney General and sometime counsel Alberto Gonzalez. ...

John Brennan's Dangeous National Security Advice
Commondreams.org Views — ... . Brennan gave a response that Alberto Gonzales himself could have given: I fulfilled all my responsibilities at NCTC that I was asked to fulfill. And there are a number of different programs, some of which have come out in the press, some of which have not. Some of the things that have come out in the press have been inaccurate in terms of the representations there. And when I look back in terms of my service at the NCTC and those places I believe I fulfilled those responsibilities to the best of my abilities. These issues related to the so-called domestic surveillance ...