tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/9/2009
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Buried in a New York Times story today about the fallout for several former Bush lawyers who crafted the administration's war on terror policies, is the following gratifying nugget:
David S. Addington, a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney who was a forceful voice in internal legal ...
Gonzo: I'm A Casualty Of The War On Terror
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/31/2008 — Looks like Gonzo still doesn't quite get it.
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- under whose tenure the Justice Department often appeared to take its orders from the White House political office, and drafted memos that many experts said ...
Gonzo Rehab Campaign Has Its Work Cut Out
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 5/28/2009 — We told you earlier today about Alberto Gonzales' apparent use of the nomination of the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice -- a distinction for which Gonzo himself was once a top candidate -- to rehabilitate his reputation.
But judging by the ...
Gonzo Contacted By Prosecutor On US Attorneys Firings
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/3/2008 — This morning, as we noted , the Washington Post reported that the prosecutor Nora Dannehy has met with defense lawyers and issued subpoenas, through a grand jury, in her investigation into criminal wrongdoing in connection with the US Attorney ...
Gonzo Worried About "Politicization"
talkingpointsmemo.com 2/19/2009 — David Weigel caught up with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at a Republican event on the Hill this morning and asked if we would cooperate with Sen. Patrick Leahy's proposed truth commission, should that come to pass. Saying he would, Gonzo ...
DOJ Torture Emails: How The Times Could Have Reported The Story
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/8/2009 — Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that Justice Department lawyers agreed in 2005 that harsh interrogation techniques were legal. The impact of the story -- which was based largely on email messages written at the time by James Comey, ...
Gonzo Blames "Tough Economy" For Struggle To Find A Job
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/6/2009 — Last night, Alberto Gonzales continued his failing efort to rehabilitate his reputation, talking to CNN's Campbell Brown about his record at DOJ.
Brown asked about the numerous findings that Gonzo had politicized the department, provoking the ...
Why Won't Gonzales Deny He Killed Harman-AIPAC Probe?
motherjones.com 4/22/2009 — If you had been falsely accused of doing something outrageous, wouldn't you declare you had done no such thing?
Everyone is entitled to a presumption of innocence--at least in a courtroom--but it is certainly suspicious that former Attorney General ...
Lying To Congress: OK For DOJ Officials, Not So Much For Ballplayers
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/16/2009 — So Miguel Tejada, the shortstop for the Houston Astros, has been charged with lying to Congressional investigators about the use of steroids in baseball.
That news put us in mind of someone two other people who are suspected of lying to Congress, ...
Why Won't Gonzales Deny He Killed Harman-AIPAC Probe?
blogs.cqpolitics.com 4/21/2009 — If you had been falsely accused of doing something outrageous, wouldn't you declare you had done no such thing?
Everyone is entitled to a presumption of innocence--at least in a courtroom--but it is certainly suspicious that former Attorney ...
Gonzo: Don't Blame Me For Torture -- I Wasn't At DOJ Yet
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 5/28/2009 — TPMmuckraker favorite Alberto Gonzales went on CNN this afternoon to talk Sotomayor.
But Wolf Blitzer also asked him about the ongoing torture debate. And it was interesting to see that Gonzo -- who was White House counsel at the time the torture ...
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