Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will cooperate with a “truth commission” proposed by Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy to look into possible unlawful conduct by the Bush administration, the Washington Independent reports. This morning reporter David Weigel…
The Washington Post has a couple of extraordinary excerpts from Barton Gellman’s new book about Dick Cheney, Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency. It’s a captivating read, detailing how the Vice President and his small cadre of allies drove…
Blogs from across the political spectrum responded to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales predictably, with liberals cheering, and conservatives quietly trying to split the difference between criticizing Gonzales and criticizing President Bush.
Phoenix Woman, writing at Mercury…
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., criticized outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, saying he allowed political considerations “to creep too closely to the core of our legal system.”
In a statement, Klobuchar said, “Our nation’s chief law enforcement officer…
With today’s news that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is resigning, there’s one question that’s on everyone’s lips: Who is Alberto Gonzales?
After all, how can we be expected to remember whether or not we’ve ever heard Alberto…
Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., expressed doubt about an upcoming no confidence vote in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
In an interview with Hearst Newspapers, Coleman, who has called on Gonzales to resign, said, “I have reservations about playing…
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman called on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign Thursday, as two Democratic senators pushed for a non-binding vote of no confidence in the embattled head of the Justice Department.
“I don’t have confidence…
I often like to employ the use of snark in my columns. For the uninitiated, “snark” is defined as being critical in an annoying, sarcastic or wisecracking way. Certainly a few of my critics would agree with the “annoying”…
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