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Gonzales: My ‘Guiding Principle’ Was To ‘Follow The Law’ And ‘Always Do The Right Thing’

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Yesterday, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke at the Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, giving his views on “immigration, education and public service.” The event drew approximately 1,000 attendees, as well as a few protestors who greeted Gonzales outside the venue.

He dodged questions about waterboarding by local station KIII-TV, but did give some words of advice for his successor, Michael Mukasey:

To do the right thing. And I have every confidence that Mike Mukasey will do the right thing. Always do the right thing. Follow the law. That was always my lodestar, my guiding principle, and I’m sure that will guide General Mukasey.

Gonzales must have forgotten this lodestar somewhere during his time in the Bush administration. He recently launched a defense fund to pay for his legal expenses, “which are mounting in the face of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into whether Gonzales committed perjury or improperly tampered with a congressional witness.” A look at how he has always tried to “follow the law”:

– Approved administration torture program. In 2002, Gonzales chaired a series of meetings that “set the course” for the administration’s torture policies. He “raised no objections and, without consulting military and State Department experts in the laws of torture and war, approved an August 2002 memo that gave CIA interrogators the legal blessings they sought.”

– Inappropriately coached a congressional witness’s testimony. In May, Monica Goodling testified before Congress that, prior to resigning from the Justice Department, she had an “uncomfortable” conversation with Gonzales, in which he “laid out” his version of the attorney firings. Inspector General Glenn Fine is examining whether this attempt to “coach” Goodling was illegal.

– Misled Congress on warrantless spying. In Feb. 2006, Gonzales testified to Congress that “there has not been any serious disagreement” about the National Security Agency’s (NSA) warrantless spying program. Yet testimony by former Deputy Attorney General James Comey proved there were indeed serious disagreements when the administration tried to seek legal approval for the spying program in 2004.

ThinkProgress spoke to the Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, who said that Gonzales received a “modest honorarium” for his speech, but refused to disclose the full amount.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/16/gonzales-guiding-principle


He must be kidding!

I'm sorry, I threw up a little in my throat.... The problem, I think, is that Gonzales forgot what "law" meant. He interpreted it to mean "I'm laying down the law" so whatever he said met his criteria, whether, of course, it was consistent with either constitutional principles or the actual statutes passed by Congress. Another issue, of course, is that the term "right" has too many meanings. When he saysHe is not using the term under the following definitions:Rather, he meansIn that sense, he is, of course, right.

Gonzo needs your help! ROFL!

Gonzales Defense Fund Set Up
Former Attorney General's Legal Fees Mount in Probe

By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 15, 2007; Page A03

Supporters of former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales have created a trust fund to help pay for his legal expenses, which are mounting in the face of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into whether Gonzales committed perjury or improperly tampered with a congressional witness.

The establishment of a legal defense fund for the nation's former chief law enforcement officer underscores the potential peril confronting Gonzales, who is one of a handful of attorneys general to face potential criminal charges for actions taken in office.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/15/alberto-gonzales-defense-_n_72770.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111402318.html

Good god, what an irony.

Talk about IRONY! AGAG tries to escape "Justice", but unfortunately Tancredo filled the Rio Grande with Sh!T eating crocodiles...

TAT

the gonzo/bush legacy:

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The legacy of Alberto Gonzalez is that now, for the first time in its history, it is official policy of the American government to torture prisoners under its control.

Not, as was the case in the past when torture happened, but the Administration in power denounced it and distanced itself from the act.

Now, leading Republican Presidential Candidates vie for who can embrace the most torture for the most applications. And Conservatives everywhere are quoting lines from the fictional "24" series as though they were fact, frothing at the mouth for more men (and women and children?) to be tortured.

And our government, thanks to the complicity of Alberto Gonzalez, now shows that face to the world.

May he burn in Hell forever for what he has done to our country.

Burning in hell isn't what the Devil would choose for 'berto's eternal damnation.

Maybe we should have a contest for what would be more fitting than mere burning.

Endless water boarding is too easy.

Maybe having to write the entire constitution on a blackboard until he gets to the last word, and then just as he's at the next to the last word, the chalk breaks and he has to start over.

Excuse me for jumping in like this if it is a bit off the subject.

I think that god is inventing new circles of hell just for this eventuality... but the problem is, his torture should occur during our lifetimes so we can feel vindicated. Perhaps a war crimes tribunal? After all, he was actively engaged in war crimes (in my professional opinion) and the principles of international and domestic law would allow his prosecution. Unless, of course, he is in an undisclosed location that the "supreme executive/Chancellor Palpatine/Caesar" or whatever the appellation du jour for the decider currently is, has determined is not fit for the citizenry to be knowledgeable of, or he is "pardoned" rather than suffering his appropriate punishment. There is not one severe enough, and I believe in the death penalty, too!

Okay NW, amend my suggestion, send him to prison and apply the same punishment there. Also, he has to do it stark naked.

Oh, add that the guards should be all the innocents imprisoned at abu grahib and Guantanamo, and immigrants he had rounded up at gunpoint and sent back to Mexico.