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Justice Examining Gonzales' Honesty
AP via SFGate ^ | 8/30/7 | LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 08/30/2007 10:27:03 AM PDT by SmithL

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department said Thursday it is investigating whether resigning Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied or otherwise mislead Congress last month in sworn testimony about the Bush administration's domestic terrorist spying program.

The inquiry, confirmed by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine, comes three days after Gonzales abruptly announced he was stepping down despite months of vowing he would remain on the job.

In a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, who two weeks ago asked for the inquiry, Fine said his investigators believe they "will be able to assess most of the issues that you raise in your letter."

Leahy had also asked Fine to look into . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clintonlegacy; gonzales; judicialactivism; partisanwitchhunt; shadowgovernment

1 posted on 08/30/2007 10:27:03 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

AND, I’m waiting for the SHE-DEVIL’S examination of honesty.....waiting, waiting


2 posted on 08/30/2007 10:30:45 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: SmithL

Fine was confirmed to his present position just one month before President Clinton left office. He joined DOJ in 1995. He is a Harvard graduate, a son of a long-time DOJ attorney, and apparently well-connected. Sounds like he is all too willing to do Leahy’s bidding.


3 posted on 08/30/2007 10:34:31 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: SmithL

Just another NWO Clintonite Worm

4 posted on 08/30/2007 10:42:16 AM PDT by bmwcyle (BOMB, BOMB, BOMB,.......BOMB, BOMB IRAN)
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To: SmithL

Too bad Senators are under the same oath to tell the truth. We could drag all their butts into jail.


5 posted on 08/30/2007 10:45:08 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: RoseofTexas

She doesn’t member what the current revisionist historical position is on that matter...


6 posted on 08/30/2007 10:45:41 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: Always Right

Lying to Congress is a crime. One that John Kerry committed back in the Vietnam war.


7 posted on 08/30/2007 10:48:05 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: weegee

Yeah I know, but why isn’t it a crime to by a lying Congresscritter.


8 posted on 08/30/2007 10:49:16 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: SmithL

Can Gonzales fire the IG before he leaves office?


9 posted on 08/30/2007 10:51:47 AM PDT by RoadKingSE
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To: RoseofTexas

Yeah, why don’t we spotlight Her Thighness’s honesty or lack of it?


10 posted on 08/30/2007 10:52:21 AM PDT by freekitty (May the eagles long fly over our beautiful and free American sky.)
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To: RoadKingSE
Ann Coulter yesterday:

“This week, congressional Democrats vowed to investigate Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ firing of himself. Gonzales has said he was not involved in the discussions about his firing and that it was “performance-based,” but he couldn’t recall the specifics.”

Too funny!

11 posted on 08/30/2007 11:23:15 AM PDT by BigBobber
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To: bmwcyle

>>Just another NWO Clintonite Worm<<

I don’t know.. his first job out of law school was Assistant United States Attorney in the Washington, D.C. under President Reagan..although there is a gap in his record from 1990-1995 when he came to Justice. I don’t know what he did in the mean time.


12 posted on 08/30/2007 11:27:26 AM PDT by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words)
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To: RoadKingSE

Probably, but he’s too laid back to do anything like that. Being overly non-combative is a lot of his problem. Gonzales may be an excellent analytical doctor of law and supreme court justice, but he does not project an aura of leadership. What the situation required was a political infighter as well as a learned consitutional lawyer, in the same person; a most unusual combination, but this is an unusual time.


13 posted on 08/30/2007 4:23:58 PM PDT by Elsiejay (,)
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