More satire I have to offer.

[Independent_Liberal]

SATIRE: Gonzo indicted. More of my "news from the future."

;)

Associated Press

October 20, 2006

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES INDICTED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has announced charges of obstruction of justice against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. In the press release from the Office of Special Counsel, it is said that Gonzales was withholding emails from Vice President Dick Cheney’s office that had been subpoenaed by Federal Prosecutors in the CIA leak investigation and requested by Judge Reggie Walton. Gonzales has resigned as Attorney General. President Bush has announced that he has accepted Gonzales’s resignation. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty has taken over as acting Attorney General until the President can name a new one to be confirmed by the Senate. Gonzales became the first U.S. Attorney General to be indicted since John Mitchell, Attorney General under President Nixon.

“I think this is the final nail in the coffin,” said Jason Leopold of Truthout.org. “Last week, it was 25 Republicans, this week it was Hadley, Feith and now Gonzales. The wheels appear to be coming off this government big time.” The President has been so distraught lately over these latest arrests and indictments it seems to be slowing him down from achieving many things on his agenda. His approval ratings have sunk back down to 32%, more GOP folk are abandoning the party, dissatisfaction by the public of how the Iraq war is being handled is continuing to grow, GOP poll numbers are at their lowest, and the Democrats are starting to gain more traction on issues such as National Security and handling the war.

On Wednesday, a vote was held in the Senate on Senator Robert Byrd’s (D-WA) resolution seeking a bipartisan Independent Commission to investigate the NSA wiretaps. The Commission got approved on a narrow vote of 51-47 with 6 Republicans breaking ranks. When Senators Arlen Specter, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Lincoln Chafee, Chuck Hagel and Dick Lugar were asked about their vote, they said pretty much the same thing. “We felt it was something that needed looked into. The public is very concerned about their privacy.” It is said that NSA staffer Russell Tice will give testimony before the Commission. The ACLU and National Security Whistleblowers Coalition applauded the vote by the Senate for this Commission.

Today a group of online activists have announced that they are submitting a petition of redress to the Department of Justice for a special grand jury to investigate allegations of torture and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. They have said the grand jury is to be composed of ordinary U.S. citizens and they plan to deliver the petition to the DOJ on October 31, 2006.

So many ongoing investigations, one does not know where to start. You can say this for sure, things are going terrible for the Bush White House and they might be getting ready to get worse.