Gonzales Still at Odds With Congress

[Ghost in the Machine]

Gonzales Still at Odds With Congress
Published: 8/3/07, 11:46 PM EDT
By LAURIE KELLMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales late Friday declined to provide more information about discrepancies in his sworn testimony about the purge of federal prosecutors and its aftermath.


In a two-page letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Gonzales reiterated his position that alleged violations of the USA Patriot Act were mistakes rather civil liberties abuses. He said he was not aware of any political briefings at the Justice Department akin to those given by White House political aides at other federal agencies.

"It is a deeply regrettable that it takes so much work and effort for this attorney general to try to justify answers that appear to remain far short of the full truth the American people should expect from the nation's top law enforcement officer," Leahy, D-Vt., said in a statement.

"This is a non-clarification clarification," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who has called for a special prosecutor.


On Thursday, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., shifted from deferring to the president on Gonzales' fate to calling outright for Congress to "find a way to end the tenure of Attorney General Gonzales."

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[deacon]

1. He holds up a hoop and congress jumps through it. It's

disgusting to watch.

[aquart]

2. Well, fellas, the nuts are in the dish.

Who's going to have some?

[radfringe]

3. BFD

unless they are willing and prepared to FREAKING DO SOMETHING about it - this is just more of the same.

bunch of freaking weenies, whimps and rubberstampers.

all we have gotten is more stupid useless excuses and more of the same