Justice Dept. Probing Whether Gonzales Lied

[EV_Ares]

By Dan Eggen and Paul Kane - Washington Post Staff Writer and washingtonpost.com Staff Writer

The Justice Department's inspector general indicated yesterday that he is investigating whether departing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales gave false or misleading testimony to Congress, including whether he lied under oath about warrantless surveillance and the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.

The disclosure by Inspector General Glenn A. Fine in a letter to Congress signals an expansion of the department's internal investigations into Gonzales's troubled tenure, probes that were not previously known to be focused so sharply on the attorney general and his testimony.


Fine's office has also separately expanded a probe into whether senior Gonzales aides improperly considered partisan affiliations when reviewing applicants for nonpolitical career positions. As part of that inquiry, Fine sent hundreds of questionnaires in the past week to former Justice Department job applicants.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/30/AR2007083000995.html?hpid=moreheadlines

[Richard Steele]

1. K&R

[cali]

2. And let me repeat: Fine is a Clinton appointee who's

been in the IG office at Justice since 1995, and IG since 2000. He's evidently extremely bright and capable. And he's investigating far more than whether Gonzo lied and the attorney firings, including warrentless wiretapping.

[shraby]

3. The real question here is how long

will he take in conducting the investigation? If it's years, it's not quick enough.

[cali]

4. Agreed. This investigation needs to be expeditious

as well as thorough.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. He's a good man...and thorough

Sorry. I'm a bit compulsive when it comes to films that have attained 'cult' status in my own brain :silly:

Here's hoping that IG Fine's investigation is indeed expanded :toast:

On edit: 'IG' instead of 'AG.'

[L. Coyote]

6. PM: DoJ Investigator Probing Gonzales Statements

DoJ Investigator Probing Gonzales Statements
By Paul Kiel - August 30, 2007, 1:08 PM
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004038.php

The busiest employee of the Department of Justice by far must be the inspector general, Glenn Fine.

A couple of weeks ago, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) asked Fine to investigate whether outgoing-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had misled the Congress and press on a number of occasions. ........