Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had yet another blow to his credibility after his former chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, had a go with the truth while he was under oath even. How novel.
Ex-Aide Rejects Gonzales Stand Over Dismissals
New York Senator Charles Schumer had this to say (though his statement is suspiciously absent from the New York Times article):
In the last seven weeks, we have learned that Attorney General Gonzales was personally involved in the firing plan, after being told that he was not. We have learned that the White House was involved, involved, after being told that it was not; we have learned that Karl Rove was involved, after being told that he was not. And we have learned that political considerations were very important, after being told that they were not.
Is this any surprise to anyone? So much for private testimonies of Rove and Miers not under oath. Their subpoenas are not looking so much like fishing expeditions anymore. The funny thing is that nailing the Bush Administration for this is like nailing Al Capone for tax evasion.
However, that is not the only funny thing. Here is the President's take on Sampson's testimony:
We really blew the way we let those attorneys go. You know you have botched it when people sympathize with lawyers.
There's that charm. Looks like Alberto's going to be the next to be voted off the Island. All that remains is Rove, Cheney, Rice, and Bush. Who will be the Last Comic Standing?
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I hope that he will last that long, because I would like to see him testify under oath.
As more rats desert the sinking ship, he is vulnerable to perjury charges.
His punishment should include Gitmo, but it is doubtful that Congress will grow so bold.
At last, Congress had the decency to subpoena the whole crowd of compulsive liars.
Thanks for posting this.
Interesting! I hear that Gonzales is quite fond of the use of waterboarding.
"Interesting! I hear that Gonzales is quite fond of the use of waterboarding."
Yes Gary, he is fond of waterboarding, but Gitmo is more interested in researching psychological torture. For instance, some were forced to kneel prostrate as if in prayer over pentagrams with guards drilling into their psyches, "Allah is not your god! Your god is Satan now!"
You give someone license to ignore the Geneva Conventions and all heel just breaks loose. Gonzales should also lose his right to Habeus Corpus.
As a kid, I would bicycle around town looking for the Times, as an adult, I go days without reading it anymore.
The Bush administration fed Republican senators misleading talking points about the qualifications of a replacement for one of the eight fired U.S. Attorneys. Senior GOP senators then publicly praised interim U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin for his depth of prosecutorial experience.
But government records appear to show that Griffin, a White House favorite, never actually tried a case as a prosecutor.
For the full story about the misleading talking points, go to Consortiumnews.com at http://www.consortiumnews.com.