thinkprogress.org — In his testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was asked by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) to address inaccuracies in his 2006 testimony in relation to the Bush administration?s warrantless wiretapping program.
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notachickenhawkJul 24, 2007
Lying To Congress = Federal Offense. Federal offenses are prosecuted by and at the discretion of the Justice Department. Gonzales is the head of the Justice Department. In addition, as I said Lying to Congress = Federal Offense. Those who commit Federal offenses can be pardoned by the President Of the United States. He happens to be Gonzales boss and ally, and it seems Gonzales is lying at the President's behest. So he can stop his own prosecution, which means he'd never be prosecuted. And even if he was, and was convicted, Bush would just pardon him. Therefore, Gonzales will never, ever, spend one day in jail, one day on probation or pay one penny in fines, no matter what lies he tells to Congress. Its beyond disgusting, and its beyond pathetic. And if you think Clinton's 11th hour pardon of Rich was beyond reproach, just wait until what's coming. I'm betting on blanket pardons for Cheney, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Rumsfeld, Woflowitz, Armitage, Libby, probably Rice and maybe even Bush will try to become the first President to pardon himself.
bassjam5Jul 24, 2007
Those "other intelligence activities" were probably spying on Kerry and Gore in the previous 2 presidential elections. That hasn't come out yet, but it will.
terr01Jul 24, 2007
Under the constitution Gonzales is an Impeachable person. Capital I.
shawnhuntJul 24, 2007
What does it take to get rid of this man?!
ndiggnationJul 24, 2007
But ummm..umm Clinton comittied perjury! That made it legal for everyone hence..
jess21496Jul 24, 2007
Resign. Why? Because he is a Bush crony and a liar and and a crook. He has committed crimes in aiding Bush ito destroy our freedom and liberties.
chewoodJul 25, 2007
Bush is the worst Pres in our history. I would make sense that he brings along such a horrible person to be AG. Neither one of these idiots think our Constitution is more that just a piece of paper.
hoserjoeJul 25, 2007
We're crying at how pathetic the diggbat responses are