Gonzales

Source: noticias.aol.com --- 37 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - El Departamento de Justicia se negó a enjuiciar a su ex titular, Alberto Gonzales, por el mal -y posiblemente ilegal- manejo de información secreta sobre dos de los esfuerzos de combate al terrorismo más delicados del gobierno del presidente George W. Bush. ...

Source: militaryhistory.about.com --- 6 days ago
October 2, 1835 - The Battle of Gonzales begins the Texas Revolution. As tensions increased between the Texans and the central government, the Mexican military commander in San Antonio... ...

Source: blog.washingtonpost.com --- 37 days ago
Former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales failed to keep classified documents in a secure location in his Alexandria home, claiming that he simply "couldn't remember the combination" on a in-home safe three years ago. Instead, the documents, which contained "top secret" information about the now much-discussed warrantless wiretapping program and detainee interrogations, according to a report released yesterday, were placed in his briefcase or elsewhere in his home. The case was not referred for prosecution and the information was not deemed "a close call," in terms of potentially being lost or stolen, reports The Post's Carrie Johnson. But the episode further highlights some of the more notable memory gaps of Gonzales' tenure as attorney general. In April 2007, during testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gonzales sidestepped 71 questions, saying he couldn't remember details, according to a count by The Associated Press. During the five-hour panel, Gonzales said ...

Source: opinion.latimes.com --- 9 days ago
Before Monday's report on the firing of nine U.S. attorneys, Alberto R. Gonzales was forgotten and gone. He's back in the news with a finding by two Justice Department watchdogs that the former attorney general (and his deputy)  “abdicated their responsibility to safeguard the integrity and independence of the department…” Gonzales' AWOL management style was perhaps not foreseeable in 2005 when he went before the U.S. Senate for confirmation hearings. But other problematic qualities were obvious -- notably his chumminess with George W. Bush going back to Texas and his compliant attitude toward cutting corners in the war on terror. So how did he win confirmation on a 60-36 vote ? One clue came in the opening statement of Sen. Arlen Specter, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee in charge of Gonzales' confirmation: "Judge Gonzales comes to this nomination with a very distinguished career; really a Horatio Alger story. Hispanic background , of seven siblings, the first to go to college, attended the Air Force Academy for two years and then received degrees from Rice and Harvard Law School" (emphasis added). Not for the first time, a nominee successfully played the race -- or ethnicity -- card. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was confirmed with plenty of votes from Democrats who overlooked his conservative philosophy because he would be the first Italian-American to serve on the court. Justice Clarence Thomas may have owed his ...

Source: florida.rivals.com --- 36 days ago
Florida scored two defensive touchdowns and junior Brandon James returned a punt 74 yards for a score as the Gators cruised to a 56-10 victory over Hawaii last week. Is there more to see from Florida's offense or did the Gators show everything they have in the opener? Find out what Carl Moore and wide receivers coach Billy Gonzales said right here ...

Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com --- 19 hours ago
The Chicago-area writer expands on a mix of personal experience and recent scientific research in "Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things." ...

Source: www.latimes.com --- 9 days ago
A report on the firings of nine U.S. attorneys is scathing in its portrayal of ex-Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales. U.S. Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey wisely has accepted a recommendation by two watchdog agencies that he name a special prosecutor to determine whether laws were broken in the firing of nine U.S. attorneys. But even if there is no finding of criminality, the report released Monday by the Justice Department's office of inspector general and office of professional responsibility is a devastating judgment on one of the worst attorneys general of modern times: Alberto R. Gonzales. ...

Source: westvirginia.scout.com --- 7 days ago
Tito Gonzales' touchdown reception against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl was certainly one of the highlights of his career at West Virginia, but he can be just as proud of the recent national honor bestowed upon him. ...

Source: www.prweb.com --- 4 days ago
Bret Michaels’ tour bus was already stopping in South Central Texas Oct. 11 as headliner for Gonzales Thunder Rally, a three-day rock festival and bike rally Oct. 10-12, but the Poison frontman just announced that he’s also bringing along the VH1 production crew and rock ‘n’ roll ladies to shoot footage for “Rock of Love Bus,” the third season of the popular “Rock of Love” reality show. (PRWeb Oct 6, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/gonzales_thunder/thunder_rally/prweb1434754.htm ...

Source: murraywaas.crooksandliars.com --- 1 day ago
Thanks to other journalists and bloggers, we are now learning additional details to my story posted online at the Atlantic that it was President Bush who personally directed Alberto Gonzales and then-White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card to make their now famous visit to then-Attorney General John Ashcrooft’s hospital room in an attempt [...] ...

Source: www.buzzflash.net --- 9 days ago
In March 2004, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales made a now-famous late-night visit to the hospital room of Attorney General John Ashcroft, seeking to get Ashcroft to sign a certification stating that the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program was legal. Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey has said that he believes that Gonzales and White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, who accompanied Gonzales to Ashcroft’s hospital room, were trying to take advantage of Ashcroft’s grievously ill state—pressing him to sign the certification possibly without even comprehending what he was doing—and in the process authorize a government surveillance program which both Ashcroft and the Justice Department had concluded was of questionable legality. According to people familiar with statements recently made by Gonzales to federal investigators, Gonzales is now saying that George Bush personally directed him to make that hospital visit.   »  original news ...

Source: tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com --- 9 days ago
The fact that a prosecutor has been named to continue the investigation into the firing of nine U.S. attorneys doesn't seem to faze former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who issued a statement yesterday expressing relief that the process was over. "My family and I are glad to have the investigation of my conduct in this matter behind us, and we look forward to moving on to new challenges," Gonzales said in a statement yesterday. But the investigation, led by the Department of Justice's Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility might be far from "behind" Gonzales. Yesterday, Attorney General Michael Mukasey named Nora Dannehy , a Connecticut interim U.S. attorney, as a prosecutor in the firings. At the IG report's behest, Dannehy will continue the investigation and work of the OIG and OPR offices, but with the power to compel testimony. Nevertheless, Gonzales and his attorney, George J. Terwilliger III seem to be operating in a cloud of denial. The investigation "is clearly over as to him," Terwilliger is quoted as saying in the New York Times . "The inspector general after 18 months of investigation has basically concluded that the facts and circumstances regarding Judge Gonzales's activity do not include any unlawful conduct." ...

Source: tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com --- 37 days ago
We noted yesterday that the Justice Department Office of the Inspector General issued a report on the found that former Attorney Gen. Alberto Gonzales had mishandled classified documents during his time in office -- and that the DOJ had decided not to press charges. But that doesn't seem to be half as bad as what CQ Politics ' Jeff Stein dug up -- fact checking Gonzales' testimony to investigators with . . . well, the report's own stipulated facts. From CQ Politics' SpyTalk : But the IG report shows that Gonzales did more than "mishandle" his notes, which included operational details on what he himself, somewhat ironically, called -- after it had leaked -- "one of the most highly protected [programs] in the United States ... a very, very secretive, protected program," and correspondence between congressional Intelligence Committee leaders and CIA chief Gen. Michael Hayden. In a statement that doesn't pass the laugh test, Gonzales told IG investigators he didn't know the documents were secret. Gonzales said that he was unaware of the classification level and compartmented nature of the NSA program he referenced in the notes. Gonzales also stated he did not recall thinking that the notes themselves were classified. But the IG found the smoking gun -- in Gonzales's hand, no less. The envelope containing documents related to the NSA surveillance program bore the handwritten markings, "TOP SECRET - EYES ONLY - ARG" [the attorney genera ...

Source: www.katu.com --- 37 days ago
Throughout congressional testimony and in responding to various investigations, Gonzales has said he can't remember key events or didn't know what was happening at the Justice Department under his watch. ...

Source: blogs.kansas.com --- 36 days ago
If there were any doubts that Alberto Gonzales was a poor choice for attorney general, they should be gone now: According to a Justice Department inquiry, then-Attorney General Gonzales was lax in handling highly classified documents about a terrorist surveillance program and terror detainee interrogations, even taking classified notes home and failing to store [...] ...

Source: www.democracynow.org --- 9 days ago
Attorney General Michael Mukasey has appointed a Special Prosecutor to continue the probe into whether political misconduct led to the firing of nine US attorneys. The move came after Justice Department investigation singled out Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for his conduct in the firings, accusing of him of “abdicating” his responsibility and questioning his faulty and evasive public statements. We speak to Murray Waas of the National Journal . ...

Source: cbs5.com --- 8 days ago
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Source: blog.thehill.com --- 8 days ago
On the 6th floor of the Department of Justice, there used to be what employees called the “hall of shame,” where hung the official portraits of the likes of John Mitchell, Richard Kleindienst and Ramsey Clark. I don’t know if a portrait of Alberto Gonzales was commissioned before his departure, but if so, this is [...] ...

Source: cbs5.com --- 3 days ago
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Source: www.indianasnewscenter.com --- 4 days ago
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