Alberto Gonzales Esquire Interview: Defends Saying Provisions In Geneva Convention Are 'Quaint'

Esquire:

The former attorney general opens up on the value of torture, his Senate hearings, Karl Rove's role in the U.S. attorney firings, and more wrong guesses from the Bush administration

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Comments

[gbrooks]

12:50 AM on 12/10/2009

"This may sound egotistical, but to me it is important that when I leave this earth, I would have made a difference — that people would know Al Gonzales lived, he touched lives, he made a difference, he left a mark."

Oh he left a mark all right. He touched lives so much that they stopped living.

[DimBulb2]

12:12 AM on 12/10/2009

I vas only following orders

[faith]

11:33 PM on 12/09/2009

I thought only England showed such disrespect for their "colors" (the flag)! Gonzales is shameful. A disgrace as a politician, an embarrassment as concerning the rule of law, and now he depicts our United States flag in such a disrespectful light. Or, maybe he thinks its a metaphor for protectionist rights - his rights.

[ipastor01]

11:43 PM on 12/09/2009

Of all the stuff this guy did, as one of Cheney's and Bush cronies, you take issue with the props used by squire mag on their photos...

[KingCujo]

10:59 PM on 12/09/2009

Ooops on spelling in previous post.

Indefensible !!

[KingCujo]

10:42 PM on 12/09/2009

Indefencible.

[Maniza]

10:22 PM on 12/09/2009

war criminal.

[Dave-O]

09:17 PM on 12/09/2009

This guy should be indicted for war crimes along with GW, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Condi. They are responsible for thousands of deaths in Iraq as that was a war of choice.

[MyMindSpray]

08:37 PM on 12/09/2009

That might be in the top 10 cheesiest photos I've seen in my 23 years on Earth.

[AddyGmom]

08:20 PM on 12/09/2009

Fredo thinks it's all a bad dream and that he will wake up soon.

Like he really , really wanted to end up at TT teaching law. Is his wife/family spending time with him?

[Welib]

06:07 PM on 12/09/2009

Who is he again? I don't recall.

[ipastor01]

11:50 PM on 12/09/2009

Well, he is the guy who in a very real way weaken the protections to private privacy that you enjoy, he tried to get the US to abandon one of the most successful treaties pertaining to the treatment of prisoners or wars, the Geneva Convention, a treaty that is responsible for saving possibly millions of lifes, and he was the Attorney General of the US for a while (top cop in the nation).

[LeeCalif]

03:21 PM on 12/09/2009

Esquire interviewed this crimes against humanity criminal.

I'll never buy another Esquire.

[ThinkCreeps]

02:30 PM on 12/09/2009

Nice respect for the flag there Gonzo

[Imhotep40]

04:33 PM on 12/09/2009

Lapel pins, patches - o.k. . . . . umbrellas, panties, scarfs, shirts, shorts etc. - not so much

[jsgaetano]

02:15 PM on 12/09/2009

I'm surprised he could even remember anything which happened during the last eight years. Just judging by his testimony, he sounded like he had just woken up from a coma.

[ThinkCreeps]

02:36 PM on 12/09/2009

Judging by his arguments, the waking-up process has some way to go.

[ohmetoo]

12:25 PM on 12/09/2009

Get over it Alberto. You were a bought and paid for shill and you did what was asked. In other words a Patsy, so move on and build your self another reality like the rest of the nation is trying to do.

[blueskybigstar]

12:15 PM on 12/09/2009

Just as I said.

Breaking news:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/world/asia/08terror.html?em

American behind Mumbai attacks.

I predicted this because they were just too convenient with the elections and was done when the public was in heated discussion about punishing the Bush administration.

I will not be surprised if it leads back to the Bush administration.