Alberto Gonzales

Andrea Stone

Alberto Gonzales: 'Mean' Talk On Immigration Hurting GOP With Hispanic Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- who was the first person of Hispanic descent to hold that position and a lightning rod for c...

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Former Bush Official Slams GOP Candidate's 'Totally Irresponsible' Proposal

AP | SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 02.19.2012

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DAVENPORT, Iowa — As he works to rev up his conservative base in Iowa with just two weeks to go until the state's caucuses, Newt Gingrich is lau...

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Alberto Gonzales: Dear Santa, Send Money

Raul A. Reyes | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Politics, Alberto Gonzales AG, Bush Alberto Gonzales, Hispanic, Alberto Gonzales Law, Alberto Gonzales Attorney, Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorney Scandal, Torture Memos, Latino Voices, Politics News
Raul A. Reyes

As attorney general, Alberto Gonzales trampled on civil liberties, politicized the Department of Justice, and deeply embarrassed many of his fellow Latinos. Now he wants us to send him money.

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For Progressives, Debt Ceiling "Deal" Was a Real Downer

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Social Security, President Obama, Debt Ceiling, Public Opinion Polls, Michael Mukasey, George W. Bush, Standard & Poor's, Democrats, Obama Debt Ceiling, California Politics, John Ashcroft, Wall Street, Hillary Clinton, Medicare, Chamber of Commerce, Alberto Gonzales, Election 2012, Republican Party, Moody's, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

What U.S. president in recent history has lifted the rhetoric of progressivism to such lofty heights only to throw a wet blanket over the grassroots energy that responded to his vision and got him elected?

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Man Gets 40 Years For Participation In 'Most Disturbing' Child Porn Ring

Posted 08.14.2011

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A man arrested in 2006 for his alleged participation in a twenty-seven person, international child pornography ring was sentenced late last week to 40...

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Top 7 Underemployed Former Bush Officials

Paul Tullis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Tullis

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Congresswoman Harman's Afghan Delusions

Bruce Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce Fein

Jane Harman should be ashamed that she has voted to send U.S. troops to risk their last full measure of devotion on behalf of a corrupt, illegitimate, lawless Afghan government for reasons a schoolchild could discern are fatuous.

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CIA Interrogation Tape Destruction Will Result In No Charges

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A special prosecutor cleared the CIA's former top clandestine officer and others Tuesday of any charges for destroying agency video...

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Fired U.S. Attorneys: Bush Administration 'Turned The Justice Department Into The Laughingstock Of The Country'

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Five of the federal prosecutors whose firings in 2006 sparked an investigation into President George W. Bush's Justice Depar...

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Alberto Gonzales: Don't Repeal The 14th Amendment

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Most recently, some politicians and concerned citizens have expressed a desire to amend the 14th Amendment of our Constitution, which says in Section ...

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Was Alberto Gonzales Vindicated or Did Our Democracy Dodge a Bullet?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Integrity is what is needed in our top law enforcement officials, and that is what was so lacking in Alberto Gonzales. The Dannehy report as vindication? I think not.

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CIA Memo To Destroy Tapes Omitted Lawyers

AP | MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — When the CIA sent word in 2005 to destroy scores of videos showing waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, there was a...

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Alberto Gonzales On U.S. Attorney Firing Scandal: 'I Feel Angry That I Had To Go Through This'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Friday he's angry about being put through a long-running criminal investigation into ...

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Former U.S. Attorney condemns Bush White House Interference with Corruption Probe

Murray Waas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Murray Waas

With the 2006 mid-term elections approaching, a top aide to Karl Rove warned Harriett Miers that a Republican congressman's re-election was in serious jeopardy. Newly published emails show what happened next.

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Lindsey Graham, Meet Alberto Gonzales

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daphne Eviatar

Earlier today, former Attorney General John Ashcroft admitted at a Conservative Political Action Conference that civilian trials for terrorists have "...

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Alberto Gonzales Heckled: College Student Shouts "You Lie!" At The Bush Attorney General

The Pacer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alberto Gonzales, former attorney general during the George W. Bush presidency and current teacher at Texas Tech came to UTM to speak with students on...

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Justice American Style

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kristen Breitweiser

Now more than ever, Americans need to trust our own judicial system to fully and openly prosecute the mass murderers of 9/11 while the rest of the world bears witness.

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

Esquire | John H. Richardson | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 guess...

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Who's the CML Champ, Cheney or Gonzales?

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Norm Stamper

Nobody listens to Alberto Gonzales in large part because, putting it charitably, he was not merely an unprincipled attorney general but an uninspired one. Of course, we also tune him out because we can't be sure he's telling the truth.

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Jason Linkins

Alberto Gonzales Inspiring Students To Consider A Future In Cronyism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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In case you were wondering what former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been up to lately -- I mean besides not getting hired by any law fir...

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Spanish Judge Resumes Torture Case Against Six Senior Bush Lawyers

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration lawyers for implementing torture at Guantánamo.

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NYT Breaks Down Cheney's Twisted Version Of History

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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After the C.I.A. inspector general's report on prisoner interrogation was released last week, former Vice President Dick Cheney settled into his usual...

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Gonzales Backtracks On Support For CIA Torture Investigation

Washington Times | Ben Conery | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said Thursday that his previous assertion that it was "legitimate to question and examine" charges of CIA ...

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The Gonzales Cantata: Former AG Inspires Concert Opera

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anyone who thought the Alberto Gonzales' Senate Judiciary Committee hearings had a certain kind of repetitive poetry should head to Philadelphia this ...

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Ryan Grim

Alberto Gonzales Flip Flops On Torture Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former attorney general Alberto Gonzales became the second Bush-era official in a week to walk back a controversial remark on Thursday, reversing his ...

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