Alberto Gonzales

HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's Resignation -- A Window Into Bush Administration's Corruption, Indifference, and Incompetence

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home


Peter Dreier

The involuntary resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson this week provides an opportunity to underscore and distinguish the three major failings of the Bush administration.

Alberto Gonzales 'Repeatedly' Compares Himself, Bush Adiminstration To Lincoln Presidency

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Yesterday, former attorney general Alberto Gonzales gave a speech at Washington University, for which he was compensated $30,000. Gonzales agreed to a...

Justice Department Accused Of Blocking Gonzales Probe

LA Times | Richard B. Schmitt and Tom Hamburger | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The government agency that enforces one of the principal laws aimed at keeping politics out of the civil service has accused the Justice Department of...

Gonzales, Cheney's Lawyer Plotted Over CIA Torture Tapes

New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy vid...

Jury Deadlocked Over Homegrown "Sears Tower Terrorists"

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


In a stinging defeat for the Bush administration, one of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears T...

Law Journal Names Alberto Gonzales "Lawyer Of The Year"

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Negative news coverage might have cost Alberto Gonzales his job as attorney general, but it won him a dubious honor yesterday from a magazine publishe...

Alberto Gonzales Named The American Bar Association Journal's "Lawyer Of The Year"

ABA Journal | Siobhan Morrissey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The most talked-about attorney this past year by a mile, Gonzales, 52, rose from being the grandson of illegal immigrants to the first Hispan ic attor...

Will Thomas

The Ghost Of Gonzales: Justice Dept Still Backs Controversial Voter ID Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Though Alberto Gonzales is gone, the Justice Department is still backing controversial voter identification laws that many believe are specifically de...

Sen. Whitehouse Reveals Secret Justice Dept. Memos: Bush Determines What Is Constitutional

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


This morning, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) delivered an impassioned floor speech to help frame the debate over FISA reform. Using his privilege as a...

Alberto Gonzales Speaks, Endures "Screams Of 'Criminal' And 'Liar'"

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales endured screams of "criminal" and "liar" during a speech at the University of Florida on Monday evening. Abo...

Embattled US Attorney In Minnesota Moved To DC Post

AP | Frederic J. Frommer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Rachel Paulose, the embattled U.S. attorney for Minnesota, will be leaving the post to take a position at the Justice Department in Washington, ending...

Alberto Gonzales' Advice For Mukasey: "Follow The Law. That Was My Lodestar."

Thinkprogress.org | Amanda | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Yesterday, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke at the Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, giving his views on "immigration, educat...

Alberto Gonzales Defense Fund: Where To Send The Money

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The contribution form distributed by Leitch asks that donations be sent to a post office box in Alexandria. Leitch said in an e-mail yesterday that th...

After Gonzales: Bush Promises To Rebuild Justice Department

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


President Bush welcomed Michael Mukasey back into government Wednesday and promised to help the new attorney general rebuild the top leadership of the...

Alberto Gonzales Defense Fund Begins

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Supporters of former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales have created a trust fund to help pay for his legal expenses, which are mounting in the face...

Gonzales Hires High-Powered Criminal Defense Lawyer

Newsweek | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


No sooner did Alberto Gonzales resign as attorney general last month than he retained a high-powered Washington criminal-defense lawyer to represent h...

Dems Demand To See White House Memo Administration Claims Does Not Condone Torture

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Senate and House Democrats demanded Thursday to see two secret memos that reportedly authorize painful interrogation tactics against terror suspects -...

Gonzales Says Goodbye: "I Have Seen Tyranny, Dishonesty, Corruption, And Depravity Of Types I Never Thought Possible"

Associated Press | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Resigning Attorney General Alberto Gonzales left the scandal-scarred Justice Department on Friday, declaring himself hopeful about its mission of ferr...

Goodbye Gonzales: Attorney General "Just Sort Of Drifting Off"

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


After nine months of noisy controversy over his troubled tenure, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales is leaving office quietly today with a low-key f...