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Alberto Gonzales' Legal and Financial Woes Mount | 8 comments (8 topical)

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Several clarifications (none / 0) (#3)
by kovie on Fri Nov 16, 2007 at 04:03:45 PM EST
First, he was Gonzales' (as well as Ashcroft's) counselor, not their chief of staff. Second, when he worked for the SJC under former chair Hatch, he helped draft the original Patriot Act. And third, he was recently appointed to be the permanent DC USA by Chief Judge Hogan of the DC district court, as per S.214, after having previously served as a Gonzo-appointed interim USA (his wiki entry is quite out of date as it doesn't note this last fact, nor the passage of S.214 last summer, which revoked the provision in the Patriot Act revision that allowed interim USA's to stay in that position permanently).

He's a Bushie who has yet to be proven in his current capacity as a Bushie, since congress has so far failed to refer contempt charges to him on Miers and Bolton (among other meritorious contempt charges, e.g. for documents subpoenad but not handed over). If congress had done this prior to his having been reappointed by Hogan, and had he refused to do so (as per administration orders), it would have presented Hogan with an interesting situation. But since congress failed to follow up on these subpoenas in a timely and appropriate manner, we'll never know what might have happened.

All thanks to Nancy and Harry. Thanks, guys.

Alberto Gonzales' Legal and Financial Woes Mount | 8 comments (8 topical)

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