Alberto Gonzales, the Symptom, begs for Prosecution

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Alberto Gonzales, the Symptom, begs for Prosecution

By William Sumner Scott, J.D.

11/22/07 "ICH" -- -- – On March 13, 2007, Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General, said, "I never saw documents. We never had a discussion about where things stood," to describe his lack of involvement in the replacement of eight US District Attorneys. Subsequent releases of documents and testimony have proved he was actively involved.

On March 23, 2007, in response to a Senate subpoena, an appointment calendar was produced that disclosed that Gonzales was presided over an hour long meeting on November 27, 2006, which resulted in approval of a detailed plan for the dismissal of the eight District Attorneys.

On March 29, 2007, one of his aides, D. Kyle Sampson, gave testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm that Gonzales had participated in the deliberations that led to the dismissals. One of the Senator’s questions forced Sampson to admit that Gonzales had been less than truthful during his March 13 press conference.

Why would a person of Gonzales intellect make false statements to the press? He was within his rights to obey direction from the President. The USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 granted the Attorney General, with the consent of the President, the right to replace the District Attorneys at anytime without Senate approval. This law authorized the President and the Attorney General the authority to remove the competent eight and replace them with Bush loyalists.

Gonzales is too bright and experienced to lie unless he deemed it his only course of action under the circumstances. After all, he had been a Texas Supreme Court Judge. He knows the consequences of false statements by a public official. Under these circumstances, it is not enough to merely remove him from office. An investigation into why he lied is important. He had to believe at the time he lied that the adverse consequences of the truth would be catastrophic. What were those consequences?

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It would be refreshing for Gonzales and the Congress to put the good of the Country ahead of partisan politics.

But he has not done that. He resigned with the claim that he did nothing wrong. He went out of the limelight. With a low profile he could escape criminal prosecution and investigation by his legal license regulators. But as the act of a fool, he could not remain quiet. He has elected to go on a public speaking tour. His first speech was to the students at the University of Florida on November 19, 2007. The results are on youtube for all to see. The civil rights abuses committed under his leadership have been brought to mind again. Are his criminal prosecution and disbarment proceeding far behind?