David Swanson speaks at CODEPINK press conference 9/5/07

By Dan Eggen, Washington Post After nine months of noisy controversy over his troubled tenure, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales is leaving office quietly today with a low-key farewell address to Justice Department employees in Washington. Gonzales, who has made only three public appearances since announcing his resignation on Aug. 27, is expected to dwell…

Michael Rolston, rawstory.com Top White House political adviser Karl Rove coached a Justice Department staff member before he testified to a Congressional commitee in March, according to a report in Newsweek. Some investigators reportedly believe that he may have tried to “mislead” Congress. “Although the existence of the White House meeting had been previously disclosed…

Associated Press The city must disclose its arguments about why documents on police surveillance of protesters before the 2004 Republican National Convention should be kept confidential, a judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV in Manhattan said the court won’t consider a sealed affidavit by David Cohen, the New York Police Department’s…