jurist.law.pitt.edu by Alexis Unkovic [JURIST] The US Department of Justice has begun an internal inquiry to determine whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [official profile; JURIST news archive] may have perjured himself [JURIST report] in testimony before Congress, DOJ Inspector General Glenn A. Fine [official profile] said Thursday. In a letter [PDF text] dated August 16,…
History Will Not Absolve Us, Nat Hentoff — If and when there’s the equivalent of an international Nuremberg trial for the American perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Guantanamo, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the CIA’s secret prisons, there will be mounds of evidence available from documented international reports by human-rights organizations, including an arm of the…
aclu.org The E-mail Newsletter of the ACLU Gonzales Resignation Does Not Pardon President’s Abuse of Power While the departure of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, one of the worst attorneys general in our nation’s history, certainly gives all of those who cherish freedom and justice something to celebrate, our work is far from over. Leaders…
By Dan Eggen, Washington Post The Justice Department is investigating whether departing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales gave false or misleading testimony to Congress on a broad range of issues, including the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program and the removal of nine U.S. attorneys last year, the lead investigator said today. The disclosure by Inspector…
