{"id":586,"date":"2007-03-13T10:29:52","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T16:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=586"},"modified":"2017-06-06T03:58:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T09:58:56","slug":"alberto-gonzaless-role-in-the-plame-cover-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/alberto-gonzaless-role-in-the-plame-cover-up-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberto Gonzalez&#8217; Role in the Plame Cover-Up: Obstruction of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discourse.net<br \/>\nPosted by Michael : March 12, 2007<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/060206_disp_gonzaleztn1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13988\" src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/060206_disp_gonzaleztn.thumbnail.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"93\" alt=\"060206_disp_gonzaleztn.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhen Gonzales first learned that the Justice Department had started an official investigation into the Plame leak, Gonzales waited twelve hours before putting the White House staff on notice that they had to preserve documents and electronic files. Which seemed than (sic) &#8212; and seems now &#8212; like an open invitation to &#8220;shredding and deleting,&#8221; not to mention getting your story straight. In short, obstruction of justice.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nLest you think this is much ado about nothing, consider that when Patrick Fitzgerald came looking, key emails to or from the Vice President&#8217;s office mysteriously could not be found in the White House computer system&#8217;s archives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/alberto_gonzaless_role_in_the_plame_coverup.html\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script language=\"javascript\">var MyShoutItURL = \"http:\/\/www.shoutwire.com\/comments\/57099\";<\/script><script <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/MyShoutIt2.js\" language=\"javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discourse.net Posted by Michael : March 12, 2007 When Gonzales first learned that the Justice Department had started an official investigation into the Plame leak, Gonzales waited twelve hours before putting the White House staff on notice that they had to preserve documents and electronic files. Which seemed than (sic) &#8212; and seems now &#8212;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-evidence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alberto Gonzalez&#039; Role in the Plame Cover-Up: Obstruction of Justice &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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