Former DOJ Lawyer Blasts Bush Torture Policy

Staff / Truthdig Sep 6, 2007 Wouldn't it have been chillingly fascinating to watch White House bigwigs in action sometime around 2003, while they played fast and loose with executive power and international law? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Domestic Surveillance Begins at Home

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Sep 2, 2007 The satirist writes that just-resigned Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' motivation is that he wants to spend more time eavesdropping on his family. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

You Say Chaos, I Say Accountability

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 28, 2007 The GOP spin machine is revving up with the news of Alberto Gonzales' departure. Some Republicans are suggesting that tracking down wrongdoing in Gonzales' Justice Department would bring not peace but extreme disruption. In other words: Can't we all be buddies and forget these trivialities? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Incompetent, Corrupt or Worse

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Aug 28, 2007 With Alberto Gonzales' resignation, the president has lost not only a buddy willing to humiliate himself before Congress but a loyal agent who, whether knowingly or not, helped co-opt the federal government. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Staff / Truthdig Aug 28, 2007 Alberto Gonzales is stepping down, but he and the White House may still have to face the music. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid showed no sign of backing down following the resignation announcement: "Congress must get to the bottom of this mess and follow the facts where they lead, into the White House." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Alberto Gonzales’ Farewell Speech

Staff / Truthdig Aug 28, 2007 Not to kick a man when he's down, but there's something to be said for a resignation speech that at least mentions why the person is resigning, even if it's the pitifully transparent "to spend more time with my family." After Gonzales concluded his farewell remarks, at least one reporter shouted, "Why are you leaving?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hasta Luego, Alberto

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2007 After months of intense scrutiny from the press, public and the Senate Judiciary Committee, beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has followed in Karl Rove's footsteps, becoming the second major member of President Bush's inner circle to resign in this last phase of Bush's presidency. Gonzales called it quits on Monday, sparking a flurry of reactions on Capitol Hill. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Administration Plays Hide and Seek With Missing E-Mails

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2007 In an apparent effort to keep the estimated 5 million missing White House e-mails missing, the Justice Department is claiming that the White House Office of Administration, which handles IT support for the executive branch, is not covered by freedom-of-information law. Press-freedom advocate Lucy Dalglish notices a trend: "When they don't want to comply with the law, they just shamelessly argue they are not subject to the law." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FBI Chief’s Notes Tell of Ashcroft Hospital Scene

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2007 Corroborating an account by former Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III detailed the dramatic events that occurred in then-Attorney General John Ashcroft's hospital room in March 2004 when his successor, Alberto Gonzales, attempted to persuade a convalescing Ashcroft to sign off on a domestic wiretapping program he opposed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush on His Administration’s (Lack of) Accountability

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2007 Asked for clear examples of his "commitment" to accountability, President Bush first cites "Scooter" Libby as someone who has been held accountable (sure, before he got pardoned) and then flies into a tailspin over the presumptive innocence of Alberto "Al" Gonzales, dropping doozies like this along the way: "I haven't seen Congress say he's done anything wrong." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gonzales’ Stone Wall

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2007 Although Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was characteristically dodgy during last week's questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee about just who had dispatched him in March 2004 to persuade an ailing John Ashcroft to approve an illegal wiretapping program, The New York Times leaves little mystery that it was Vice President Dick Cheney. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rove Subpoenaed in U.S. Attorney Firing Case

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2007 Add Karl Rove to the mix of White House bigwigs whose feet may be put to the fire by the Senate Judiciary Committee in relation to the U.S. attorney firing scandal, which has jeopardized Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (even though his cronies continue to support him). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )