Gonzales Among Defendants in Iraq Vets’ PTSD Suit

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2007 With the problem of post-traumatic stress disorder on the rise among American veterans returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan, two veterans' groups have filed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (pictured) and other defendants, citing systemwide failures in dealing with the PTSD crisis on the governmental level. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

President’s Best Friend

Dwayne Powell / Truthdig Jun 27, 2007 Dig deeper

White House Considers Shutting Down Guantanamo

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2007 Although the White House says no decision is imminent, the Associated Press is reporting that the Bush administration is close to shutting down the island prison and transferring the detainees to military facilities inside the U.S., where they could face trial. The vice president and attorney general have previously shot down any attempt to close Gitmo, but anonymous sources say a consensus for closure is building. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

From Katrina to Gonzales: Incompetence Reigns

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jun 14, 2007 Now that there will be no vote of "no confidence" in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, we must ask an impertinent question: What, exactly, are we supposed to have confidence in? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Lowering the Bar

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White House Blasted Justice Officials for Revealing Rove Cronyism

Staff / Truthdig Jun 13, 2007 An e-mail contained in a batch of documents released to the Senate on Tuesday exposed a searing rebuke from then-White House political affairs director Sara Taylor, who criticized Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty for revealing that a U.S. attorney in Arkansas was fired to make room for a Karl Rove protege, not because of performance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Impeach Gonzales: Part 2

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2007 Check out Robert Greenwald's latest effort to get a review of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' shenanigans in the U.S. attorney/voter fraud scandal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Goodling Spills the Beans

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2007 Monica Goodling, who had refused to testify before the House Judiciary Committee until she was granted court-approved immunity, had plenty to say to the committee Wednesday. The former Justice Department liaison with the White House criticized Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, who she said was "not fully candid" with Congress. Goodling also admitted unintentionally breaking federal law by assessing prosecutor candidates on the basis of political allegiance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Worse Than Watergate, Part II

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 23, 2007 If Attorney General Alberto Gonzales wasn't in enough trouble already, he now has to deal with the fallout from his disgraceful behavior in John Ashcroft's hospital room in March of 2004, when Gonzales attempted to strong-arm Ashcroft into reauthorizing the domestic surveillance program implemented by the White House after 9/11 -- as Ashcroft lay ailing on his sickbed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush Has ‘Full Confidence’ in Gonzales

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2007 More lawmakers are calling for Alberto Gonzales' resignation and the Senate is even considering a symbolic no-confidence vote, but the White House announced Friday that the president will stand by his man: "The attorney general has the full confidence of the president We think he's been a very strong attorney general and we continue to support him". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pledge of Malfeasance

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig May 18, 2007 Dig deeper

How Low Can Gonzales Go?

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 18, 2007 We already knew Alberto Gonzales was happy to bend the law to suit the bidding of the president, but accosting a sick man in his hospital room? The more one learns about him, the more unbelievable it is that this man is still our attorney general. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )