Gonzales in Familiar Role As Bush Defender

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales heads to Capitol Hill on Monday to defend the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping program to skeptical lawmakers from both parties. It's a job for which the low-key, presidential confidant has shown himself well-suited.
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The NSA's monitoring is the subject of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Monday.

Democrats and Republicans on the committee are unhappy with the legal justifications they have seen so far for the program; the White House's refusal to release other documents; and their exclusion from the limited briefings that the administration has provided to a handful of lawmakers.

Some Democrats chide Gonzales for what they say is his unwillingness to challenge the president on the eavesdropping program and other matters that, in their opinion, have compromised civil liberties.
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"This program was not analyzed, reviewed and approved solely by me," Gonzales said in the AP interview. The attorney general was seated at a conference table in a room adjacent to his office that was adorned with pictures of several predecessors, including Robert Kennedy.

"There are a number of people within the administration who may not have the same kind of relationship I have with the president who certainly agree with me that the president does have the legal authority to authorize this electronic surveillance of the enemy in a time of war," Gonzales said.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-domestic-spying-gonzales,0,7288872.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[maddezmom]

1. wonder how many pats on the head Gonzo will get for his loyalty

these folks make me ill. Ya know, I thought Ashcroft was the devil incarnate, now I'm not so sure.

[Southsideirish]

5. "Pat, pat, pat", good little gonzo doggie! Go fetch the bone, now!

[pinniped]

2. In other words, this clown is not qualified, like 100% of the other...

* appointees.

There can be no doubt that all of *'s goons will serve their master well.

[fooj]

3. Don't forget to get the rat bastard under oath.

Peace.

[LynnTheDem]

4. "the enemy"..."in a time of war"... GREAT for when the prez is a DEM!

I can already hear the wild screeching of the rightwingnuttery when a DEM prez follows bush's precedents!

Gonna reap what ya sow, motherfuckers.

[Up2Late]

6. Well Duh! He was the WH Council who told him it was O.K.!

It's his stupid advice, he better be ready to defend it! I don't think they can send you to jail for being a bad lawyer, or can they?

[teryang]

7. Butt kissing advocate of torture and surveillance as....

Attorney General of the United States of America?

Either the United States of America no longer exists or he isn't the Attorney General.

[otohara]

8. These People Never Tire of Lying For *

and they call it defending - what a crock of shit.