Report Implicates White House
E-Mails Hint at Involvement in Prosecutor Firings, Officials Say
By Carrie Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 1, 2008; A15
In 18 months of searching, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine and Office of Professional Responsibility chief H. Marshall Jarrett have uncovered new e-mail messages hinting at heightened involvement of White House lawyers and […]
Justice Officials Repeatedly Broke Law on Hiring, Report Says
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In this Aug. 27, 2007 file photo, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announces his resignation during at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. A new Justice Department report concludes that politics illegally influenced the hiring of career prosecutors and immigration judges, and largely lays the […]
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A must-read interview with David Iglesias
1:47 AM Sun, Jul 13, 2008
Tod Robberson
December 6, 2006, the Bush administration’s Justice Department carried out an unprecedented decision to fire seven U.S. attorneys - all Republicans - in a single day. It was originally portrayed as a performance-related issue in which the attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, was exercising the […]
STUDENT LIFE
St. Louis University
Students mobilize to counter Gonzales’ visit
Kat Zhao
Issue date: 1/28/08
Student Union (SU) approved the College Republicans’ proposal last semester for Gonzalez to speak, in an effort to draw more well-known though perhaps more controversial speakers to the University’s lectern.
Rhoads and Guthorn agree that while they enjoy the polarization and politicization on campus, they […]
November 08, 2007
Alberto Gonzales to Give Speech in Florida
The former attorney general, who left office two months ago under a cloud of controversy, will give a speech later this month at the University of Florida.
The student newspaper, the Alligator, reports that Gonzales will be paid $40,000 for the Nov. 19 appearance, which was made possible […]
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Gonzales Investigated Subordinates Who Were Likely To Testify Against Him
The Huffington Post | Murray Waas | October 17, 2007 07:00 PM
Alberto Gonzales was briefed extensively about a criminal leak investigation despite the fact that he had reason to believe that several individuals under investigation in the matter […]
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Gonzales Hires a Top Gun
Still under investigation by Congress and Justice Department lawyers who once worked for him, the former attorney general has turned to a leading Washington attorney to help him beat the rap.
By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball
Newsweek
Updated: 2:12 p.m. ET Oct 10, 2007
Oct. 10, 2007 - No sooner did Alberto Gonzales resign […]
October 4, 2007
Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
By SCOTT SHANE, DAVID JOHNSTON and JAMES RISEN
This article is by Scott Shane, David Johnston and James Risen.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 — When the Justice Department publicly declared torture “abhorrent” in a legal opinion in December 2004, the Bush administration appeared to have abandoned its assertion of nearly unlimited […]
GOOD $#@^&*’ RIDDANCE!
Gonzales Leaves Justice Department
By LARA JAKES JORDAN – 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Resigning Attorney General Alberto Gonzales left the scandal-scarred Justice Department on Friday, declaring himself hopeful about its mission of ferreting out crime and defending the truth.
Gonzales quit after 2 1/2 years at the department amid investigations into whether he […]
Schlozman Admits Touting GOP Qualifications of Prospective Prosecutors
By Paul Kiel - September 7, 2007, 4:49 PM
In written answers to questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, Bradley Schlozman, the former Justice Department official and U.S. attorney who’s been at the center of the firings controversy, admitted that he’d once urged hiring certain prosecutors for his office […]