Bush’s Monica Problem
Gonzales, the president’s lawyer and Texas buddy, is twisting slowly in the wind, facing a vote of no confidence from the Senate.
Newsweek has a great article this week titled “Bush’s Monica Problem: The Gonzales Mess “. It is a good read which highlights the Comey testimony and Bush/Gonzales’ desperate illegal attempt to circumvent Comey’s authority as the acting United States Attorney by making a midnight run to Ashcroft’s sick bed to get authroization for unfettered wiretapping (maybe).  This little piece of theatre may be the final leak in the wall that is protecting the White House.
June 4, 2007 issue - The United States Department of Justice has not always been above politics. John F. Kennedy, after all, appointed his brother and consigliere Robert to be attorney general. But the Justice Department is supposed to stand for the rule of law—to be the enforcer of the laws of the United States, not the place presidents go to get around the law. Independence is an important tradition in the columned limestone building on Constitution Avenue. It is worth remembering that before Richard Nixon could find someone at the Justice Department willing to fire the Watergate special prosecutor in 1973, he had to accept the resignations of the attorney general, Elliot Richardson, and the deputy attorney general, William Ruckelshaus. (Solicitor General Robert Bork finally did the deed.)
Posted on May 30th, 2007 by George Sand
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