MURRAY WAAS: Gonzales Investigated Subordinates Who Were Likely To Testify Against Him

Gonzales Investigated Subordinates Who Were Likely To Testify Against HimThe Huffington Post | Murray Waas | October 17, 2007 at 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 were potential witnesses against him in separate Justice Department inquiries.

While Attorney General, Gonzales oversaw the probe into the disclosure of the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program to the New York Times. However, many of those under scrutiny in that investigation were likely to be crucial witnesses about whether Gonzales himself had violated the law while promoting the program as White House counsel and testifying about it to Congress.

Earlier, the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) attempted to investigate whether Gonzales and other government attorneys acted within the law in authorizing and overseeing the program. President Bush personally intervened in the spring of 2006 to shut down that investigation by preventing OPR investigators from gaining the necessary security clearances.

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....during the course of the leak investigation, the official said, people were asked about their contacts with the press, whether they disagreed with aspects of the Bush administration's eavesdropping program, and even their personal politics.

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immunity for anything he's done any day now.

the what used to be 'justice' department and any federal units of law enforcement or intel are all corrupted.

they cannot be trusted to investigate each other.

prosecutor. Fine job that he did the last time. :eyes:

that there are no real consequences for these violations of our nation's principles.

But by golly, some kid with a joint needs to be put away for 30 years. It'll teach him a lesson!

He is a great reporter.

"President Bush personally intervened in the spring of 2006 to shut down that investigation by preventing OPR investigators from gaining the necessary security clearances."

Crimes, crimes, and more crimes. Give these guys a Ph.D. in criminality, for Piled Higher and Deeper than ever before in US history!

IMPEACH CHENEY FIRST