Bring Me the Head of Alberto Gonzales
Attorney General resigns
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/washington/27cnd-gonzales.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1188217487-wqYPFm2YxI1r77j4UZKFvA
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This morning the New York Times is reporting that Alberto Gonzales has resigned.
The protracted Gonzales character assassination has afflicted Washington for a couple of months now. Calls for his resignation have been superceded with accusations of perjury and mismanagement. It has been a long several months of hearings and recrimination.
From the New York Times:
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, submitted his to President Bush by telephone on Friday, the official said. His decision was not immediately announced, the official added, until after the president invited him and his wife to lunch at his ranch near here.
From The Economist:
Mr Gonzales is currently at the centre of a constitutional tug-of-war between Congress and the White House. Congress has subpoenaed two former White House aides to answer questions about the dismissal of nine US attorneys, or government prosecutors, last year. (The Democrats say they were sacked because they refused to do the bidding of George Bush's political machine. The administration denies this, but has failed to produce a plausible counter-explanation.) Expect plenty more tugging and counter-tugging in the weeks to come. A second tussle is going on over documents relating to a wiretapping programme operated by the administration without proper authorisation.
These two affairs have already done a great deal of damage to the Department of Justice, which the attorney-general heads. Mr Gonzales himself has destroyed whatever reputation he might have had with his lobotomised performances on Capitol Hill. (During one session he said that he “did not recall” events related to the controversy no fewer than 70 times.) Senior staff have jumped ship. Others describe the morale of the place as “rock bottom”. Politicians on both sides of the aisle describe the department as “dysfunctional”, “crippled” and “a shambles”.
In my personal opinion, this guy was a small man in a big firestorm. He was collateral damage in the ongoing war against George W. Bush. Gonzales was smacked down by a Democrat bullying squad trying to find chinks in the armor of the President. They couldn't "get" Don Rumsfeld -- they got Scooter Libby instead. They couldn't "get" Dick Cheney -- but now they have gotten Alberto Gonzales.
The protracted Gonzales character assassination has afflicted Washington for a couple of months now. Calls for his resignation have been superceded with accusations of perjury and mismanagement. It has been a long several months of hearings and recrimination.
From the New York Times:
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, submitted his to President Bush by telephone on Friday, the official said. His decision was not immediately announced, the official added, until after the president invited him and his wife to lunch at his ranch near here.
From The Economist:
Mr Gonzales is currently at the centre of a constitutional tug-of-war between Congress and the White House. Congress has subpoenaed two former White House aides to answer questions about the dismissal of nine US attorneys, or government prosecutors, last year. (The Democrats say they were sacked because they refused to do the bidding of George Bush's political machine. The administration denies this, but has failed to produce a plausible counter-explanation.) Expect plenty more tugging and counter-tugging in the weeks to come. A second tussle is going on over documents relating to a wiretapping programme operated by the administration without proper authorisation.
These two affairs have already done a great deal of damage to the Department of Justice, which the attorney-general heads. Mr Gonzales himself has destroyed whatever reputation he might have had with his lobotomised performances on Capitol Hill. (During one session he said that he “did not recall” events related to the controversy no fewer than 70 times.) Senior staff have jumped ship. Others describe the morale of the place as “rock bottom”. Politicians on both sides of the aisle describe the department as “dysfunctional”, “crippled” and “a shambles”.
In my personal opinion, this guy was a small man in a big firestorm. He was collateral damage in the ongoing war against George W. Bush. Gonzales was smacked down by a Democrat bullying squad trying to find chinks in the armor of the President. They couldn't "get" Don Rumsfeld -- they got Scooter Libby instead. They couldn't "get" Dick Cheney -- but now they have gotten Alberto Gonzales.
