WH and Al Gonzales Prepare to Launch Whitewater II w/ new Prosecutor

McCamy Taylor

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Jan-21-07 03:18 AM
Original message

WH and Al Gonzales Prepare to Launch Whitewater II w/ new Prosecutor

It is all there, as plain as day for anyone who cares to see. Faux maverick Arlen Spectre did the dirty work so that another Faux maverick John McCain could improve his presidential chances next year. I am referring to the provision Specter inserted into the Patriot Act that lets the Acting Whitehouse Counsel Al Gonzales fire any federal prosecutor he wants and replace him or her with any other lawyer he wants.

He has fired and replaced a number of lawyers, including the Duke Cunningham prosecutor, but the mst notable position is one in Arkansas. Back in December a very special lawyer was assigned to the role of federal prosecutor. Here is how Mother Jones describes him.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2007/01/3279_the_mysterious_1.html

"A quick perusal of Griffin�s resume shows that his more-or-less exclusive vocation has been doing opposition research on Democrats on behalf of the Republican Party. Until recently, he was head of opp research at the White House, working directly for Karl Rove. In 1999 and 2000, he was deputy research director for the Republican National Committee. In 2002 he returned as research director for the national GOP and stayed on for the next three years.

"Before getting involved formally in oppo research he worked in what you might call de facto oppo research positions. In 1995 and 1996 he was associate independent counsel in the Henry Cisneros investigation. And after that he headed up to the Hill to work for Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) investigating political contributions from Asian-Americans to Bill Clinton.

"Oh, and I forgot to mention, according to Time, back in 2000, when he was in charge of digging up dirt on Al Gore, he apparently had a poster hanging on the wall behind his desk which read: �On my command � unleash hell on Al.�'

Now, why would the White House assign such a valuable fellow the job of persecuting Democrats in Arkansas? What prominent Democrats hail from that state? What Democrat may stand in the way of John McCain becoming president in 2008, issuing pardons as needed to Bush and Co, sealing Bush administration documents and continuing the War in Iraq (and Iran) as Bush/Cheney want it waged?

I do not need to answer that question,. I will propose the solution. Alberto Gonzales has been a disgrace to his office. This kind of abuse of power would not be possible if the nation had a real attorney general. It is the duty of Congress to impeach him. John Conyers is planning to call him before the House Congressional Committee to investigate the NSA spying. This is not enough. One of the grounds for impeachment which I listed last fall was Al Gonzales stated threat towards members of Congress that he would abuse the powers of his office to blackmail them (see below). He is doing that right now!

The Case for the Impeachment of Al Gonzales

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy%20Taylor/42