AG Gonzo too busy to respond to Dems

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/03/gonzales-is-too-busy/

From Bob Novak’s column today: “Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has indicated he is too busy to answer letters from Democratic congressional leaders about his firing seven U.S. attorneys involved in probes of public corruption, though a lower-level Justice Department official rejected their proposals."

Novak's column snip:
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Robert+D.+Novak%3A+Another+Hillary+defector&articleId=65463a14-f0a4-4663-9f46-1d5189c56100

PROBING GONZALES

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has indicated he is too busy to answer letters from Democratic congressional leaders about his firing seven U.S. attorneys involved in probes of public corruption, though a lower-level Justice Department official rejected their proposals.

Rep. Rahm Emanuel, House Democratic Caucus chairman, had written Gonzales two letters suggesting that he name Carol Lam, fired as U.S. attorney in San Diego, as an outside counsel to continue her pursuit of the Duke Cunningham case. Asked by Melissa Charbonneau of the Christian Broadcasting Network about this column’s report that Gonzales did not respond, Gonzales said: “I think that the American people lose if I spend all my time worrying about congressional requests for information, if I spend all my time responding to subpoenas.”

Richard A. Hertling, the acting Justice Department lobbyist, responded Wednesday, 22 days after Emanuel’s letter. He contended “the Justice Department would not ever seek the resignation of a U.S. attorney if doing so would jeopardize a public corruption case” and rejected naming Lam as a special prosecutor.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Ok why is this seding me back

(not literally) to oh the heady days of Watergate?

Anybody?

[BOSSHOG]

2. Too busy doing what?

Planning on firing other attorneys who have shown signs of spine and integrity?

[niyad]

3. Hey, GONZO--you arrogant little punk--you WORK FOR US, and so do our ELECTED officials. and when

OUR representatives tell you they want information, they are speaking for US--YOUR BOSSES, you clueless, arrogant, fascist little jerk.

is there ANY way to fire this little prickor, can he at least be cited for contempt? is he going to ignore a subpeona?

[Warren Stupidity]

4. So congress should subpoena his ass. nt.

[Imagevision]

5. Gonzo cannot allow Bush to take the heat for more White House directed orders

Gonzales has indicated he is too busy to answer letters about his firing seven U.S. attorneys involved in probes of public corruption.
duh! doesn't the statement clearly speak for itself?!!

Gonzales said: “I think that the American people lose if I spend all my time worrying about congressional requests for information, if I spend all my time responding to subpoenas.”

"probes of public corruption"(?) If you were Gonzo-boy you too would find yourself quite busy, just what Bush needs right now, more scandal, (public corruption!)