Attorney General Gonzales' new problems add to Bush's continuing ones

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070309/na-anl-us-gonzales-another-scandal


Attorney General Gonzales' new problems add to Bush's continuing ones

RON FOURNIER | AP | March 9, 2007 07:21 PM EST

WASHINGTON — Another day, another scandal. The Justice Department's improper and illegal use of the USA Patriot Act has Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in trouble, an all-too-familiar circumstance for President George W. Bush's inner circle.

The last thing a troubled president needs is another friend in trouble.

"This strikes me as another blow for the administration," said Republican consultant Joe Gaylord.

He was not the only Republican fretting about the Republican president's White House after a Justice Department audit criticized the FBI's use of extraordinary powers, granted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, to obtain personal information secretly.

"This is, regrettably, part of an ongoing process where the federal authorities are not really sensitive to privacy and go far beyond what we have authorized," said Sen. Arlen Specter, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Lawmakers already were seething at the Justice Department for the firing of eight federal prosecutors and Gonzales' dismissive response to critics.

"One day there will be a new attorney general, maybe sooner rather than later," Specter said Thursday.

It is too soon to tell whether Gonzales, a close Texas friend of Bush, might be forced to leave. Even his ouster, however, would do little to change a perception that the Bush administration is unraveling amid declining public support and trust. Some big names already have had to leave.

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1. Gondo gave Bush the 'nod'---I do not doubt that!

[JohnnyLib2]

2. It's not just the one man (Gonzales); it's the undermining of

the justice system per se. RW talk radio makes that very clear.

BUSHBUNGLE, one of many.

[peacetalksforall]

3. Gonzales wouldn't be there if he wasn't doing the bidding of

George and Dick.

If G stopped doing the bidding, he would be in frog land.

G is a follower and seems to hold shared contempt for our
Constitution and Bill of RIghts with George and Dick.

How much more despicable can friends of George and Dick
be - Rove, Rice, Bolton, Gonzales etc etc?