Report: Gonzales had FISA inquiry conflict

[babylonsister]

http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20070315-093027-7067r


Report: Gonzales had FISA inquiry conflict


U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales reportedly advised President George W. Bush on a federal inquiry even after learning his own actions might be probed.

Citing government records and interviews, the National Journal reported Thursday that, shortly before he advised Bush in 2006 on whether to shut down a Justice Department investigation into the administration's warrantless domestic eavesdropping program, Gonzales learned that his own conduct would likely be a focus of the inquiry.

Bush shut down the Justice Department investigation in April 2006 by denying investigators security clearances they would have needed to examine the eavesdropping program.

It was unclear whether Bush knew at the time that the inquiry -- which was to have been conducted by the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility -- would likely examine Gonzales' conduct, the newspaper said. Sources familiar with the matter told the Journal that if the probe had been permitted to continue, it would have scrutinized Gonzales' role in authorizing the eavesdropping program while he was White House counsel, and his oversight of the program as attorney general.

The White House and Gonzales declined to comment on the report, the National Journal said.

[damntexdem]

1. Report in the Moonie paper, yet. Time for Gonzalez to resign ...

or be impeached. The latter would be desirable -- once impeachment is in the air, who knows where it might stop?

[Supersedeas]

2. and attempt to marginalize other scandals by throwing all out there at once

Then have the chattering class call it old news when discussed one at a time.