Gonzales Says He May ‘Find Out’ That Attorneys Were Purged For Political Reasons

[RedEarth]

In an interview tonight, NBC News’ Pete Williams asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales a simple question: “Can you be certain that none of these U.S. Attorneys were put on that list for improper reasons?”

Gonzales wouldn’t give a straight answer, and in fact left open the possibility that attorneys were fired for partisan politics. “If I find out that, in fact, any of these decisions were motivated, the recommendations to me were motivated for improper reasons to interfere with the public corruption case, there will be swift and — there will be swift and decisive action. I can assure you that.”

Gonzales also suggested that other evidence of his personal involvement in the firings may come to light. “here may have been other conversations about specifically about the performance of US attorneys” that I don’t remember, he said.

Watch it here.......

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/26/gonzales-nbc/

[karlrschneider]

1. Hey, it's not like he wants it both ways...he wants it SIX ways.

:eyes: :grr: :puke:

[Felinity]

6. Indeed

What has the Leagle Beagle not said? Next he'll be claiming he was drunk, or hooked on oxy contin, and check into rehab.

[GregD]

2. just like * promised to fire anyone over Plame?

Sure - I believe ya Gonzo. Putz...

[Xipe Totec]

3. Steady, Alberto, too much truth can give you nose bleeds

You're not used to taking the high road...

[jimshoes]

4. I can't explain it, but I don't

believe a damn word Bertie says.

[Bitwit1234]

5. If I was on the investigating committee the first question

I would ask is "Who is in charge over at the Justice Department?" I thought that it has been all over the place that bush was supposed to be the one who appointed and fired attorneys. Now we don't know who...fired the attorneys. This is ridiculous.

[Iwasthere]

7. arrghhh...

so sick of this shit. WTF do they have to do?

[NanceGreggs]

8. Ooooh, goody, another one of those "unforeseen" moments ...

"No one could possibly have foreseen that terrorists would use airplanes as missiles ..."

"No one could possibly have foreseen that the insurgency in Iraq would be as strong as it turned out to be ..."

"No one could possibly have foreseen that my underlings would fire US attorneys for political reasons ..."

With all of the money being spent by this administration in Iraq, you'd think they would have put aside a couple of bucks for a new scriptwriter ...

[Spazito]

9. Wow, the legacy of the bush admin will not only be...

lying, stealing, treason but the MOST disremembering administration in history, lol. I love all the equivocations in his "truths". If, maybe, may have been, etc, etc, etc.

[rusty_parts2001]

10. He's hunting the real killers

[rodeodance]

11. so--NOW he is saying he was out of the loop?? INcredible!

[spindrifter]

15. He's ALWAYS been saying he was out

of the loop. Sheesh! With 110,000 employees he has to delegate stuff--like high-level decisions. He just signs the papers when they tell him to--doesn't have to bother reading them, you know--there are other things he needs to attend to--like keeping our children safe.

[pinto]

12. This Administration is so full of known unknowns it makes my head spin.

[rodeodance]

13. REc (for the laugh of the evening).

[solara]

14. Well, Yanno.. Rumsfeld said it best and most succinctly......

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we know."


:rofl:


INVESTIGATE IMPEACH INDICT INCARCERATE :patriot:

[Solly Mack]

16. LMAO

damn

[TankLV]

17. Swift and decisive action - to lie, protect repukes, persecute Democrats, make the political jobs

permanent, shred papers, purge emails, threaten potential squealers...

Yep - I totally believe him on this...

[cboy4]

18. He starts smirking every time he lies....something he may or

may not know he's doing.

Let's just say his face is frozen in a constant smirk.

What a liar.

[mmonk]

19. It's no wonder he's the torture czar. His explanations are so tortured.

[MN ChimpH8R]

20. Look long enough and he might even find out that the pope is Catholic EOM

[MiniMe]

21. AG Gonzales might find out that WH Counsel Gonzales was part of it n/t

[Justice Is Comin]

22. There will be "swift and decisive action" all right.

And you are going to be on the pointed end of it.

[Kool Kitty]

23. Even if this isn't the most corrupt administration

this country has ever had (and I do believe it is), it has GOT to be the most incompetent. I have never seen anything like this bunch of boobs (with all due respect to boobs). Michael Brown, Chertoff, Rumsfeld, John Bolton, Condoleeza Rice (really-what has she done diplomatically? Or about the terror threats in the summer of 2001? Jesus H. Christ! She sucked at TWO jobs!), not to mention criminals like Elliot Abrams and John Poindexter.

And the biggest incompetent is the *ahem* Commander-in-Chief, George himself.

These people are the worst I can remember. They "delegate" everything-and then they are soooo surprised at what their underlings do. They are NEVER in the loop, they don't hear about problems until they read it in the newspaper, they can't be bothered to cut short a vacation, they lie, they smear.

They suck.