http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/010905/09edgonzales.html
Following the Bush administration rule that no malfeasance should go unrewarded, the White House-friendly Senate Judiciary Committee, followed by the full Senate, will soon rubber-stamp the nomination of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales as attorney general.
The fingerprints of longtime Bush confidant Gonzales are all over internal legal memoranda that pooh-poohed international standards for the humane holding and detention of prisoners, arguing no less that these established protections, adopted by our Congress and civilized nations the world over, could be circumvented by the whim of his boss, President Bush. Such counsel helped establish the climate for depravity, lewdness and lawlessness — including torture, intimidation, even wrongful death — at U.S.-run detention facilities in Afghanistan, Cuba and, most notably, Iraq.
Seen by some as a future Supreme Court nominee, Gonzales was hardly impressive during his confirmation hearing last week. While he managed a belated condemnation of the abuse and torture of prisoners, he struggled to recall basic facts that would help clarify his role in advising the White House on prisoner issues. "I don't recall if it was requested by me," Gonzales said of an August 2002 Justice Department memo on abuse. The memo, which argued for a narrow definition of torture as "excruciating and agonizing pain," actually begins: "You have asked for our office's view."
John D. Hutson, dean of the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, N.H., who testified after Gonzales, had no reservations panning the future attorney general's advice. Hutson said the Gonzales memo was "shallow in its legal analysis, shortsighted in its implications and altogether ill-advised."
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These Hespanics prove to be more foolishly "patriotic" to America than most White Americans.
There was an Argentinians professor, and a Mexican barber in our uni. And they both were stupid enough to support Iraq war. I knew from Day One that starting Iraq war is a foolish idea, even from American point-of-view.
But their joy was probably understandable. It was the hatred they have against Islam (for whatever reason) which blurred their reasoning ability.
Following the Bush administration rule that no malfeasance should go unrewarded, the White House-friendly Senate Judiciary Committee, followed by the full Senate, will soon rubber-stamp the nomination of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales as attorney general.
The fingerprints of longtime Bush confidant Gonzales are all over internal legal memoranda that pooh-poohed international standards for the humane holding and detention of prisoners, arguing no less that these established protections, adopted by our Congress and civilized nations the world over, could be circumvented by the whim of his boss, President Bush. Such counsel helped establish the climate for depravity, lewdness and lawlessness — including torture, intimidation, even wrongful death — at U.S.-run detention facilities in Afghanistan, Cuba and, most notably, Iraq.
Seen by some as a future Supreme Court nominee, Gonzales was hardly impressive during his confirmation hearing last week. While he managed a belated condemnation of the abuse and torture of prisoners, he struggled to recall basic facts that would help clarify his role in advising the White House on prisoner issues. "I don't recall if it was requested by me," Gonzales said of an August 2002 Justice Department memo on abuse. The memo, which argued for a narrow definition of torture as "excruciating and agonizing pain," actually begins: "You have asked for our office's view."
John D. Hutson, dean of the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, N.H., who testified after Gonzales, had no reservations panning the future attorney general's advice. Hutson said the Gonzales memo was "shallow in its legal analysis, shortsighted in its implications and altogether ill-advised."
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These Hespanics prove to be more foolishly "patriotic" to America than most White Americans.
There was an Argentinians professor, and a Mexican barber in our uni. And they both were stupid enough to support Iraq war. I knew from Day One that starting Iraq war is a foolish idea, even from American point-of-view.
But their joy was probably understandable. It was the hatred they have against Islam (for whatever reason) which blurred their reasoning ability.
