Gonzales Hearing `Contentious' Without Documents, Leahy Says

[Catchawave]

Gonzales Hearing `Contentious' Without Documents, Leahy Says
Jan. 4 (Bloomberg)
-- Continued White House refusal to turn over memos by counsel Alberto Gonzales on treatment of suspected terrorists would create a ``contentious issue'' in Senate confirmation hearings on his nomination by President George W. Bush to be U.S. attorney general, a key Democratic lawmaker said.

In a letter to Gonzales, Senator Patrick Leahy, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sought eight memos and documents before Gonzales appears in two days at a hearing on his nomination to succeed Attorney General John D. Ashcroft. Democrats previously asked for the material after the prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison.

...more at:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aZKEt_nX7im0&refer=us#

[saltpoint]

1. Leahy didn't need my letter to him on Gonzales --

-- but he was on my list of senators to whom letters were sent, asking them for their consideration of the Gonzales nomination, with a view toward opposing it owing to the "torture" memoranda.

If you have not written to your senators, please consider doing so.

A man who condones torture should not be the chief justice officer of the United States.

[librechik]

2. more to the point, a lawyer, whose client is The President

should not be finding "legal" ways to excuse torture, execution of innocents, and the panoply of abuses a psychotic, overindulged tyrant like the Dauphin can stumble into.

[LiberalFighter]

3. And he is not suppose to be representing the President...

He is representing the United States!!!

[lovuian]

4. Exactly!!! and his interpretation they had to AMMEND

after horrible publicity which degraded American Military's reputation!!!

[saltpoint]

5. Yes.

Here, here.

[Spazito]

6. This is all smoke and mirrors, imo...

Gonzales will be confirmed, the world will be sent the 'appropriate' message and the public will go back to Survivor.

[Catchawave]

7. LAT: Another article

Needs DUing too :)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/20050105/ts_latimes/moreheatovergonzalesandtorture

[Catchawave]

8. NYT: OpEd

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/05/opinion/05wed1.html?th