Lawyers: Gonzales mishandled classified data

[deminks]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON --
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled highly classified notes about a secret counterterror program, but not on purpose, according to a memo by his legal team.

The memo, obtained by The Associated Press, acknowledges that Gonzales improperly stored notes about the program and might have taken them home at one point.

Removing secret documents from specially secured rooms violates government policy.

Gonzales' lawyers wrote in their memo that there is no evidence the security breach resulted in secret information being viewed or otherwise exposed to anyone who was not authorized.

The classified notes focus on a March 2004 meeting with congressional leaders about a national security program that was about to expire. Efforts to renew the program sparked an intense Bush administration debate that played out at the hospital bedside of then-Attorney General John Ashcroft.



Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/676/story/509992.html

[TheDebbieDee]

1. Not on purpose, my a$$! Ignorance is NO excuse.

Throw his a$$ in jail..............

[Demeter]

3. I Don't Believe It Wasn't On Purpose, and I Don't Think It's Forgivable , Either Way

What is this, special rules for Bushbots? Again?

[bluesmail]

2. Just where is he these days?

Just what is it that he's up to? All that 'free' time.

[Crowman1979]

4. He spends his time trying to recall what he doesn't know so he can get back to us later.

:D

[bluesmail]

6. Actually that goes without saying.

:evilgrin:

[annabanana]

5. "mishandled"?

mauled and manhandled more like...

[UTUSN]

7. O.K. So can charges be filed NOW?1 By ANYbody?!1 n/t

[keroro gunsou]

8. Lawyers: Gonzales mishandled classified data

Source: Yahoo, by way of the AP news feed

WASHINGTON - Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled highly classified notes about a secret counterterror program, but not on purpose, according to a memo by his legal team.

The memo, obtained by The Associated Press, acknowledges that Gonzales improperly stored notes about the program and might have taken them home at one point.

Removing secret documents from specially secured rooms violates government policy.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080901/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/gonzales_security_breach

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in the words of my grandmother... "what a yutz."

[lisa58]

9. "but, not on purpose" - Really????

[liberalhistorian]

10. LOL. It depends on what the definition

of "not on purpose" is, doncha know!!!!!!!!!

[Judi Lynn]

11. He wouldn't do this. Must be the liberal press!

As we all know, Alberto Gonzales and his exalted pResident have always been fastidious in their observance of our laws.

http://i63.photobucket.com.nyud.net:8090/albums/h127/DavetheWave_2006/MartyFeldmanIgor.jpg

They are an awe-inspiring tribute to our heroic right-wing.

[orleans]

12. according to cnn crawl-- there will be no charges. figures. n/t