Report: Gonzales Knew of FBI Violations

[Ghost in the Machine]

Report: Gonzales Knew of FBI Violations
Published: 7/10/07, 12:45 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales received reports detailing legal or procedural violations by FBI agents in the months before he told senators that no such abuses had occurred, The Washington post reported Tuesday.

In April 2005, while seeking renewal of the broad powers granted law enforcement under the USA Patriot Act, Gonzales said, "There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse" from the law enacted after the 9/11 terror attacks.

According to the Post, Gonzales had received a least half a dozen reports describing such violations in the three months before he made that statement. The newspaper obtained the internal FBI documents under the Freedom of Information Act.

The violations, the Post reported, included unauthorized surveillance and an illegal property search.

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[rwenos]

1. So, Al . . . Have You Read this Code Section Lately?

18 United States Code § 1621. Perjury generally

Whoever—
(1) having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true; or
(2) in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, willfully subscribes as true any material matter which he does not believe to be true;
is guilty of perjury and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

This section is applicable whether the statement or subscription is made within or without the United States.

[L. Coyote]

2. Lying to the Senate is just like lying under oath. Gonzo-lies.

Get out your umbrellas this week! It is raining corruption, lies, and whores! :rofl:

[rwenos]

3. Senate Testimony IS Under Oath

That was my very point. The statute has nothing in it limiting it to court proceedings.

My point was Al's a perjurer. Just like Clarence.

[wicket]

4. K & R

:kick:

[screembloodymurder]

5. The key word is verifiable.

He lied, but he'll say the cases weren't verifiable.

[habitual]

8. you are correct, as soon as i saw that word, i knew that is what they would be using. n/t

[malaise]

6. Snow just said on Morning Joe

that he knows nothing about this -Ask Justice.

The gig is over.

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. The gig is over...

god I hope so! Are things finally taking a turn for the better? The media seems to be turning on the misadministration now. I know a lot of folks say "too little, too late", but hell, at least it's getting out in the open now, right?

[TransitJohn]

9. Why the fuck is this asshole

AG of the US??? Oh yeah, wait a minute, we got *bush as Pretzeldent, carpetbagging Cheney as VP, Rice as SecState, etc. etc.....how could any Americans have ever trusted this unholy cabal? Fucking idiots that voted for these scumbags.