"As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General
Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its potent new
terrorism-fighting powers. “There has not been one verified case of civil
liberties abuse,” Gonzales told senators on April 27, 2005.
Six days earlier, the FBI sent Gonzales a copy of a report that said its agents had
obtained personal information that they were not entitled to have. It was one of
at least half a dozen reports of legal or procedural violations that Gonzales
received in the three months before he made his statement to the Senate
intelligence committee, according to internal FBI documents released under the
Freedom of Information Act."
Sometimes I think I am the last person to jump of the boat of suggesting that someone should be fired. However, I think it is time for Mr. Gonzales to go. His record is shady at best, if half the things that he has been accused of are true, he should be in jail. If none of the things are true, just the fact that the allegations are undermining the justice department and making it look like a side show for the White House, is enough that he should step down.
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