Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 24, 2008. Joint report finds massive political interference, misconduct, destruction of DOJ records.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. April 2, 2008. Thanks to Gonzales and Monica Goodling, applicants for civil service jobs were quizzed with personal questions that the DoJ can't legally ask.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. February 4, 2008. A new book singles out Condoleezza Rice as inept, more interested in being President Bush's buddy than securing the nation.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 19, 2007. The next question, of course, is what these White House lawyers urged, or didn't urge, the CIA to do with the torture tapes.
Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. December 17, 2007. Apparently, the bruhaha caused the ABA to reconsider (or reinterpret) the award. Again, that's what lawyers do when there's a stinkola in the ranks.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. November 20, 2007. Gonzales' first stop on a nationwide college speaking tour got off to a very rocky start, as he had to endure shouts of "criminal" and "liar" throughout his speech.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. November 17, 2007. Amanda Terkel: Gonzales claimed the law was his "lodestar", but he must have forgotten it while he was in office.
GottaLaff, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. November 15, 2007. GottaLaff: If he did commit perjury, if he did he improperly tamper with a congressional witness, then he's a gen-u-ine stand out!
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. November 14, 2007. Faiz Shakir: High professional standards were once a threat to the Gonzales-led DoJ. Hopefully, that tide is turning.
GottaLaff, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. November 5, 2007. GottaLaff: Mukasey accepts a politicization of U.S. Attorneys far more extreme than that attempted by Gonzales and Rove.
Jane Hamsher, AlterNet: PEEK. October 22, 2007. Jane Hamsher: I just hope it doesn't compromise that fragile dream of spending more time with his family.
Matt Corley, AlterNet: PEEK. October 4, 2007. Matt Corley: If so, does she agree with the policy they lay out? If not, will she "take the matter to the president?"
Oliver Willis, AlterNet: PEEK. October 4, 2007. Oliver Willis: Direct from hell, Richard Nixon has got to be looking on with a broad grin and an "attaboy!"
Amanda Terkel, AlterNet: PEEK. September 18, 2007. Amanda Terkel: Rachel Paulose was a special assistant to Alberto Gonzales and was best buds with Monica Goodling.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. September 10, 2007. Jack Goldsmith tells Bill Moyers what happened when Gonzales and Andy Card confronted a seriously ill Ashcroft about wiretapping.
Roberto Lovato, New America Media. September 4, 2007. Gonzales loved to tell the story of his rise out of poverty -- a Latino version of the American dream. But it is that same dream that he and his backers helped destroy for many Americans.
Lane Hudson, AlterNet: PEEK. August 31, 2007. Lane Hudson: Our justice system must be pretty messed up when the Attorney General is being investigated by his own subordinates.
GottaLaff, AlterNet: PEEK. August 28, 2007. GottaLaff: It would guarantee a Senate confirmation. It would change the balance of power in the Senate, in favor of the Republicans. And it smells of Karl Rove
Marisa Treviño, AlterNet: PEEK. August 28, 2007. Marisa Treviño: Gonzo was "one of the most influential Hispanic officials in the history of United States government," and he knew how to lick the hand that fed him.
Aziz Huq, The Nation. August 28, 2007. The resignation of Alberto Gonzales has brought a smile to the faces of many Bush Administration critics, but will it bring real change?
Amanda Terkel, AlterNet: PEEK. August 27, 2007. Amanda Terkel: Chertoff's tenure at Homeland Security has led to frequent calls for his resignation, yet he appears to be the frontrunner to replace Gonzales as attorney general.
Christy Hardin Smith, AlterNet: Video. August 27, 2007. Christy Hardin Smith: Gonzales doesn't take questions at resignation press conference, and Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) argues that he was a victim.
