Alberto Gonzales: 'I have no confidence whatsoever' in Nunes memo
Source: The Hill
BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 02/02/18 12:17 PM EST
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez slammed a Republican-drafted memo alledging surveillance at the Department of Justice on Friday, saying he did not have any confidence in the controversial document.
I have no confidence whatsoever in whats going to come out of the House, the former attorney general under George W. Bush told Time, adding "Nunes seems to be part of the Trump team.
The memo was drafted by staffers for House Intelligence chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).
Democrats and the intelligence community have spoken out against its publication, saying the information is misleading and could reveal sensitive intelligence sources and methods. Nunes has called those claims "spurious."
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/372018-alberto-gonzales-i-have-no-confidence-whatsoever-in-nunes-memo
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,781 posts)But I'm afraid there is no rock bottom for this administration.
knightmaar
(748 posts)There's always something under the bedrock he can dig to, always a group of people who still consider him competent.
PatSeg
(47,546 posts)They even lost Trey Gowdy, there must be something lower than rock bottom.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)Just last night I think Maddow began her show with Gonzales and US Atty firings for which he was pushed out of his job.
bucolic_frolic
(43,235 posts)I think I'm going to faint .........
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)The guy whose memory is as bad as Sessions? He could not remember a thing under oath, and he smiled the entire time.
Stick a fork time
Gothmog
(145,415 posts)DoBotherMe
(2,340 posts)[link:https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/02/the-torture-memos-10-years-later/252439/|
This prompted Gonzales to write a memo, on January 25, 2002, that is still chilling to read. In it, he argued that the War on Terror required new interpretations of old rules. He wrote: "This new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions requiring that captured enemy be afforded such things as commissary privileges." By making the War on Terror sound like an episode of Hogan's Heroes, in other words, Gonzales convinced President Bush to see things his way.
louis-t
(23,296 posts)Says the man who has never held a job that wasn't working for GWB. Not a very good source for a legal opinion.
underpants
(182,848 posts)clicking the trunk release on his key fob trying find his car
louis-t
(23,296 posts)"I can't recall where I parked my car...I can't recall where I parked my car...I can't recall where I parked my car...I can't recall where I parked my car..."
BumRushDaShow
(129,218 posts)tanyev
(42,588 posts)I was so worried about the poor man.
Turn CO Blue
(4,221 posts)Layer upon layer of weirdness in the news these days.
Irony is dead and now they're just beating it with whips.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)A place where WE agree with fucking Alberto Gonzales? We are so screwed.
LenaBaby61
(6,976 posts)meadowlander
(4,399 posts)and never should have been within 100 miles of the investigation in the first place, "seems to be part of the Trump team" is understating it a bit.