Gonzales: I don’t think anyone is going to prosecute me.»

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/26/gonzales-prosecution/

Gonzales: I don’t think anyone is going to prosecute me.»



In his confirmation hearings, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder declared “waterboarding is torture,” worrying conservatives that he might pursue criminal prosecutions of officials involved in detainee interrogations. In an interview with NPR today, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he doesn’t believe he’ll be prosecuted:

On the question of prosecuting officers who employed any of the “extreme tactics” that the Bush administration has acknowledged, without admitting to any “torture” of detainees: “I don’t think that there’s going to be a prosecution, quite frankly.” Gonzales said. “Because again, these activities…. They were authorized, they were supported by legal opinions at the Department of Justice.”

When Holder is confirmed - with a vote expected Wednesday - he “will have to make a decision as to whether or not move forward with an investigation or a prosecution,” Gonzales said. “But under those circumstances, I find it hard to believe…

“Nonetheless, the very discussion about it is extremely discouraging,” the former attorney general said.

Gonzales recently wondered, “What is it that I did so fundamentally wrong?” As ThinkProgress noted, he politicized the Justice Department, approved torture, lied about warrantless wiretapping, and distorted pre-war intelligence.

[bdamomma]

1. he should choke on his arrogance.

[MADem]

2. That guy has done more to denigrate the "cred" of Harvard Law than any other graduate in history. NT

[yellowcanine]

3. "... the very discussion about it is extremely discouraging." Not as discouraging as having you

break the law Gonzo.

[LakeSamish706]

4. I hope we see more tears from this dude before the dust settles... Please...

prosecute him Mr. Holder.

[The Wielding Truth]

5. Famous last words.

[whistle]

6. Arrogant prick!

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. He knows that they would rather go after Blogo.

[jobycom]

8. Here's hoping for a surprise. He's executed people on less evidence than we have against him.

As Texas AG, he would often recommend against pardon or stay in death penalty cases without seeming to have read any of the arguments on the case.

[Ioo]

9. I sure hope he is wrong

[Gman]

10. Sounds like Gonzales is whistling past the grave yard

THey're not going to prosecute me... I hope...

[global1]

11. Is He Laying Down A Dare To Holder?......nt

[surrealAmerican]

12. Thinking has never been his strong suit.

[MarcMus]

13. Can we Put Him Under Citizen's Arrest?

There are times when I wish we could go back to vigilante justice.

[rrneck]

14. Unfortunately, this may be the first

opinion he's gotten right.

[gratuitous]

15. Technically, I guess it's not a prosecution

If the defendant pleads nolo contendere.

[bushmeister0]

16. Dick Durbin to Gonzo: "I think this administration and your tenure as Attorney General will be

haunted in history by another issue and that's the issue of torture."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmuZcfBbRZI

Watch Gonzo dance around Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. Disgusting!

Please, arrest this war criminal!!!!



Put him in the chair!

[bushmeister0]

17. More Gonzo zingers from the NPR interview:

"He provided a word of caution to Obama's attorney general nominee, Eric Holder, who last week testified that he believes that the interrogation practice of waterboarding — controlled drowning — is torture.

'One needs to be careful in making a blanket pronouncement like that,' Gonzales said, suggesting that it might affect the 'morale and dedication' of intelligence officials and lawyers who are attempting to make cases against terrorism suspects.

He said people he knows at the CIA have told him that agents there 'no longer have any interest in doing anything controversial.' And that, Gonzales asserted, means they 'won't be doing what they need to be doing' to protect the country."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99864126

Is he fucking kidding? "One needs to be careful in making a blanket pronouncement like that?"

What, that waterboarding is torture? I guess, if it were found to be torture, then it would be illegal and he would be very prosecutable.

And by saying agents are affraid of "doing anything controversial," he means illegal? This guy was the top cop?

BTW, what people at the CIA told him this? The janitor or something? Give me a break!