http://dir.salon.com/topics/alberto_gonzales/?source=rss&aim=alberto_gonzales en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT By Nick Turse Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/22/bush_officials/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/22/bush_officials/index.html?source=rss The unemployment rate is high around the country -- but not for former Bush officials. A guide to who's cashing in By Alex Koppelman Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/03/gonzales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/03/gonzales/index.html?source=rss The former attorney general now says he opposes the investigation, and claims he was taken out of context By Marcy Wheeler Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/18/torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/18/torture/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it. By Vincent Rossmeier Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/03/03/bushmemos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/03/03/bushmemos/index.html?source=rss Secret memos from the former administration reveal the breadth of the Bush team's claims of executive branch power. By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/11/01/mukasey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/11/01/mukasey/index.html?source=rss His reputation for integrity was meant to restore credibility to the Justice Department. Instead, his remarks on waterboarding show that he, like Alberto Gonzales, has let the White House call the shots. By Alex Koppelman Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/10/gonzales_letter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/10/gonzales_letter/index.html?source=rss The then-White House counsel wrote a scathing letter to Justice saying the president had decided what was legal By Ben Travers Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/14/qotd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/14/qotd/index.html?source=rss Alberto Gonzales jumps on the empathy-bashing bandwagon. By Mark Benjamin Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/12/12/treatment_detainee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/12/12/treatment_detainee/index.html?source=rss After a two-year investigation, the Senate names names -- Bush, Tenet, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Addington, Rice. By Alex Koppelman Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/12/19/tapes_reaction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/12/19/tapes_reaction/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration isn't happy about a report linking it to the destruction of tapes of CIA interrogations. By Alex Koppelman Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/12/19/tapes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/12/19/tapes/index.html?source=rss The New York Times reports greater involvement of White House lawyers than previously known; administration officials may even have advocated the destruction. By Alex Koppelman Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/11/21/paulose/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/11/21/paulose/index.html?source=rss The controversial prosecutor's defenders said unnamed enemies were out to get her, but ultimately it may be that Paulose's friends were her undoing. By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/11/15/gonzales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/11/15/gonzales/index.html?source=rss Funny, the former attorney general didn't seem to appreciate the need for counsel before. By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/17/mukasey2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/17/mukasey2/index.html?source=rss An attorney general nominee actually answers a question. By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/10/11/torture_letter_to_hughes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/10/11/torture_letter_to_hughes/index.html?source=rss Your duty is to defend America's reputation in the world. To do so, you must persuade the Bush administration to renounce its abhorrent and hypocritical policy on torture. By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/10/gonzales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/10/gonzales/index.html?source=rss The former attorney general is said to fear prosecution for lying to Congress. By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/04/memo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/04/memo/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration repudiated torture just in time for Gonzales' confirmation, then secretly embraced it again right after. By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/18/mukasey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/18/mukasey/index.html?source=rss The White House lets conservative activists question Mukasey's "Republican pedigree." By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/17/mukasey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/17/mukasey/index.html?source=rss In selecting Michael Mukasey, Bush dodges a fight with Senate Democrats. By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/14/snow_gonzales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/14/snow_gonzales/index.html?source=rss It's the last day on the job for Alberto Gonzales and Tony Snow. By Joe Conason Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/09/14/ted_olson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/09/14/ted_olson/index.html?source=rss The infamous lawyer knows how to keep troublesome information hidden, and what better way for the president to taunt his detractors. By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/12/reid_olson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/12/reid_olson/index.html?source=rss The Senate majority leader says Democrats won't confirm the former solicitor general as attorney general. By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/06/patriot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/06/patriot/index.html?source=rss And what ever happened to the new attorney general? By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/04/goldsmith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/04/goldsmith/index.html?source=rss The White House, the FISA court and a heroic John Ashcroft. By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/31/probe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/31/probe/index.html?source=rss The Justice Department's inspector general wants to know what questions Kyle Sampson and Monica Goodling were asking job applicants. By Tim Grieve Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/30/gonzales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/30/gonzales/index.html?source=rss The attorney general may be leaving, but the Justice Department's inspector general hasn't forgotten him.