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...smoking Dutch Cleanser." - Criticizing then Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez during hearings on the Bush administrations warrantless domestic-wiretapping program, saying Gonzalez's responses defied logic and plain English (Washington Post...
...prestigious Intelligence post. Harman repudiated that report, saying she was unaware of any investigation into her AIPAC ties, and denounced the claims as "irresponsible, laughable and scurrilous." The investigation purportedly fizzled at the time due to "lack of evidence." But the CQ report suggests that then Attorney General Alberto Gonzales interceded to halt the probe to preserve Harman's value as a cross-aisle defender of the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Harman has called on the Obama Administration to release any transcripts or investigative material related to the incident, which she says will exonerate...
...According to the CQ story, Justice Department officials recommended launching a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into Harman but were held back by then Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who allegedly argued to then CIA Director Porter Goss and then Director of National Intelligence Michael Hayden that Gonzales needed Harman's support as the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee to defend President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretaps...
...Rumsfeld would rescind his authorization in a manner of weeks, after the Navy General Counsel, Alberto Mora, raised concerns about many techniques, arguing that they violated U.S. and international laws and constituted, at worst, torture. Mora met Haynes and warned him that the "interrogation policies could threaten [Rumsfeld's] tenure and could even damage the presidency...
...human rights. "Draconian measures were needed here, and I wouldn't agree that Peruvians now demand more flexibility from the judicial system in our fight," he said. "Democratic rules and human rights haven't been set aside in the emergency, though some mistakes were made." (Read "The Trials of Alberto Fujimori...