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...attorney finally agreed with the proposal that we had put forth back in November: [we would] publish and turn over the video in exchange for my release and not having to submit to testifying in front of the federal grand jury...As there was nothing of a sensitive or confidential nature on the videotape, it was worth fighting for the right that I should have to protect it. But once that right was lost [after all appeals were exhausted], once that battle was lost, there was really no purpose in perpetuating my incarceration simply on a matter of principle...
...know what I did. And I know that the motivations for the decisions I made were not based on improper reasons.' ALBERTO GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, seeking to explain his role in the Justice Department's controversial firing of eight U.S. Attorneys...
ALBERTO GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, defending his controversial firing of eight U.S. Attorneys, which has left many calling for his resignation...
Look closely during upcoming Hill hearings into the U.S. Attorneys scandal, and there, whispering in Senator Chuck Schumer's ear, you'll see the person who has quietly powered the Senate's expanding investigation. Preet Bharara, Schumer's chief counsel on the Judiciary Committee, prosecuted the Colombo and Gambino crime families as an assistant U.S. Attorney before Schumer hired him in January 2005. Early this year, he began picking up complaints about the Bush Administration's firing of the eight U.S. Attorneys from sources in the Justice Department and suggested Schumer hold hearings. Now he's the point...
...What do you think "accepting responsibility" means? Attorney General Alberto Gonzales accepted responsibility [for dismissing eight U.S. Attorneys last month], but he wasn't fired. -Fred Judd, Irvine, Calif. It does not always mean that one has to resign his or her job. Human beings are going to make mistakes. I always told my own staff that I did not expect them to be perfect. I expected them to make mistakes. And, in fact, if they didn't, it might just mean that they weren't attempting great things...