Resign Mr. Atty Gen.: Gonzales Pressed Ailing Ashcroft on Spy Plan, Aide Says

This man has OUR Judicial System in his hands....What a scumbag.

WASHINGTON, May 15 — On the night of March 10, 2004, a high-ranking Justice Department official rushed to a Washington hospital to prevent two White House aides from taking advantage of the critically ill Attorney General, John Ashcroft, the official testified today.

One of those aides was Alberto R. Gonzales, who succeeded Mr. Ashcroft as Attorney General.

“I was very upset,” said James B. Comey, who was deputy Attorney General at the time, in his testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I was angry. I thought I had just witnessed an effort to take advantage of a very sick man, who did not have the powers of the attorney general because they had been transferred to me.”

“I was very upset,” said James B. Comey, who was deputy Attorney General at the time, in his testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I was angry. I thought I had just witnessed an effort to take advantage of a very sick man, who did not have the powers of the attorney general because they had been transferred to me.”

Mr. Comey’s account offered a rare and titillating glimpse of a Washington power struggle, complete with a late-night showdown in the White House after a dramatic encounter in a darkened hospital room — in short, elements of a potboiler paperback novel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/washington/15cnd-attorneys.html?hp

when will these criminals be thrown out?

prison!

It sure as heck isn't going to be covered in any detail by the television media, they would rather hold a nauseating vigil over the death of falwell to the exclusion of any real news.

I posted about it in another thread, but I had no source to site at the time.

have little hope they will give it the attention it is due especially as they now have the falwell death to sidetrack the issue.

At that point, he was the Attorney General of the United States. He, Mr. Goldsmith, Mr. Philbin and the others from his office in that hospital room are heroes and patriots.

This morning's hearing was the most explosive 90 minutes I've watched since the Watergate hearings.

Julie

The dam has already broken. Shortly the waters will inundate not only Gonzales but this Administration.

Too much truth is becoming public, and even more has been learned by Congress privately.

Republicans realize this, but they cannot change the mind of the 'decider.'

The longer Gonzales stays on, the worse it will be .... especially if there are mass resignations from career employees which could happen at any time.

unbelieveable.

the sacrey thing is Gonzoles doesn't see anything wrong with anything he's done.

through all this scrutiny without breaking a sweat, and to be able to maintain that Chesire Cat smile.

There's nothing less than a conspiracy to break the law here. In a hospital yet! NBC Nightly News carried the story. I think it should have led.

I think Bush was involved at the start and decided to back off when the heat flared up.

Here are the posts on Gonzo-gate this morn:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x890032

with time stamps. They nearly dried up as the focus shifted to the death of Falwell.