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Alberto Gonzalez

1 more time! Spain Will PROSECUTE Bushies. ¡Viva España!

by: MinistryOfTruth

Sun Sep 13, 2009 at 09:27:16 PDT

( - promoted by buhdydharma )

Crossposted at Daily Kos

I know our fellow dharma bum Edger already covered this, but I wanted to keep the story alive and enjoy the celebration of the rule of law

From September 8, 2009

    A Spanish judge has decided to go ahead with the prosecution of six Bush administration lawyers - including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales - who were the architects of the legal framework for President George W. Bush "enhanced interrogation" program, according to a report in the Spanish newspaper Publico. (Original article here; Google translation here.)

    The six Bush administration alumni targeted in the prosecution are former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; John Yoo, author of the "torture memos"; Douglas Feith, then a deputy defense secretary; Pentagon lawyer William Haynes II; former assistant attorney general Jay Bybee; and David Addington, a former chief of staff to then-Vice President Dick Cheney.

~snip~

. . .  Holder's investigation will be limited to instances where interrogators overstepped the boundaries set out by Bush lawyers for "enhanced interrogation." By contrast, the Spanish case challenges the legality of the entire program.

rawstory.com

More below the fold! YAY!

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Alberto Gonzalez + Classical Music + Snark = EPIC WIN!

by: MinistryOfTruth

Fri Sep 04, 2009 at 11:11:53 PDT

This is soooo good I just HAD to share it with my fellow Dharma Bums here at Docudharma.

Meet the PhillyFringeHarmonic, a oof beat classic music troupe who is cuurently featuring their latest work, The GonzalezCantata

This is such a clever Progressive WIN, I just love it.

This was featured on the Rachel Maddow show last night, tickets are on sale this weekend only, so if you are in Philadelphia in the next few weeks you MUST check it out.

Enjoy!

"I Can't Recall"

"This is not about Alberto Gonzalez"

     I wonder if Fredo will be singing this behind bars someday soon. One can only hope.

Cheers.

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Boot Gonzo says Texas Tech Faculty and Students

by: MinistryOfTruth

Sat Jul 25, 2009 at 23:25:40 PDT

(10 am. - promoted by ek hornbeck)

Image Hosting by PictureTrail.com     If you have not heard, Texas Tech University has taken on Ex-Bush Attorney General Alberto "I Don't Recall" Gonzalez. According to thinkprogress.org
Gonzales will be a visiting professor leading a course on "contemporary issues in the executive branch" and focusing on "recruiting and retaining first generation and under-represented students."

    Students and angry alumni quickly spoke out, starting Facebook groups and writing scathing editorials. Many of the Texas Tech faculty, however, remained silent.

Not any longer. Approximately 45 Texas Tech faculty members have signed onto a petition calling Gonzales' hiring "objectionable." They charge that Gonzales is nothing more than a "celebrity hire" who won't be worth his $100,000 salary.

    Alberto Gonzalez claims that his course will, among other things, highlight the "accomplishes of the Bush Administration".

    I guess that means that classes will be short.

   Contemporary issues in the executive branch, such as "how to commit war crimes" and "wiping your ass with the Constitution 101" will be covered in the course, unless Alberto Gonzalez forgets them or pleads the fifth.

    And, "under - represented students" must be code language for "We are going to need more batshit neo-conservatives"

    We're gonna need a bigger boat. That way, we can set them all adrift together.

    The protest by Students and Faculty has picked up a lot of steam. You can support their boycott of Alberto Gonzalez by joining the facebook group here

    Despite the outrage coming from Texas Tech Students and Faculty, Texas Tech chancellor Kent Hance is standing by his hiring of Gonzalez, who he says is a 'close friend' of his.

    Why anyone would send their kid to a school for thousands of dollars so they can learn re-writing the rule of law from one of the worst liars and crappiest lawyers ever is beyond me. You'd be better off getting your law degree from Phoenix University online.

    But, there is a way to solve this problem. We can save the fragile little minds of a whole class of law students by doing something today.

    Investigate and Prosecute Bush/Cheney/Gonzalez et all for War Crimes.

    War Criminals don't take Sunday's off, and neither should we.

    You can find contact information for AG Eric Holder and President Obama beneath the fold. Send them an E-Mail this Sunday and demand a strong, independant Special Prosecutor who will go all the way in the fight to clear America's name and prosecute the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Bush/Cheney Regime.

    And, of course, YELL LOUDER!

    Just don't write the e-mail to AG Holder in all CAPS.

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Remembering The Federal Death Penalty, Saving 49 Lives

by: davidseth

Sun Feb 01, 2009 at 08:07:41 PST

(@ 9 - promoted by NLinStPaul)

cross-posted from The Dream Antilles

It might be easy to forget the Federal Death Penalty.  We might not want to think about it. It wasn't an issue in the past election.  For eight years the Bush DoJ used its muscle to expand federal use of capital punishment by overruling local United States Attorneys' decisions not to seek death.  Those political decisions to seek death are still very much in effect: the US government continues in court to seek the death penalty in all of those cases.

As the new Attorney General arrives in Washington, it's vitally important that the new DoJ immediately remember to re-evaluate all of the federal cases in which the death penalty is presently being sought. And it's important that if these cases do not meet their professed higher standards for imposition of the death penalty (this is an oxymoron, standards that allow state killing cannot be high), authorization to seek the death penalty be withdrawn.  This may save 49 lives and prevent state killings from being carried out in our names.

Please join me below.  

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