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These articles give some background to Alberto Gonzales, nominee for Attorney General: Inherently Wrong by Jeffrey Dubner - The American Prospect Online - January 6, 2005 Gonzales Sought Justification for Torture - The American Progress Action Fund - January 5, 2005 Former Military Leaders Challenge Gonzales Nomination by James Rowley - Bloomberg News - Monday 03 January 2005 Doubts about Gonzales - Boston Globe Editorial - January 5, 2005 A broad coalition has sprung
up to demand that Gonzales not be let off the hook during his questioning.
Leading the pack are the People for the American Way and the Alliance for
Justice. See their sites for background info on Gonzales and other useful
resources. Deconstructing Alberto by Geri L. Dreiling, AlterNet - Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales is taking some heat from progressives. But his mixed record shows why so few are trying to block the nomination. Torture's Path: The paper trail is long, and it isn't pretty. But it's sure to produce some tough Senate questions for Alberto Gonzales - By Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman and Michael Hirsh - Newsweek - Dec. 27 / Jan. 3 issue - via Truthout 2001 Memo Reveals Push for Broader Presidential Powers
by Michael Isikoff - Newsweek - via Truthout A
Cloud Over the Constitution by Nat Hentoff, Village Voice - The
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee lack the grit or the will to
stop Alberto Gonzales via Alternet Biographical data from Wikipedia. See also the article with links on SourceWatch. Worse Than Ashcroft by Nat Hentoff - The Village Voice - Monday 29 November 2004 via Truthout Rights Groups Urge Scrutiny of Gonzales by Darryl Fears - Washington Post Staff Writer - Tuesday, November 30, 2004 In the Gonzales Debate, Identity Politics Meets the Right Wing by Carlos Villarreal - Truthout Perspective - Sunday, 28 November 2004 Torture and Neo-Liberalism with Sycorax in Iraq by Peter Linebaugh via CounterPunch.org - November 27/28, 2004 The President's Yes-Man by Alan Berlow - ZNet - November 24, 2004 Gonzales' Record by Lou Dubose - LA Weekly - Alternet - November 22, 2004 Bush Pick for Legal Chief Bedevils Foes by Jim Lobe of Interpress Service The Road to Abu Gharib: Paved With the Legal Opinion of Alberto R. Gonzales by Michael Ratner - November 18, 2004 by Common Dreams Monster of a Lawyer: Nominee for Attorney General Even Worse Than Ashcroft by Ted Rall November 18, 2004 Gonzales's Views on the Question of Torture by Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman - Newsweek - 22 November 2004 Issue Nominee worked to keep info from press by Joe Strupp - Editor & Publisher - November 16, 2004 Gonzales' Appointment is a Danger to Human Rights by Joel Wendland on ZNet November 14, 2004 The Quaint Mr. Gonzales by Marjorie Cohn - Truthout Perspective - Saturday, 13 November 2004 George Bush Re-Declares War by Larry Beinhart. Posted on Common Dreams November 13, 2004 A Record of Injustice By Christy Harvey and Judd Legum and Jonathan Baskin, The Progress Report. Posted on AlterNet November 11, 2004. U.N. Report Slams Use of Torture to Beat Terror by Thalif Deen Published on Friday, November 12, 2004 by the Inter Press Service via Common Dreams The Torture Guy by Maureen Dowd - International Herald Tribune - November 12, 2004 Meet Your New AG: Alberto Torquemada by Mike Whitney. Posted on Counterpunch November 11, 2004. Alberto Gonzales: The Torture Guy by Maureen Dowd for the International Herald Tribune posted on Common Dreams November 11, 2004 APME Comments Suggest Gonzales Won't Be a Press-Friendly A.G. posted on Editor and Publisher November 10, 2004 Bush Picks Gonzales to Replace Ashcroft - USA Today - November 10, 2004 Orders to Torture - Editorial in The Nation - May 20, 2004 White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales's Texas Execution Memos: How They Reflect on the President, And May Affect Gonzales's Supreme Court Chances by John W. Dean Posted on FindLaw June 20, 2003 Veterans for Common Sense oppose the nomination of Gonzales. Their mission "seeks to inject the element of Common Sense into debates over war and national security. In an age when the majority of public servants have never served in uniform, the perspective of war veterans must play a key role in the public debate over national security issues in order to preserve the liberty veterans have fought and died preserving." Recommended web sites to search for articles on Alberto Gonzales: CounterPunch, Truthout, ZNet, Common Dreams
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