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	<title>Comments on: LETTER: Senators Question Gonzales On Abramoff Ties To Administration</title>
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		<title>By: The Age of the Network &#183; PaulTech</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Age of the Network &#183; PaulTech</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] of commentary around the deleterious effects of Tyco, Enron, Tom Delay, the Catholic church abuse, Jack Abramoff, etc. And these scandals have highly impacted our culture&#8217;s view of the institution. But [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] of commentary around the deleterious effects of Tyco, Enron, Tom Delay, the Catholic church abuse, Jack Abramoff, etc. And these scandals have highly impacted our culture&#8217;s view of the institution. But [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1998034', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Deborah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2006 23:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a stauch supporter of the Progressives in this country.  I feel this country is teetering on a precipice with no safety net.  Alberto Gonzales is tied in the entire incompetent disaster in which we find ourselves.  He needs to be removed from his position.  In our country, voting is the way we have constitutionally designed for this to happen. In the end, truth&#039;s will be known, people will have died and maybe, just maybe, some true decency will prevail.  However, we on the side of truth must conduct ourselves with dignity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a stauch supporter of the Progressives in this country.  I feel this country is teetering on a precipice with no safety net.  Alberto Gonzales is tied in the entire incompetent disaster in which we find ourselves.  He needs to be removed from his position.  In our country, voting is the way we have constitutionally designed for this to happen. In the end, truth&#8217;s will be known, people will have died and maybe, just maybe, some true decency will prevail.  However, we on the side of truth must conduct ourselves with dignity.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=439064', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jodi</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/02/durbin-leahy-gonzales-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-437922</link>
		<dc:creator>Jodi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Alberto Gonzales is sinking in a big pile of his own waste.
He is in it deep. Here&#039;s hoping he chokes on it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alberto Gonzales is sinking in a big pile of his own waste.<br />
He is in it deep. Here&#8217;s hoping he chokes on it.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=437922', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/02/durbin-leahy-gonzales-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-436795</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Since the passage of FISA in 1978, &quot;the Supreme Court has not touched this issue in the area of national security,&quot; according to William Banks, a national security expert at Syracuse Law School.&quot;

American Progress Report

&lt;strong&gt;Here is the criminal Bushite junta&#039;s &quot;get out of jail free&quot; card...

In the end warrantless wiretapping is going to come down to a supreme court interpretation/decision...

We all know what happened the last time that august body of jurists decided a case involving the criminal Bushites...&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Since the passage of FISA in 1978, &#8220;the Supreme Court has not touched this issue in the area of national security,&#8221; according to William Banks, a national security expert at Syracuse Law School.&#8221;</p>
<p>American Progress Report</p>
<p><strong>Here is the criminal Bushite junta&#8217;s &#8220;get out of jail free&#8221; card&#8230;</p>
<p>In the end warrantless wiretapping is going to come down to a supreme court interpretation/decision&#8230;</p>
<p>We all know what happened the last time that august body of jurists decided a case involving the criminal Bushites&#8230;</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=436795', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Don</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>President Creates Cabinet-Level Position To Coordinate Scandals

February 1, 2006 

WASHINGTON, DC--In his State of the Union address to the nation last night, President Bush announced a new cabinet-level position to coordinate all current and future scandals facing his party.

&quot;Tonight, by executive order, I am creating a permanent department with a vital mission: to ensure that the political scandals, underhanded dealings, and outright criminal activities of this administration are handled in a professional and orderly fashion,&quot; Bush said.

The centerpiece of Bush&#039;s plan is the Department Of Corruption, Bribery, And Incompetence, which will centralize duties now dispersed throughout the entire D.C.-area political establishment.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44892</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Creates Cabinet-Level Position To Coordinate Scandals</p>
<p>February 1, 2006 </p>
<p>WASHINGTON, DC&#8211;In his State of the Union address to the nation last night, President Bush announced a new cabinet-level position to coordinate all current and future scandals facing his party.</p>
<p>&#8220;Tonight, by executive order, I am creating a permanent department with a vital mission: to ensure that the political scandals, underhanded dealings, and outright criminal activities of this administration are handled in a professional and orderly fashion,&#8221; Bush said.</p>
<p>The centerpiece of Bush&#8217;s plan is the Department Of Corruption, Bribery, And Incompetence, which will centralize duties now dispersed throughout the entire D.C.-area political establishment.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44892" rel="nofollow">http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44892</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=436311', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay Randal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay Randal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes post 22 orionATL &gt; Alberto&#039;s job is covering up the garbage for the Bush Regime!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes post 22 orionATL &gt; Alberto&#8217;s job is covering up the garbage for the Bush Regime!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=436203', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: orionATL</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/02/durbin-leahy-gonzales-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-436150</link>
		<dc:creator>orionATL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ah, now that&#039;s more like it.

the job of an attorney general is, after all,  to protect the president from the depredations of the department of justice. 

being president, and i&#039;m sure you understand this, requires breaking the law, just a teensy-tiny bit, from time to time. you know, like wiretapping the conversations of american without a court order. sound ok to you? read some british political history from, say, 1600 to 1800) 

so it should not surprise us that alberto gonzales. aka &quot;burt&quot;, aka &quot;al&quot;,, aka &quot;gonzo&quot;, aka &quot;abu gonzales&quot;,  has influenced actions in the DOJ.

the questioon now is : 

is gonzales so burdened with complicity that he must resign?



he is responsible for the 12 hour lapse between the time he learned of the plame investigation&#039;s documents request

from DEPT OF JUSTICE LAWYERS and

the time he transmitted that request officially to the white house staff.

during that time, i seem to recall, he spoke with andrew card, the president&#039;s chief of staff. 

what did they talk about?

oh you know!

the kids soccer,texas a&amp;m vs. texas, the proper sauce for a texas barbeque.

the typical manly thing for a right wing politico to talk about.



but that&#039;s not all for abu gonzales

(an aside for readers: the word &quot;abu&quot; means &quot;father&quot; in arabic and is often chosen as an appellation by terrorists. don&#039;t ask me why)  


senor gonzales also seems to have a relationship with timonthy flannigan, et al.

ordinarily these two problems would be enough to get an AG hauled before congress pronto. 

but we don&#039;t live in ordinary times. we live in a time when the republican majority in congress functions as a large group of adoring &quot;fans in the stqnds&quot;, and

when the authoritarian regime of the cheney administration routinely behaves in the most devious, clandestine  manner possible,,


so alberto will probably stay for now.

and he will work furiously to obstruct the plame investigation and prosecution and 

the jack abrahmoff investigation and prosectuion.


alberto&#039;s the garbage man.

that&#039;s his job.

bury the stinking stuff in the landfill.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ah, now that&#8217;s more like it.</p>
<p>the job of an attorney general is, after all,  to protect the president from the depredations of the department of justice. </p>
<p>being president, and i&#8217;m sure you understand this, requires breaking the law, just a teensy-tiny bit, from time to time. you know, like wiretapping the conversations of american without a court order. sound ok to you? read some british political history from, say, 1600 to 1800) </p>
<p>so it should not surprise us that alberto gonzales. aka &#8220;burt&#8221;, aka &#8220;al&#8221;,, aka &#8220;gonzo&#8221;, aka &#8220;abu gonzales&#8221;,  has influenced actions in the DOJ.</p>
<p>the questioon now is : </p>
<p>is gonzales so burdened with complicity that he must resign?</p>
<p>he is responsible for the 12 hour lapse between the time he learned of the plame investigation&#8217;s documents request</p>
<p>from DEPT OF JUSTICE LAWYERS and</p>
<p>the time he transmitted that request officially to the white house staff.</p>
<p>during that time, i seem to recall, he spoke with andrew card, the president&#8217;s chief of staff. </p>
<p>what did they talk about?</p>
<p>oh you know!</p>
<p>the kids soccer,texas a&amp;m vs. texas, the proper sauce for a texas barbeque.</p>
<p>the typical manly thing for a right wing politico to talk about.</p>
<p>but that&#8217;s not all for abu gonzales</p>
<p>(an aside for readers: the word &#8220;abu&#8221; means &#8220;father&#8221; in arabic and is often chosen as an appellation by terrorists. don&#8217;t ask me why)  </p>
<p>senor gonzales also seems to have a relationship with timonthy flannigan, et al.</p>
<p>ordinarily these two problems would be enough to get an AG hauled before congress pronto. </p>
<p>but we don&#8217;t live in ordinary times. we live in a time when the republican majority in congress functions as a large group of adoring &#8220;fans in the stqnds&#8221;, and</p>
<p>when the authoritarian regime of the cheney administration routinely behaves in the most devious, clandestine  manner possible,,</p>
<p>so alberto will probably stay for now.</p>
<p>and he will work furiously to obstruct the plame investigation and prosecution and </p>
<p>the jack abrahmoff investigation and prosectuion.</p>
<p>alberto&#8217;s the garbage man.</p>
<p>that&#8217;s his job.</p>
<p>bury the stinking stuff in the landfill.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=436150', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Max-1</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/02/durbin-leahy-gonzales-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-436120</link>
		<dc:creator>Max-1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;AMERICA WAKE UP&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

AL Gonzales all but bought his position
Attorney General
He sold a bill of goods to the Congress.
And now, Congress is pulling the &lt;em&gt;Lemon Law&lt;/em&gt;

&lt;strong&gt;AMERICA WAKE UP&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

This is the second letter sent to the AG Gonzales
The first asks of his legitimacy and knowledge of the NSA
And now this calls into question the legitimacy of the AG himself.

&lt;strong&gt;AMERICA WAKE UP&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>AMERICA WAKE UP<em></em></strong></p>
<p>AL Gonzales all but bought his position<br />
Attorney General<br />
He sold a bill of goods to the Congress.<br />
And now, Congress is pulling the <em>Lemon Law</em></p>
<p><strong>AMERICA WAKE UP<em></em></strong></p>
<p>This is the second letter sent to the AG Gonzales<br />
The first asks of his legitimacy and knowledge of the NSA<br />
And now this calls into question the legitimacy of the AG himself.</p>
<p><strong>AMERICA WAKE UP<em></em></strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=436120', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/02/durbin-leahy-gonzales-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-436017</link>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Culture of Corruption, brought to you by the GOP. This time, at least.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Culture of Corruption, brought to you by the GOP. This time, at least.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=436017', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Progressive Prof &#187; Durbin and Leahy question Gonzales on Abramoff ties</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/02/durbin-leahy-gonzales-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-435806</link>
		<dc:creator>Progressive Prof &#187; Durbin and Leahy question Gonzales on Abramoff ties</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] ThinkProgress.org reports: Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter yesterday to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, questioning him on what he knew about the ties between Jack Abramoff and Timothy Flanigan a former White House lawyer, who withdrew his nomination to be deputy attorney general last October. The letter was in response to recent revelations that Safavian, Abramoff, and Flanigan traded insider information. David Safavian, the indicted former chief of staff of the General Service Administration (GSA), provided â€œconfidential information to lobbyist Jack Abramoff about GSAâ€™s decision to suspend Tyco Internationalâ€™s federal contracts.â€ Abramoff then passed this information on to Tyco and Flanigan (who was then at Tyco), contacted GSA, which â€œsubsequently decided not to suspend Tycoâ€™s federal contracts.â€ [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] ThinkProgress.org reports: Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter yesterday to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, questioning him on what he knew about the ties between Jack Abramoff and Timothy Flanigan a former White House lawyer, who withdrew his nomination to be deputy attorney general last October. The letter was in response to recent revelations that Safavian, Abramoff, and Flanigan traded insider information. David Safavian, the indicted former chief of staff of the General Service Administration (GSA), provided â€œconfidential information to lobbyist Jack Abramoff about GSAâ€™s decision to suspend Tyco Internationalâ€™s federal contracts.â€ Abramoff then passed this information on to Tyco and Flanigan (who was then at Tyco), contacted GSA, which â€œsubsequently decided not to suspend Tycoâ€™s federal contracts.â€ [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=435806', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: the fly-man</title>
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		<dc:creator>the fly-man</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Look if this abuse of loyality it&#039;s the Presidents fault, but Attrny Gen. Gonzales and John Yoo are not idiots, nor their prior boss John Ashcroft. Flimsy is as Flimsy does. They were going with the hot potato, no e, of flaming constitutional rectal secretion that the VP ordered and he is the one that should be answering all the questions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look if this abuse of loyality it&#8217;s the Presidents fault, but Attrny Gen. Gonzales and John Yoo are not idiots, nor their prior boss John Ashcroft. Flimsy is as Flimsy does. They were going with the hot potato, no e, of flaming constitutional rectal secretion that the VP ordered and he is the one that should be answering all the questions.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=435755', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: David B</title>
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		<dc:creator>David B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And they will receive at least 7 lies in reponse to their letter. This man is not going to tell the truth particularly if he isn&#039;t under oath.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And they will receive at least 7 lies in reponse to their letter. This man is not going to tell the truth particularly if he isn&#8217;t under oath.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=435744', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: For Truth</title>
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		<dc:creator>For Truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And most people don&#039;t care about this stuff, until their lifestyle, or life, is directly affected. And it has not come to that on a wide scale, yet. By the time it does, maybe too late.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And most people don&#8217;t care about this stuff, until their lifestyle, or life, is directly affected. And it has not come to that on a wide scale, yet. By the time it does, maybe too late.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=435669', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: For Truth</title>
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		<dc:creator>For Truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>14,

My take on it is that the general population is so busy, so average in IQ, just trying to make ends meet, not getting a good education, and there is so much crap flying out of the government, that the general public just doesn&#039;t have the energy, and the intelligence to even be aware of anything to &quot;put a stop to&quot;, or even sort out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>14,</p>
<p>My take on it is that the general population is so busy, so average in IQ, just trying to make ends meet, not getting a good education, and there is so much crap flying out of the government, that the general public just doesn&#8217;t have the energy, and the intelligence to even be aware of anything to &#8220;put a stop to&#8221;, or even sort out.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=435662', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: True Blue</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/02/durbin-leahy-gonzales-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-435618</link>
		<dc:creator>True Blue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How many lies does it take to get anyone&#039;s ire up anymore? (I&#039;m talking in MSM, the average Joe, even the Judiciary.)
TP posted that Gonzales was found to have lied at his confirmation hearing. He said, &quot;Torture? Great! Go Ahead. No Problem.&quot; He lied about the illegality of the domestic wiretapping program. Now this? And the fact that they are not going to hand over ANY information re:NSA Spying.

How much does it take to get these criminals out? I just don&#039;t understand...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How many lies does it take to get anyone&#8217;s ire up anymore? (I&#8217;m talking in MSM, the average Joe, even the Judiciary.)<br />
TP posted that Gonzales was found to have lied at his confirmation hearing. He said, &#8220;Torture? Great! Go Ahead. No Problem.&#8221; He lied about the illegality of the domestic wiretapping program. Now this? And the fact that they are not going to hand over ANY information re:NSA Spying.</p>
<p>How much does it take to get these criminals out? I just don&#8217;t understand&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=435618', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Amy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/02/durbin-leahy-gonzales-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-435592</link>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#4, fly-man, the first words out of Victoria Toesning&#039;s mouth will be: &quot;Clinton did it, too!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#4, fly-man, the first words out of Victoria Toesning&#8217;s mouth will be: &#8220;Clinton did it, too!&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=435592', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/02/durbin-leahy-gonzales-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-435589</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What Gonzales read:

Dear Attorney General GOnzales;

Blah Blah Blah 

Sincerely,



Hoenstly do you think he, or anyone else in this administration is going to cooperate with anyone on any issue?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What Gonzales read:</p>
<p>Dear Attorney General GOnzales;</p>
<p>Blah Blah Blah </p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Hoenstly do you think he, or anyone else in this administration is going to cooperate with anyone on any issue?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=435589', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Phillip</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/02/durbin-leahy-gonzales-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-435568</link>
		<dc:creator>Phillip</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;If Albert Gonzalez had been raised right he would have turned in his resignation awhile back rather than wallow in the mire with his corrupt and arrogant owners.  If he had any balls he could be such a powerful force for all that is good and decent in this fantastic country.  He&#039;s the U.S. Attorney General, for Christ&#039;s Sake!  Not surprisingly, Monica Lewinskies come in all shapes and sizes and from all walks of life.  Beto, you bitch, how many nice dresses have you ruined already?  Your dry cleaning bill must be off the scale, esa!&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>If Albert Gonzalez had been raised right he would have turned in his resignation awhile back rather than wallow in the mire with his corrupt and arrogant owners.  If he had any balls he could be such a powerful force for all that is good and decent in this fantastic country.  He&#8217;s the U.S. Attorney General, for Christ&#8217;s Sake!  Not surprisingly, Monica Lewinskies come in all shapes and sizes and from all walks of life.  Beto, you bitch, how many nice dresses have you ruined already?  Your dry cleaning bill must be off the scale, esa!</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=435568', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: afterthought</title>
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		<dc:creator>afterthought</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It would appear that &lt;em&gt;destroy records&lt;/em&gt;
occurs rather early in the coverup plan.
At least it seems to have in the Plame case.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It would appear that <em>destroy records</em><br />
occurs rather early in the coverup plan.<br />
At least it seems to have in the Plame case.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=435544', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lily</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/02/durbin-leahy-gonzales-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-435535</link>
		<dc:creator>Lily</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;As is the SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) refuse, refuse, refuse. Oh and if that does not work, refuse some more.

Comment by RemoveBush&lt;/em&gt;

Don&#039;t forget &#039;deny&#039; and as a last resort, destroy records.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>As is the SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) refuse, refuse, refuse. Oh and if that does not work, refuse some more.</p>
<p>Comment by RemoveBush</em></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget &#8216;deny&#8217; and as a last resort, destroy records.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=435535', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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