Comments on: Gonzales blocked warrantless spying probe. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:04:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Scandal in the Bush Administration: Impeachment In All But Name : John Paul McCarty http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2276577 Scandal in the Bush Administration: Impeachment In All But Name : John Paul McCarty Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:53:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2276577 [...] questions are being asked about warrantless spying on American citizens, and especially about his role in blocking an independent investigation of the wiretapping. Last week’s revelation of the FBI’s abuse of “National [...] [...] questions are being asked about warrantless spying on American citizens, and especially about his role in blocking an independent investigation of the wiretapping. Last week’s revelation of the FBI’s abuse of “National [...]

]]> By: Raymond Funamoto http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2196023 Raymond Funamoto Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:59:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2196023 "Brownie, you're doing a hell of a job..." FEMA Director Brown GIVEN THE BOOT "Rummy, you're doing a hell of a job..." DUMBsfailed GIVEN THE BOOT "AL, you're doing a hell of a job..." FAMOUS LAST WORDS AS SPOKEN BY CHIMPya TO THOSE ABOUT TO DEPART(GIVEN THE BOOT OUT THE DOOR) “Brownie, you’re doing a hell of a job…”
FEMA Director Brown GIVEN THE BOOT
“Rummy, you’re doing a hell of a job…”
DUMBsfailed GIVEN THE BOOT
“AL, you’re doing a hell of a job…”
FAMOUS LAST WORDS AS SPOKEN BY CHIMPya TO THOSE ABOUT TO DEPART(GIVEN THE BOOT OUT THE DOOR)

]]> By: NCBlueneck http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2195398 NCBlueneck Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:03:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2195398 Murray Waas amazes me. Since mirrors produce "mirror images", does Murray Waas see Bob Woodward when he looks into the mirror? Murray Waas amazes me. Since mirrors produce “mirror images”, does Murray Waas see Bob Woodward when he looks into the mirror?

]]> By: the smell of impeachment is in the air - Brokekid.net http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193516 the smell of impeachment is in the air - Brokekid.net Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:14:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193516 [...] UPDATE: more here [...] [...] UPDATE: more here [...]

]]> By: tom baker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193445 tom baker Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:54:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193445 #11 - spoken like a true manson family member - heckuva job, squeaky!! #11 – spoken like a true manson family member – heckuva job, squeaky!!

]]> By: Bluedog49 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193438 Bluedog49 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:52:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193438 Bush cultists everywhere scream and bray at the top of their little lungs: "Stop the investigations! Please, please stop! We'll hold our breath until we turn blue! We won't finish our breakfast! Stop! He's the leader! Don't you understand he's the leader!" Too funny. Bush cultists everywhere scream and bray at the top of their little lungs: “Stop the investigations! Please, please stop! We’ll hold our breath until we turn blue! We won’t finish our breakfast! Stop! He’s the leader! Don’t you understand he’s the leader!”

Too funny.

]]> By: powkat http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193429 powkat Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:50:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193429 Gonzales is gone in 5 - 4 - 3- 2 . . . . . . How about a pool? I say 3/22 Gonzales is gone in 5 – 4 – 3- 2 . . . . . .

How about a pool?

I say 3/22

]]> By: TripMaster Monkey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193351 TripMaster Monkey Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:34:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193351 Good post, firehead, except for three errors: 1) 'hero' should read 'criminal' 2) "He isn’t just above the Senate, he IS THE SENATE." is just <i>painfully stupid...even by your dismal standards. 3) "on" should read "of".</i> Good post, firehead, except for three errors:

1) ‘hero’ should read ‘criminal’

2) “He isn’t just above the Senate, he IS THE SENATE.” is just painfully stupid…even by your dismal standards.

3) “on” should read “of”.

]]> By: barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193347 barfly Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:34:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193347 I think it's clear that James Comey needs to testify. He was part of the group of Justice lawyers who had trouble with re-defining torture, and left after making sure the Bush admin couldn't mess with the Plame investigation. If he doesn't testify, I hope the committee is at least consulting him on who to subpoena. I think it’s clear that James Comey needs to testify. He was part of the group of Justice lawyers who had trouble with re-defining torture, and left after making sure the Bush admin couldn’t mess with the Plame investigation. If he doesn’t testify, I hope the committee is at least consulting him on who to subpoena.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193337 RUCerious Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:31:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193337 I sure wish I could have gotten a cushy appointment to a reserve flight unit instead of spending my year in Nam and getting my Bronze Star. Where's war hero Bush's Bronze Star, firebreath? I sure wish I could have gotten a cushy appointment to a reserve flight unit instead of spending my year in Nam and getting my Bronze Star.
Where’s war hero Bush’s Bronze Star, firebreath?

]]> By: Lupeyg2 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193333 Lupeyg2 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:30:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193333 That has to be a pseudo-firehead. NOBODY believes that jack, not even the most deluded kool-aid consuming wingnut. That has to be a pseudo-firehead. NOBODY believes that jack, not even the most deluded kool-aid consuming wingnut.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193328 RUCerious Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:29:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193328 Stop the investigations. You can’t stop George W Bush. He’s a Republican warrior and war hero. He isn’t just above the Senate, he IS THE SENATE. Fitting for the Ides of March, heh? These clowns worship the naked emperor. Stop the investigations. You can’t stop George W Bush. He’s a Republican warrior and war hero. He isn’t just above the Senate, he IS THE SENATE.

Fitting for the Ides of March, heh?
These clowns worship the naked emperor.

]]> By: Lupeyg2 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193286 Lupeyg2 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:25:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193286 What a shocker. The big question is whether or not Bush used his power to stop the probe in order to protect Mr. Torture that way Mr. Torture could keep OK'ing his spying programs. What a joke. If true, what more does our Congress need to start impeachment proceedings? Bush would have been complicit in illegal spying and blocking the investigation of it. What a shocker. The big question is whether or not Bush used his power to stop the probe in order to protect Mr. Torture that way Mr. Torture could keep OK’ing his spying programs.

What a joke. If true, what more does our Congress need to start impeachment proceedings? Bush would have been complicit in illegal spying and blocking the investigation of it.

]]> By: firehead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193284 firehead Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:25:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193284 Stop the investigations. You can't stop George W Bush. He's a Republican warrior and war hero. He isn't just above the Senate, he IS THE SENATE. Subpeana all day long. He will continue to fight and win the War on Terror. Stop the investigations. You can’t stop George W Bush. He’s a Republican warrior and war hero. He isn’t just above the Senate, he IS THE SENATE.

Subpeana all day long. He will continue to fight and win the War on Terror.

]]> By: barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193257 barfly Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:21:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193257 The unsung hero in this whole sordid mess appears to be James Comey, who not only chose Fitz to investigate the Plame affair, but made sure that the investigation could go where the evidence led, unlike the investigation referenced in the article: <em>Comey certainly would have been interviewed at length during the OPR probe, according to sources close to the investigation. Earlier, he had earned the enmity of some in the White House, a former senior administration official recalled in an interview, when Comey named a special prosecutor to investigate who leaked the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame to the media. "Comey showed us that he was a guy who wouldn't be kept on a leash," said a former White House official, "in an administration that likes to keep everybody on a short leash." In March 2004, while then-Attorney General Ashcroft was in the hospital, Comey faced down the White House, asserting that he wouldn't reauthorize the eavesdropping program unless it was brought within the law. Ultimately, a compromise was reached and the NSA eavesdropping program was reauthorized with the changes recommended by Goldsmith and Comey. That Goldsmith, Baker, and Comey might be questioned as part of a Justice Department inquiry "must have raised the specter of a waking nightmare for the AG," a former senior Justice Department official said in an interview.</em> Gonzales needs to resign. He nothing more than Bush's Valiant Venus. A paid mouthpiece. The unsung hero in this whole sordid mess appears to be James Comey, who not only chose Fitz to investigate the Plame affair, but made sure that the investigation could go where the evidence led, unlike the investigation referenced in the article:

Comey certainly would have been interviewed at length during the OPR probe, according to sources close to the investigation. Earlier, he had earned the enmity of some in the White House, a former senior administration official recalled in an interview, when Comey named a special prosecutor to investigate who leaked the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame to the media.

“Comey showed us that he was a guy who wouldn’t be kept on a leash,” said a former White House official, “in an administration that likes to keep everybody on a short leash.”

In March 2004, while then-Attorney General Ashcroft was in the hospital, Comey faced down the White House, asserting that he wouldn’t reauthorize the eavesdropping program unless it was brought within the law. Ultimately, a compromise was reached and the NSA eavesdropping program was reauthorized with the changes recommended by Goldsmith and Comey.

That Goldsmith, Baker, and Comey might be questioned as part of a Justice Department inquiry “must have raised the specter of a waking nightmare for the AG,” a former senior Justice Department official said in an interview.

Gonzales needs to resign. He nothing more than Bush’s Valiant Venus. A paid mouthpiece.

]]> By: Angry One http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193250 Angry One Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:20:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193250 Illegal NSA domestic surveillance is # 4 on the: <b><a href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000566.htm" rel="nofollow">"Top 10 Reasons Gonzales Must Go."</a></b> Illegal NSA domestic surveillance is # 4 on the:
“Top 10 Reasons Gonzales Must Go.”

]]> By: R http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193236 R Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:16:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193236 #6- Maybe he's your alter-ego or boyfriend. #6- Maybe he’s your alter-ego or boyfriend.

]]> By: R http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193229 R Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:14:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193229 You'd better step down, Gonzo, before you are removed from your position. You're a disgrace and your name will forever be linked with graft, corruption, lies and arrogance. Your dear religious mother must be so proud to have her finely educated son flushing his career down the toilet, with such little regard for morality and work ethic. Bye-bye... You’d better step down, Gonzo, before you are removed from your position. You’re a disgrace and your name will forever be linked with graft, corruption, lies and arrogance. Your dear religious mother must be so proud to have her finely educated son flushing his career down the toilet, with such little regard for morality and work ethic. Bye-bye…

]]> By: Jake http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193226 Jake Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:13:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193226 Who is this Patrick1 fellow? Who is this Patrick1 fellow?

]]> By: E.E. Pointer http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/comment-page-1/#comment-2193217 E.E. Pointer Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:11:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/15/gonzales-blocked-warrantless-spying-probe/#comment-2193217 Gonzales is a hack. The worm is turning. The Bush Men should all just shut up. I gotta go to the bathroom. Gonzales is a hack. The worm is turning. The Bush Men should all just shut up.

I gotta go to the bathroom.

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