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| + | |description=A "woefully incompetent" US [[Attorney General]] | ||
|birth_date=1955-08-04 | |birth_date=1955-08-04 | ||
|birth_name=Alberto R. Gonzales | |birth_name=Alberto R. Gonzales | ||
|birth_place=San Antonio, Texas | |birth_place=San Antonio, Texas | ||
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| + | |criminal_status=At large as of August 2016 | ||
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| − | + | '''Alberto Gonzales''' is a former US [[Attorney General]] in the [[George W. Bush]] administration. Termed "Fundamentally dishonest" and "woefully incompetent", he was named #3 (after [[Dick Cheney]] and [[Karl Rove]] of a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever".<ref name=tp>http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/01/17/34948/bush-43-worst/</ref> | |
<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/30/AR2007083000995.html</ref> | <ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/30/AR2007083000995.html</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| − | He signed off on the US use of [[torture]] and was an architect of the legal facade to try to excuse the "[[war on terror]]".<ref name=tp/> | + | He signed off on the US use of [[torture]] and was an architect of the legal facade to try to excuse the "[[war on terror]]".<ref name=tp/> In 2012 he was tried and found guilty of crimes against humanity ([[Torture]] and [[Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment]]) by the [[Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission]].<ref>http://criminalisewar.org/press-release-bush-and-associates-found-guilty-of-torture/</ref> |
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| + | Testifying to the [[US Senate Judiciary Committee]] Gonzales stated “I don’t recall” or similar phrases 64 times in one day — a performance so memorable that it has since been set to music as a cantata.<ref>http://www.rawstory.com/2009/10/cheney-cannot-recall-plame-outing/</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Born | Alberto R. Gonzales 1955-08-04 San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Rice University, Harvard Law School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Criminal status | At large as of August 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Criminal convictions | • Torture • Cruel Inhumane and Degrading Treatment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A "woefully incompetent" US Attorney General
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Alberto Gonzales is a former US Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration. Termed "Fundamentally dishonest" and "woefully incompetent", he was named #3 (after Dick Cheney and Karl Rove of a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever".[1] [2]
Career
He signed off on the US use of torture and was an architect of the legal facade to try to excuse the "war on terror".[1] In 2012 he was tried and found guilty of crimes against humanity (Torture and Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment) by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission.[3]
Testifying to the US Senate Judiciary Committee Gonzales stated “I don’t recall” or similar phrases 64 times in one day — a performance so memorable that it has since been set to music as a cantata.[4]
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References
- ↑ a b http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/01/17/34948/bush-43-worst/
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/30/AR2007083000995.html
- ↑ http://criminalisewar.org/press-release-bush-and-associates-found-guilty-of-torture/
- ↑ http://www.rawstory.com/2009/10/cheney-cannot-recall-plame-outing/
