Difference between revisions of "Alberto Gonzales"
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<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/> In 2012 he was tried and found guilty of crimes against humanity by the [[Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission]]. | + | 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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| 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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Termed "Fundamentally dishonest" and "woefully incompetent", Alberto Gonzales was US Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration. 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]
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