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| Born | Alberto R. Gonzales 1955-08-04 San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Rice University, Harvard Law School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] This lead to his being tried and found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission.[3]
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