According to James Comey’s (the former deputy head of the Justice Department), sworn testimony, Gonzales and his White House aids swooped down like mafia goons and tried to bully John Ashcroft, who was lying deathly sick in hospital, in signing off on a massive, illegal wiretapping scheme to snoop on millions of Americans. In doing so, Gonzales not only exhibited complete contempt of the law but also callous indifference to the welfare of John Ashcroft ignoring the plea of his wife that he not be disturbed. Contrary, to Gonzales’s testimony under oath, there was considerable opposition in the Justice Department over the White House spying program.
It is sad that Gonzales has willing perjured himself in an effort to be an obedient servant to his White House boss. His egregious conduct prompted 56 members of his Harvard Law school class to take out an advertisement in the Washington Post excoriating his gross abuse of power. The Harvard Crimson reported that there was complete unanimity from his graduating class members in their collective censure. However, the real anger should be directed towards his White House boss who willingly allowed Gonzales to perjure himself in the pursuit of an imperial presidency.
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