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Specter: Administration has 18 hours to clarify Gonzales testimony on wiretapping
By Elana Schor and Susan Crabtree
July 30, 2007
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking Republican, Arlen Specter (Pa.), emerged from a crucial Monday briefing and gave the Bush administration 18 hours to resolve the controversy over apparent contradictions in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s congressional testimony.

Gonzales took issue last week with former Deputy Attorney General James Comey’s description of internal dissent in 2004 over the legal authority for the National Security Agency’s (NSA) warrantless eavesdropping program. Frustrated Democrats called for a special prosecutor to investigate Gonzales for perjury, noting that several officials have publicly echoed Comey’s account. Those calls prompted Specter to request a classified briefing to clear up the dispute.

Specter aides released a statement late Monday that suggested a bombshell to come on Tuesday afternoon.

“Given the difficulty of discussing classified matters in public, I think it is preferable to have a letter addressing that question [of Gonzales’ veracity] from the administration … by noon tomorrow, which will be made available to the news media,” Specter wrote in the statement. “The administration has committed to producing such a letter.”

Specter expects the letter clarifying the attorney general’s testimony to be addressed to himself and Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who declined to comment on the matter.

Specter was equally cagey, telling reporters to wait until Tuesday for any further comment from him.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news...ales-testimony-on-wiretapping-2007-07-30.html
 
From NBC's Mike Viqueira
A group of House Democrats will introduce a resolution calling on the Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) will sponsor the measure. It will be dropped in the hopper tomorrow.

It's too early to say whether it will actually get anywhere.

Here's the text of resolution...

RESOLUTION
Directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, should be impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanors.
1 Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary shall
2 investigate fully whether sufficient grounds exist for the
3 House of Representatives to impeach Alberto R. Gonzales,
4 Attorney General of the United States, for high crimes
5 and misdemeanors.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/30/297411.aspx
 
I wonder what Specter is hinting about for today? I guess maybe he is going to call for his resignation. I doubt he'd come out for impeachment. But you never know.
 
I don't think there is a provision for impeachment because he can just be charged for a crime.
 
Damocles said:
Interesting. Impeached and able to be criminally charged at the same time. Talk about a position where the "buck" really does stop.
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Please correct my po old stupid ass if wrong. but isn't impeachment only a process of firing from a position and has no criminal penalties attached ?
 
uscitizen said:
Please correct my po old stupid ass if wrong. but isn't impeachment only a process of firing from a position and has no criminal penalties attached ?
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Yes, impeachment is a way to fire somebody. In the case of the President you could not charge them until they had been fired. In this case, the AG can be charged with a crime while in office, as well as face impeachment. I find that interesting. Impeachment is usually only reserved for those who cannot be charged while in office, or elected officials like Congress.
 
but congress does have to appove them.

Hes staying anyway ,hes fine and will just get some anti seisure meds.
 
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