Who IS Alberto Gonzales?

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Friday March 09, 2007 · 8:32 AM PST

2007/03/09 · 08:32

by Adam Lambert (Clammyc)
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In his ePluribus Media Journal article Who Is Alberto Gonzales, Lambert compiles the political background of Alberto Gonzales, the Atty General whose most recent work has been the forced resignations of U.S. Attorneys, allegedly to make way for up and coming GOP loyalists to get resume building in before President Bush's second term expires.

Admittedly, there is much information publicly available regarding Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, his rise to White House Counsel and then to his current position of Attorney General. His impact on the direction of the country over the past six years is immense.
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Tuesday March 06, 2007 · 10:55 AM PST

2007/03/06 · 10:55

Update: Because of the Dkos one-diary a day restriction, we have started a diary on ePluribus Media US Attorney Hearings, in their own words for those on dialup, but will continue updating here.

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Thanks to B R Janet, BarelyContained Fury, Ellicat, jancw, Cliffy, Shayera, madgranny, and everyone for the liveblogging comments!

House Judiciary Committee is holding hearings this afternoon on the firings of the U.S. Attorneys. RenaRF and Elise are both there. We hope to get reports from them live from the hearing.

Please consider this a live thread for everyone to blog on the hearings. We will try to get reports from RenaRF and Elise but they have not been able to get a live connection to a laptop.

Watch the live webcast here.

Note - the hearings begin at 2:00 PM EST.

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Wednesday February 28, 2007 · 9:19 AM PST

2007/02/28 · 09:19

Today, the last two of the Gonzales 7 will step down -- Daniel Bogden in Nevada and David Iglesias in New Mexico. Attorney Gonzales will be announcing acting/interim replacements in both U.S. Attorney districts as there have been no Presidential nominations for either district.

The five other U.S. Attorneys -- asked to resign on December 7th, 2006 as part of what has become known as the 'Pearl Harbor massacre' of the Gonzales Seven (Lam, Ryan, Charlton, Cummins and McKay) -- have already left their posts.

ePluribus Media has compiled background stories on each of these seven -- The Gonzales Seven: Who They are and Who is Replacing Them -- which are available on the ePluribus Media Journal.

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Thursday February 22, 2007 · 4:00 PM PST

2007/02/22 · 16:00

Read Aaron Barlow's review of Moving a Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America's Returning Troops by Ilona Meagher (Ig Publishing) on the ePluribus Media Journal.

Below, Barlow provides additional reasons why it is a must read.

All veterans carry their wars with them. They cannot help it. We who remained at home need to respect that and provide much more for them than a pat on the back and commendation for a job well done. We really need to provide more for those who have been disabled by the war, physically, mentally, or both.

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Wednesday February 21, 2007 · 12:02 PM PST

2007/02/21 · 12:02

by Duke Falconer for ePluribus Media

Ironically, of the seven US Attorneys purged by Alberto Gonzales last December, David C. Iglesias of New Mexico, who has received little attention in the press, is perhaps the most famous of the group...but most people just don't know it.

While a Navy JAG officer in 1986 he was the defense counsel in a Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, court-martial of two men accused of assaulting a fellow Marine. Iglesias, and his defense in that case, later became the inspiration for the movie, "A Few Good Men."

Nominated for the position of US Attorney by George W. Bush in August of 2001 and approved by the US Senate in October, Iglesias became the first Hispanic to serve as U.S. attorney since the Nixon administration.

He announced his "forced resignation" on December 19, 2006.

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Tuesday February 20, 2007 · 10:02 AM PST

2007/02/20 · 10:02

by Donald C. Shields and John F. Cragan for ePluribus Media

Cross posted on the ePluribus Media Journal, where the actual data files can be viewed. Note that the data acquisition and analysis is, of course, ongoing. The data collection won't be complete until the end of 2008 and publication is expected after that.

Our ongoing study of the Bush Justice Department (to be published in 2008) investigates the implications of the Bush/Ashcroft/Gonzales Justice Department's blended religious-fundamentalist and neo-conservative rhetorical vision. The study views the impact of the Justice Department's vision on the fight against public corruption and reveals the non-proportionate political profiling of elected Democratic officials. Read More

The Gonzales Seven: Spotlight on Carol Lam - An interim is named

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Friday February 16, 2007 · 7:57 AM PST

2007/02/16 · 07:57

by Amy Griel (Biblio) for ePluribus Media
The fourth in ePluribus Media's series of spotlights on the seven U.S.Attorneys who were asked to resign. Given the New York Times breaking news of White House involvement in one of the Gonzales Seven replacements, Tim Griffin, and that now he will not seek confirmation (thereby having to go before the Senate), it's important to keep the spotlights on.

On January 16^th, 2007 Carol Lam, US Attorney for California's Southern District, announced she would step down from her post, and her last day will be February 15^th, 2007. Her interim replacement was announced yesterday.

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Wednesday February 14, 2007 · 11:02 AM PST

2007/02/14 · 11:02

Without the "official" nomination, of course, the attorney serving in the capacity of U.S. Attorney in charge of a district is never sent to the Senate for vetting and confirmation.

A collaborative piece by Roxy, AvaHome, JeninRI, cho and standingup
Contributions by:Rayne Today, JeninRI, wanderindiana, Greyhawk, Duke1676, intranets, ConnecticutMan1, Zan, Biblio, clammyc, Aaron Barlow. On Kos: DC Pol Sci, Marketrustee, MacDust, carolita, lapin - Let us know if we left anyone out.

On February 15^th, 2007, keep your eyes peeled on the U.S. Attorney Carol Lam's seat in the California Southern district to see whom Attorney General Alberto Gonzales names as U.S. Attorney to step in until the "official" presidential appointment is made. After that, don't relax too much, because on February 28^th, another of the Gonzales Seven, Daniel Bogden, will be stepping down. So far, there's been no announcement of recommendations for his replacement. It will be intriguing to see who fills the spot, even temporarily. Read More

The Gonzalez Seven: Spotlight on Cummins and his Replacement, Tim Griffin

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Monday February 12, 2007 · 9:12 AM PST

2007/02/12 · 09:12

by Adam Lambert (clammyc) for ePluribus Media

A collaborative writing piece by the folks over at ePluribus Media.

It isn't new news that US Attorney H.E. "Bud" Cummins (Eastern District of Arkansas) "resigned" abruptly in December 2006. And it isn't new news that former aide to Karl Rove, J. Timothy Griffin was picked by Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez to be Cummins' replacement.

And it certainly isn't new news that Arkansas Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln (both Democrats) have been critical of the circumvention of the process that normally has the Senate provide its advice and consent regarding the appointment of US Attorneys.

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Thursday February 01, 2007 · 11:08 AM PST

2007/02/01 · 11:08

While working on Alberto Gonzales: Gaming the U.S. Attorney System?, ePluribus Media researchers Roxy, Avahome, Standingup, and cho were curious when late Wednesday (1-31-07), a paragraph about Diane Humetewa as Republican Senators McCain's and Kyl's recommended replacement for resigning U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton, one of the Gonzales Seven, disappeared from an The Arizona Republic article.

The missing paragraph read:

"Diane Humetewa, an assistant U.S. attorney and Hopi tribal member, has been recommended by Arizona's two U.S. senators to replace Charlton but has not been nominated for that position."

Why was the paragraph zapped?

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Wednesday January 31, 2007 · 6:13 AM PST

2007/01/31 · 06:13

by Adam Lambert (clammyc)
for ePluribus Media

Crossposted on the ePluribus Media Journal

Note: As part of the ePluribus Media researchers diving into the details around the U.S. Attorneys resigning and being replaced (see Gonzales Seven), it became important to step back and look at how U.S. Attorneys were traditionally selected, how they and their offices were organized, and what exactly did the USA PATRIOT IMPROVEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005 change. Clammyc's article below provides that background.

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Monday January 29, 2007 · 8:56 AM PST

2007/01/29 · 08:56

ePluribus Media researcher Avahome was aggravated by Arkansas U.S. Attorney Cummins' being asked to resign. She was further agitated to learn that the 2002-2005 research director of the Republican National Committee, Thomas Griffin, was appointed as Cummins' replacement, an appointment no longer requiring congressional confirmation, under the "loophole" slipped into the Patriot Act Reauthorization - that was approved by Congress in March of 2006.

So she enlisted other ePMedia and Kossack readers to help dig for information. The result is the finished ePluribus Media Journal piece: The Gonzales Seven which outlines what we know to date about the seven U.S. Attorneys who have left since the Patriot Act was reauthorized: Who they are, when they were appointed, what they were working on, cases they have prosecuted and who replaces them. Others, notably Heffelfinger in Minnesota, resigned or was fired before the March 2006 vote so he's not been included at this time.

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