Gonzales Was Told of FBI Violations
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As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its potent new terrorism-fighting powers. "There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse," Gonzales told senators on April 27, 2005.
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Embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has resigned from his post, ending a controversial cabinet tenure that included clashes with Congress over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys and the scope of efforts to spy on U.S. citizens, according to an administration official,
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The Justice Department inappropriately pressured a former state lawmaker to consider pleading guilty in a corruption case, according to his lawyer, who wants a federal judge to review the agency's actions.
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A federal prosecutor in Alexandria made a comment last year suggesting that a Falls Church man held in a Saudi Arabian prison had been tortured, according to a sworn affidavit from a defense lawyer that was recently filed in federal court in Washington.
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned, ending a monthslong standoff with critics over the botched handling of FBI terror investigations and the firings of U.S. attorneys, officials said Monday.
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FBI agents witnessed "highly aggressive" interrogations and mistreatment of terror suspects at the U.S. prison camp in Cuba starting in 2002 &#151; more than a year before the prison abuse scandal broke in Iraq &#151; according to a letter a senior Justice Department official sent to the Army's top criminal investigator.
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Defense Department interrogators impersonated FBI agents at the Guantanamo Bay prison to avoid being held accountable when they used &quot;torture techniques&quot; on a prisoner held there in the US war on terrorism, according to FBI e-mails
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday it's up to President Bush whether he remains in the administration and said he wants to stay and explain to Congress the circumstances surrounding the firings of eight U.S. attorneys
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An internal FBI audit has found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years, far more than was documented in a Justice Department report in March that ignite...
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Attorney General-nominee Alberto Gonzales, under scorching criticism from senators, condemned torture as an interrogation tactic Thursday and promised to prosecute abusers of terror suspects. He also disclosed the White House was looking at trying to change the Geneva Conventions that protect prisoner rights.
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A federal monitor urged the firings after concluding that a deal violated an agreement with prosecutors.
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The FBI illegally or improperly obtained information on the US public, a new justice department report says.
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, longtime Bush confidante and a key player in the administration's secret wiretapping and data-mining activities announces his resignation. He leaves under fire from Democrats and Republicans, who've questioned his honesty and his botched handling of FBI terror investigations and the firings of U.S. attorneys.
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Excerpts from the confirmation hearing for Attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales :
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U.S. attorney general nominee  Alberto Gonzales faced blistering criticism on Thursday for his  role in shaping administration policies blamed for contributing  to the torture of terror suspects, which Democrats said had put  Americans at greater risk.
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Alberto Gonzales, nominee for attorney general, may face vigorous interrogation during confirmation hearings about his role in the treatment of detainees.
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Paul K. Charlton, one of nine U.S. attorneys fired last year, told members of Congress yesterday that Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has been overzealous in ordering federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty, including in an Arizona murder case in which no body had been recovered.