...and the angels in heaven rejoiced.
(AHN) - Multiple sources have now confirmed that U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has submitted his resignation to President George W. Bush.
The New York Times noted that Gonzalez was submitting his resignation and CNN confirmed that President Bush accepted his resignation. A press conference is to be scheduled later today.
Even if the next year is spent without leadership in the justice department while a replacement is vetted, the nation will be better off.
update
... CNN reported that senior administration officials said the name of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, a former federal judge and assistant attorney general, was at the top of the list of potential replacements for Gonzales.
bad, to worse?
update v.2
Current and former administration officials had said the department's integrity had been damaged under Gonzales with controversy over the firing of the prosecutors, his support for Bush's warrantless domestic spying program adopted after the September 11 attacks and other issues.
Before becoming the chief U.S. law enforcement official, Gonzales drew fire from critics of U.S. interrogation policy for writing in January 2002 that parts of the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war were "obsolete" and some provisions "quaint."
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"I haven't seen Congress say he's done anything wrong," Bush said at a recent news conference. "As a matter of fact, I believe we're watching ... a political exercise."
The emperor sure loves his clothes, don't he?
Posted by kerry at August 27, 2007 03:20 AM