Gonzales, Torture and America

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There is virtually no chance that the Senate will block the

nomination of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to serve

as Attorney General. But, as the vote approaches, critics

of Gonzales have the potential to garner a stronger vote

against his confirmation than they did in one or both of the

last two fights over controversial conservative nominees to

guide the Department of Justice: Edwin Meese in 1985 and

John Ashcroft in 2001.

 

As John Nichols argues in The Online Beat, it would be

meaningful if opponents of the Bush Administration's hostile

approach to civil liberties and international law could

muster as many votes against the current nominee as they did

against Meese. " This can be a serious challenge to the Bush

Administration's wrong-minded war, its abuses of civil

liberties, and its callous disregard for the rule of the law "

Nichols writes.

http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?bid=1 & pid=2167

 

And don't miss Senator Robert Byrd's remarks on the Senate

floor this morning. During the speech, Byrd expressed

strong concerns about Gonzales's role in the prisoner abuse

scandals in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay, and the use of torture

as an approved American interrogation policy. Byrd also

told his colleagues that the nominee, as the White House

Counsel, has been responsible for policies that undermine the

principles of the US Constitution.

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0202-32.htm

 

You can also still write your own Senator, imploring them

to vote no:

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Watch this space tomorrow morning for info on commentary

and analysis of tonight's State of the Union speech by

President Bush.

 

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