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Lara Jakes Jordan reports for the Associated Press, "Angry senators suggested a special prosecutor should investigate misconduct at the Justice Department, accusing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday of deceit on the prosecutor firings and President Bush's eavesdropping program."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072507K.shtml

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Gonzo on the Hill: a Comedic Tragedy

"Forget about the politicization of the Justice Department. Forget about the falling morale there. Forget about the rise in violent crime in some of our biggest cities. Forget about the events leading up to the US attorney scandal and the way he has handled the prosecutor purge since. Forget about the Department's role in allowing warrantless domestic surveillance. Forget about the contorted and contradictory accounts he's offered before in his own defense. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales deserves to be fired for his testimony Tuesday alone," writes Andrew Cohen for The Washington Post.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072507B.shtml

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Senators question Gonzales’ honesty in blistering hearing

Frankfort Times

07/25/07

‘Sorry’ didn’t cut it Tuesday for senators furious with the Justice Department, ignoring Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ repeated apologies and promises to fix the problems. What had seemed to be a congressional inquiry on the wane flared up anew, and with gusto, as senators threatened to call for a special prosecutor in the controversy that has plagued the department for six months...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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