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| Former Attorney General Gonzales stored TS/SCI docs at home.... but its OK. |
| 2008-09-03 |
| WASHINGTON - The Justice Department refused to prosecute former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for improperly — and possibly illegally — storing in his office and home classified information about two of the Bush administration's most sensitive counterterrorism efforts. Mishandling classified materials violates Justice Department regulations, and removing them from special secure facilities without proper authorization is a misdemeanor crime. A report issued Tuesday by the Justice Department's inspector general says the agency decided not to press charges against Gonzales, who resigned under fire last year. Balance and DOJ finding at the link |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 The bosses never think the rules apply to them. It's a constant, recurring problem. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-09-03 13:19 |
| #8 Part and parcel of the currpt culture that has taken hold in DC. No wonder they are scared of Palin - if she comes as a reformer, and with her record of fighting it effectively, they better be scared. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-03 11:20 |
| #7 Let's remember Sandy was front and center when the Clinton administration went full force on Wen Ho Lee. Mr. Lee spent pre-trial confinement in solitary [because the fed's feared that he'd transfer information through the usual cabal of thugs and common criminals in the Santa Fe confinement facility - as though they would understand what the dude talking about]. Of course Mr. Burger got off pretty much with a wrist slap, which is now the standard for the beltway good old boy crowd as we see. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-09-03 11:14 |
| #6 How long has former Attorney General Gonzales been retired from that post? Prosecute him in his turn, after jailing Sandy Berger. After all, Sandy Berger took advantage of his former position and fast talking to remove and destroy critical original documents and all the copies in order to protect the culpable. Taking work home at night, which is how Gonzales' behaviour appears to be described, is not quite the same level of misbehaviour. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-03 10:49 |
| #5 I very much agree with OS. I held the clearances & access for over 30 years. "In the day," just mentioning that you had the access was enough to get you a severe hand-slapping... or more. Polititions & political appointees should be held to the same standards as active duty military when handling classified materials. And, if that results in their access being revoked - replace them. Regardless of policital affiliation. |
| Posted by: Spook the Younger 2008-09-03 10:29 |
| #4 Agree OS, just Lawyers protecting lawyers. There is a price to pay for looking the other way. The Sandy Berger SECRET documents in my shorts set the precedent. One must wonder if Berger and Gonzales still hold access. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-09-03 09:45 |
| #3 I have had multiple security clearances and access to compartmented material like that, and if *I* had taken material like that to my house I would be in prison, or at a minimum, convicted of a felony and paying a large fine after losing my job. This is clearly a symptom of the bastards in DC believing they are "ruling elite" and exempt from the laws. This must be stopped. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-03 09:05 |
| #2 "Judge Gonzales regrets this lapse," concluded the lawyers' response, written by Gonzales attorney George Terwilliger. Gonzales should be saying that in a federal courthouse in front of a judge. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-09-03 01:14 |
| #1 Just trying to keep them out of Sandy Berger's |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-09-03 00:53 |