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Who among us hasn’t simultaneously marveled and shuddered over accounts of deep-fried Twinkies? Deep-fried Oreos? Deep-fried bacon? Well, brace yourself for a new and audacious artery-clogging invention: Deep-fried butter.
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday he wishes he could "do some things over" from his years with the Bush administration, citing a memo he wrote that human rights groups contended led to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq.
In a July 30 story about a Texas Tech faculty petition opposing the hiring of former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, The Associated Press reported erroneously that university Chancellor Kent Hance was a Republican former congressman. Hance served in Congress as a Democrat for three terms. He switched parties after leaving office in 1985.
A small group of Texas Tech University faculty members is objecting to the school's hiring of former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and is trying to gather signatures for a petition that claims he has "demonstrated significant ethical failings."
The country's first Hispanic attorney general said Tuesday that the woman who would be its first Hispanic Supreme Court justice still has some convincing to do if she wishes to get Republican support.
Alberto Gonzales, who resigned as U.S. attorney general two years ago, is coming to Texas Tech this fall to teach political science.
The city manager of a small Texas town says an argument outside city hall left five people hurt, including two who were shot.
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.
A look at other internal reports released this year taking former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and his top aides to task for mismanagement and political meddling at the Justice Department.
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled highly classified notes about a secret counterterror program, says a memo by his legal team, which touches on one of the most contentious episodes of high-level infighting in the Bush administration's war on terror.
Negative news coverage may have cost former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales his job, but it won him a dubious honor Wednesday from a magazine published by the American Bar Association: Lawyer of the Year.
As he steps out on a speech-giving tour at college campuses, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may soon wish he was still talking to hostile congressional committees.
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales endured screams of "criminal" and "liar" during a speech at the University of Florida on Monday evening.
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has hired a high-powered Washington lawyer to represent him in investigations of mismanagement of the Justice Department. George Terwilliger, a white-collar crime defense attorney and the second-ranking Justice official in the early 1990s, was on the White House's short list last month to replace Gonzales.
Senators urged President Bush on Wednesday to avoid a confirmation battle over the next attorney general by picking a unifying nominee to heal a Justice Department reeling from accusations of playing politics.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' resignation Monday after months of draining controversy drew expressions of relief from Republicans and a vow from Democrats to pursue their investigation into fired federal prosecutors.
Text of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' resignation statement on Monday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.
Quotes Monday on the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales:
Senators in both parties concede they don't have enough evidence to make a perjury charge stick against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. But that doesn't mean they're going to quit trying to pry him from office.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales must quickly clarify apparent contradictions in his testimony about warrantless spying or risk a possible perjury investigation, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday.
The White House labored on Friday to explain how apparently dueling testimony from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller actually was not at odds.
The collapse in confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is all but total among both Democrats and Republicans. Still, President Bush is standing by his longtime friend from Texas.
The head of the FBI contradicted Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' sworn testimony and Senate Democrats requested a perjury investigation Thursday in a fresh barrage against President Bush's embattled longtime friend and aide.
Documents indicate eight congressional leaders were briefed about the Bush administration's terrorist surveillance program on the eve of its expiration in 2004, contradicting sworn Senate testimony this week by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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.
Gonzales 'angry' his reputation has been tarnished: I don't deserve this treatment. The New York Times Magazine has a new interview with former Bush attorney general Alberto Gonzales, who is set to begin a job teaching political science at Texas Tech this fall.
EXCLUSIVE: John Walker Lindh's Parents Discuss Their Son's Story, from Joining the US-Backed Taliban Army to Surviving a Northern Alliance Massacre, to His Abuse at the Hands of US ForcesEXCLUSIVE: John Walker Lindh's Parents Discuss Their Son's Story, from Joining the US-Backed Taliban Army to Surviving a Northern Alliance Massacre, to His Abuse at the Hands of US Forces
Texas Tech petition opposes Gonzales' hireA small group of Texas Tech University faculty object to the hiring of former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, signing a petition claiming he "demonstrated significant ethical failings."
Texas Tech Faculty Circulate Petition Protesting Alberto GonzalesEarlier this month, Texas Tech announced that it had offered former Bush attorney general Alberto Gonzales a position to teach political science during the upcoming fall semester.
Report: Bush surveillance program was massiveThe Bush administration built an unprecedented surveillance operation to pull in mountains of information far beyond the warrantless wiretapping previously acknowledged, a team of federal inspectors general reported Friday, questioning the legal basis for the effort but shielding …
The story of Gloria Arroyo's reign & the Class of '78"It ain't over till the fat lady sings", is a wit's description of how "boring" operas end. Those who do not appreciate the long arias and have ears only for the operatic highlights often wonder when it would all end.
Newly released information proves Justice Department lawyers agreed on the legality of enhanced interrogation techniquesWASHINGTON — When Justice Department lawyers engaged in a sharp internal debate in 2005 over brutal interrogation techniques, even some who believed that using tough tactics was a serious mistake agreed on a basic point: the methods themselves were legal.
DOJ Report Reaches "Damning" Conclusions for Bybee and YooAn ethics report prepared by H.
Gonzales says US should be open to torturing againIn an interview posted Monday, former Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that because use of torture "may be necessary" in the future, the Obama administration erred in disclosing the Bush administration's "enhanced interrogation" techniques.
Ashcroft, Gonzales discuss torture, US attorney firings, late-night hospital disputesJohn Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales argue their case in an interview with Dan Abrams.
Pelosi: Bush Administration Never Briefed Congress On WaterboardingIf the last administration lied about the torture, why would we assume that the memo's about notification of the Congress was true. Let's open up the "infected sore" and clean it ALL OUT. Only way to heal is to lay it all out, good, bad, and awful.
Alberto Gonzales on Mexico: "Mexico should have oral, public trials of major organized crime figures rather than having trials consist of written testimony read by a judge behind closed doors. Doing things in private breeds corruption"Sigh...
Spanish court weighs torture charges against former US officialsA Spanish court has initiated proceedings that are likely to result in criminal charges against six top legal officials in the Bush administration for their role in crafting the justifications for the use of unlawful detention, torture and other internationally outlawed methods i …
Rove and Meiers Will Appear With Whitewash to Make Conyers HappyThe devil is in the details. Karl Rove and Harriet Meiers are going to come to Congress and "testify" about the Attorneygate scandal. But John Conyers has agreed that they will not be asked about "will not be asked about their conversations with Mr.
Key witness: Payne, she got high on drugs shortly after finding 1st child dead in closetExcerpt: Editor's note: Readers, please be advised that the testimony in this trial is disturbing.
Extraordinary Measures: A new memo shows just how far the Bush administration considered going in fighting the war on terror.In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the Justice Department secretly gave the green light for the U.S. military to attack apartment buildings and office complexes inside the United States, deploy high-tech surveillance against U.S.
Payne abused kids, then starved them to death, state saysExcerpt: Christopher Payne starved his two older children to death because he was so focused on feeding himself, his girlfriend and their baby and supplying himself and his girlfriend with drugs, a prosecutor said.
Records subpoenaed in attorney firings probeProsecutors are preparing to interview an ex-aide to former White House political adviser Karl Rove in an investigation of politically tinged dismissals of U.S. attorneys.
The Philippine Marine who said 'NO' to bribery from DOJ officialsTHE soldier who stirred a hornet's nest by accusing [Philippines] Department of Justice officials of bribery in the so-called "Alabang Boys" case could have been a millionaire by now.
Now that George Bush is really gone and Obama has the reins of power firmly in his hands there remains an interesting question: What will he do about all of the illegal actions that the Bush administration officials perpetrated during their eight years in power? Or, more interest …
On flight back to Texas, Gonzales cried, received a kiss from Bush.»Immediately after President Obama's swearing-in yesterday, George W. Bush and a group of his loyalists — including Margaret Spellings, Karl Rove, and Alberto Gonzales — flew back to Texas for a "welcome home" rally.
Now, I don't want to sound bitter, but then, I just have to post this - because George, may he rot in Hell, Bush is finally gone.
How many killers could have found a lawyer to tell them killing an innocent person is not a crime? If they did would that be a defense?
Justice Department official lied to Congress, internal report saysThe accusations against Bradley Schlozman, the former acting head of the civil rights division, are included in a new report by the department's inspector general, Glenn Fine.
Gonzales claims he can't get a job because of the 'rough economy.'»In April, reports revealed that former attorney general Alberto Gonzales was "unable to interest law firms in adding his name to their roster." Gonzales has previously said that law firms were hesitant to hire him because of "all the investigations and the possibility tha …
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