Alberto Gonzales
Alberto Gonzales
Alberto R. Gonzaleswas the 80th United States Attorney General, appointed in February 2005 by President George W. Bush, becoming the highest-ranking Hispanic American in executive government to date. He was the first Hispanic to serve as White House Counsel, and earlier he had been Bush's General Counsel during his governorship of Texas. Gonzales had also served as Secretary of State of Texas and then as a Texas Supreme Court Justice...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 August 1955
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
This may be the most important thing a president does.
They report up to the attorney general, who - we all report up to the President of the United States. All of us work in the executive branch.
We believe very strongly in this case. ... I'll have to sit down with our team of litigators and hear from them as to what is the appropriate next step,
Clearly, there are privilege issues that have to be considered. As a general matter, we would not be disclosing internal deliberations, internal recommendations.
There has been significant litigation with respect to Mr. Padilla, and he has had access to counsel, ... He has had access to counsel.
the president's critical authority to detain enemy combatants who take up arms on behalf of al Qaeda.
We have been dealing with this issue for years,
We have to be successful in this endeavor because we -- if we're not successful it makes our job, in terms of evacuation and providing relief, even more dangerous and more difficult,
We're...looking very closely at the issue of fraudulent charities. We're looking at price gouging. I've asked the lawyers in the Department to be as aggressive and to be as creative within the bounds of the law to ensure that people do not take advantage of the situation in this tragic circumstance,
Had these four defendants succeeded in their alleged plots, their attacks would have taken an untold number of Americans,
He has said some of the right things, so I think people are more hopeful than they have any real reason to be, ... But it's all speculation and it's all impossible to know for sure.
I don't think it's appropriate for him to answer
Some in this country mistakenly believed it could not happen here, ... Today we have chilling evidence that it is possible.
Judge Roberts ... will seek to assure the American people that he will be fair and open-minded, that he understands what his role is as a judge in our system of government: not to legislate, not to execute laws but to apply the law.