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Albertogate: E-Mails Are Bush’s White House Tapes
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03/16/07 06:37 AM ET
Read it here first: The Albertogate scandal has morphed into his years as White House counsel, which will lead to revelations about torture and eavesdropping and e-mails that will be the equivalent of the Nixon White House tapes.
What exactly was the White House counsel role before, during and after Abu Ghraib?
Were there e-mails or executive orders on torture, eavesdropping, the CIA leak case and other matters?
Contemporaries of Nixon wondered why he would tape unethical and illegal actions and then not burn the tapes. E-mails cannot be burned — they are forever. Look for e-mails to be leaked, subpoenaed and ultimately be the subject of a court decision reminiscent of the Supreme Court’s Nixon Tapes decision.
Alberto Gonzales was the consigliere for the darkest deeds of the Bush White House, from torture to eavesdropping without court order. Almost all of the leaks have come from disapproving Bush administration sources and Republicans. History will repeat.
Don’t follow the money. Follow the role of the White House counsel. Follow the e-mails, and follow administration dissidents who either strongly disapprove of what was done, or who want to get ahead of coming investigations.
The Albertogate scandal begins with bearing false witness to Congress and the public but will end with the examination of his time as White House counsel.
In the Nixon years the shock waves began when Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of White House tapes. In the Bush years the shock waves will escalate with the revelation of smoking-gun e-mails that will affect a wider and wider circle of issues, at higher and higher levels.
Gonzales has always viewed his job not as representing the American people, the rule of law or the need to faithfully execute the laws of the land. As White House counsel and as attorney general, Gonzales has acted as the consigliere and the Great Enabler for dubious deeds that should have been his job to stop, but he viewed as his job to enable.
Don’t be surprised by the Summer of Scandal that is coming. Don’t be surprised by the e-mail trail that has only begun to emerge through public release, internal leaking, congressional subpoenas and investigative reporting. Don’t be surprised if the search leads to even more “torture memos” or executive orders that are leaked, disclosed or brought to the public’s attention, one way or the other.
What exactly was the White House counsel role before, during and after Abu Ghraib?
Were there e-mails or executive orders on torture, eavesdropping, the CIA leak case and other matters?
Contemporaries of Nixon wondered why he would tape unethical and illegal actions and then not burn the tapes. E-mails cannot be burned — they are forever. Look for e-mails to be leaked, subpoenaed and ultimately be the subject of a court decision reminiscent of the Supreme Court’s Nixon Tapes decision.
Alberto Gonzales was the consigliere for the darkest deeds of the Bush White House, from torture to eavesdropping without court order. Almost all of the leaks have come from disapproving Bush administration sources and Republicans. History will repeat.
Don’t follow the money. Follow the role of the White House counsel. Follow the e-mails, and follow administration dissidents who either strongly disapprove of what was done, or who want to get ahead of coming investigations.
The Albertogate scandal begins with bearing false witness to Congress and the public but will end with the examination of his time as White House counsel.
In the Nixon years the shock waves began when Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of White House tapes. In the Bush years the shock waves will escalate with the revelation of smoking-gun e-mails that will affect a wider and wider circle of issues, at higher and higher levels.
Gonzales has always viewed his job not as representing the American people, the rule of law or the need to faithfully execute the laws of the land. As White House counsel and as attorney general, Gonzales has acted as the consigliere and the Great Enabler for dubious deeds that should have been his job to stop, but he viewed as his job to enable.
Don’t be surprised by the Summer of Scandal that is coming. Don’t be surprised by the e-mail trail that has only begun to emerge through public release, internal leaking, congressional subpoenas and investigative reporting. Don’t be surprised if the search leads to even more “torture memos” or executive orders that are leaked, disclosed or brought to the public’s attention, one way or the other.
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