Gonzales knew information had been obtained illegally by the FBI prior to saying "There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse". According to the AP...
"Six days earlier, the FBI sent Gonzales a copy of a report that said its agents had obtained personal information that they were not entitled to have. It was one of at least half a dozen reports of legal or procedural violations that Gonzales received in the three months before he made his statement to the Senate intelligence committee, according to internal FBI documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
The acts recounted in the FBI reports included unauthorized surveillance, an illegal property search and a case in which an Internet firm improperly turned over a compact disc with data that the FBI was not entitled to collect, the documents show. Gonzales was copied on each report that said administrative rules or laws protecting civil liberties and privacy had been violated."
It's so sad that the state of this administration is such that this comes as absolutely no surprise. It's one thing after another. This time he won't be able to stone wall with "I don't recall" until they can find a scapegoat. Fry the bastard!
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