Prepare a list of questions for Gonzales and make them PUBLIC before the hearings (Brent Budowsky)

[StefanX]

Destroy Gonzales-ism (Brent Budowsky)

Congress should ask him, aggressively and thoroughly, why Gonzales opposes Secretary of Defense Gates and Secretary of State Rice when they fight to close Guantanamo, and he fights to keep it open. Why? What does he fear and what does he have to hide?

Congress should ask him, aggressively and thoroughly, why there has been a cover-up of higher-ups responsible for Abu Ghraib and what role he might have played in such a cover-up.

Congress should ask him whether there are executive orders or legal opinions or advice within the government that he has rendered in support of actions to torture that violate commonly accepted rules of domestic, military or international law.

Congress should ask him, aggressively and thoroughly, whether there are executive orders or legal opinions he has authored or joined that secretly seek to justify unilateral executive acts that violate American statutory or constitutional law on issues ranging from eavesdropping to domestic spying or any other matters.

Congress should ask him whether he believes that secret actions or public signing statements can justify overruling the entire realm of federal statutory law, and the entire United States Constitution.

My advice to the Congress is to prepare a lengthy and detailed list of such questions, to provide them to the attorney general and make them public in advance of the hearings.

My prediction, if they do this, is that he resigns before addressing these matters under oath, in which case Congress should pursue these matters aggressively and thoroughly, after his departure, and principled conservatives should put Americanism and conservatism ahead of Republicanism and join in restoration of the rule of law in America.

http://pundits.thehill.com/2007/04/10/destroy-gonzales-ism/

This is a great idea. The questions should be listed in advance, and PUBLICIZED.

[riderinthestorm]

1. Then they'll know how to coach him in order to maximize his evasions

You do know he's undergoing extensive coaching for his appearance right? Having a list of the questions ahead of time, would seem to me, to just allow them more time to develop legalistic non-answers.

:shrug:

[DCKit]

2. Agreed, and WTF does Gonzo know about the Constitution????

At the very least, he has no respect for it. This person was NEVER qualified to be AG.

The need to skip the legalese and stick to things he may actually know.