Re: [privacy] Report: Gonzales Knew of FBI Violations

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:37:28 -0000, Paul Ferguson said:

> As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General
> Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its
> potent new terrorism-fighting powers. "There has not been one verified case
> of civil liberties abuse," Gonzales told senators on April 27, 2005.

This is, of course, worded in the same NewSpeak that Gonzales used when he
said "We weren't responsible for his removal to Syria" regarding Maher Arar,
who we put on a plane bound for Syria.

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