Alberto Gonzales

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William Howard Taft IV Gonzales said terrorist attacks "require a new approach in our actions toward captured terrorists," and claimed that terrorists had never respected the Geneva Conventions' human rights protections.

Unlawful combatant With the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan some lawyers in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel and in the office of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales advised President Bush that he did not have to comply with the Geneva Conventions in handling detainees in the War on Terrorism.

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William Howard Taft IV Gonzales said terrorist attacks "require a new approach in our actions toward captured terrorists," and claimed that terrorists had never respected the Geneva Conventions' human rights protections.

Unlawful combatant With the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan some lawyers in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel and in the office of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales advised President Bush that he did not have to comply with the Geneva Conventions in handling detainees in the War on Terrorism.

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NSA warrantless surveillance controversy Gonzales spoke further at Georgetown University January 24, claiming that Congress had given the President the authority to order the surveillance without going through the courts, and that normal procedures to order surveillance were too slow and cumbersome.

Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy On March 13, Gonzales stated in a news conference that he accepted responsibility for mistakes made in the dismissal and rejected calls for his resignation that Democratic members of Congress had been making.

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Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy On March 13, Gonzales stated in a news conference that he accepted responsibility for mistakes made in the dismissal and rejected calls for his resignation that Democratic members of Congress had been making.

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Manuel Marulanda In March 2006, Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General of the United States, announced in conjunction with DEA and Department of Justice officials that the State Department had placed a $5 million dollar reward on Tirofijo's head, or for information leading to his capture.

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Manuel Marulanda In March 2006, Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General of the United States, announced in conjunction with DEA and Department of Justice officials that the State Department had placed a $5 million dollar reward on Tirofijo's head, or for information leading to his capture.

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NSA warrantless surveillance controversy Gonzales spoke further at Georgetown University January 24, claiming that Congress had given the President the authority to order the surveillance without going through the courts, and that normal procedures to order surveillance were too slow and cumbersome.

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William Howard Taft IV Gonzales said terrorist attacks "require a new approach in our actions toward captured terrorists," and claimed that terrorists had never respected the Geneva Conventions' human rights protections.

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Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy On March 13, Gonzales stated in a news conference that he accepted responsibility for mistakes made in the dismissal and rejected calls for his resignation that Democratic members of Congress had been making.

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Unlawful combatant With the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan some lawyers in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel and in the office of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales advised President Bush that he did not have to comply with the Geneva Conventions in handling detainees in the War on Terrorism.

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Unlawful combatant With the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan some lawyers in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel and in the office of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales advised President Bush that he did not have to comply with the Geneva Conventions in handling detainees in the War on Terrorism.

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NSA warrantless surveillance controversy Gonzales spoke further at Georgetown University January 24, claiming that Congress had given the President the authority to order the surveillance without going through the courts, and that normal procedures to order surveillance were too slow and cumbersome.

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William Howard Taft IV Gonzales said terrorist attacks "require a new approach in our actions toward captured terrorists," and claimed that terrorists had never respected the Geneva Conventions' human rights protections.

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Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy timeline On March 10, 2004, Alberto Gonzales, then White House counsel, and Andrew Card, White House chief of staff visited Ashcroft at the hospital, where Ashcroft declined again to re-approve the secret program, while indicating that Comey is the presently acting Attorney General.

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Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy timeline On March 10, 2004, Alberto Gonzales, then White House counsel, and Andrew Card, White House chief of staff visited Ashcroft at the hospital, where Ashcroft declined again to re-approve the secret program, while indicating that Comey is the presently acting Attorney General.

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Garry Malphrus Malphrus appointment as an Immigration Judge by Alberto Gonzales was highly controversial.

Garry Malphrus Despite having no prior immigration experience (and in violation of the Code of Federal Regulations which generally require at least five years experience), Gonzales appointed Malphrus.

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Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy timeline October 12, 2007 - Terms of those of the eleven interim U.S. attorneys appointed by Alberto Gonzales that have not been confirmed by the Senate expire today, 120 days after the signing of the Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 by President Bush on June 14, 2007.

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Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy timeline September 22, 2006 - Alberto Gonzales appointed Jeffrey A. Taylor as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia under these USA PATRIOT Act provisions.