In THE USA the widespread scandal around the minister of justice Alberto Gonzalez burns. Yesterday the leaders of Democrats in the congress OF THE USA required its resignation, after accusing of the retreat from the law and the disturbance of the democratic freedoms of American citizens under the pretext of combating of terrorism. The attack on Alberto Gonzalez, which is turned simultaneously with the campaign against Vice President Richard cheyni, is called to strengthen the pressure of Democrats on the White House, after converting the Bush Administration into the command of "lame ducks".
By area for the beginning of the massirovannoy attack on Alberto Gonzalez Democrats selected the rating news program of television channel CBS "facing the people" (Face the Nation), that emerges into ether in Sunday in the evening. In order to complete volley on one of the key companions-in-arms of President Bush, Democrats pulled heavy artillery in the person of those appearing in ether CBS one after another of the leader of democratic majority in the senate Charles shumer, the head of senate committee on foreign affairs of Joseph bayden, and also joined the Democrats in the critic Alberto Gonzalez influential Republican Of arlena Of spektera of the senate committee on legislation.
Charles shumer, who occupies the third place in the hierarchy of the Democratic Party, formulated the basic claims of Democrats against the chapter of the Justice Department. He expressed the opinion that headed the Ministry of Justice in 2005 Alberto Gonzalez proved to be by an even more politically engaged minister, than his predecessor John eshkroft, who was being considered one of the most ambiguous figures in the Bush Administration during its first period. As one of the leaders of Democrats is considered, working at the post of the chief servant of American Themis, Alberto Gonzalez always considered his priority settling the politicians President Bush, but not guarantee of law and order and protection of rights and freedoms of American citizens. "minister Gonzalez - good person. But he either does not want to recognize or does not understand that it is not simple jurist with the President, but official, allotted by the higher responsibilities - to soblyudat' the command of law and constitution, even if this does not want the President, stated Charles shumer and he summed up: - I think that we should change the management of the Ministry of Justice. For the nation minister Gonzalez must leave ".
The requirement to remove Alberto Gonzalez repeated that appearing in the same evening in ether CBS together with Charles shumer the head of senate committee on foreign affairs Joseph bayden. "I think, it will be better, if it podast into the resignation, since it lost the confidence of the majority of American citizens", said Mr. bayden, however, the fact that in a question about Albert Gonzalez's fate the ball find on half of George Bush; therefore "decision must make the President". Approximately the same in the more masked form expressed in the same tv program the companion-in-arms of Alberto Gonzalez on the Republican Party Of arlen Of spekter. "4 actually I consider that he has it is many problems, but the problem about the resignation must solve the President and the minister of justice", noted Mr. spekter.
Attack on the chapter of the Justice Department began soon after the general inspector of the Ministry of Justice OF THE USA Glenn Fayn promulgated the scandalous sums of the investigation of activity THE FBI, which, let us recall, it is directly subordinated to the department of Alberto Gonzalez. Investigation revealed the numerous facts of the abuses, allowed in the course of the operational work of American special service on the basis of law about the patriotism, which was accepted after the acts of terror on 11 September, 2001. As it follows from the materials of investigation, the colleagues OF THE FBI often exceeded their authorities and they too broadeningly treated law about the patriotism, invading the personal life of American citizens. In particular, it was established that THE FBI widely came running to the practice of the so-called letters about the national security - departmental demands, which allow on the basis of law about the patriotism without the resolution of law court to obtain classified information about the telephone calls of citizens, their bank, credit and other financial history, the use by them of the Internet. Investigation revealed, which in 2003-2004 OF THE FBI sent out about 95 thousand such demands, after hiding majority of them from the congress.
Attempting to go down scandal on the brakes, President Bush promised to thoroughly analyze the results of the investigation of Glenn Fayna. In this case he stated that it was satisfied by the work of the director THE FBI of Robert Mueller and minister of justice Alberto Gonzalez. In turn, not desiring to depart to the resignation Alberto Gonzalez already attempted to hide after the back of George Bush. On the pages of newspaper USA Today he stated the following: "4 as all ministers of justice in THE USA, I am political naznachentsem, and we all work in order to satisfy the demands of the President. If the ministers of justice do not carry out their responsibilities for the accomplishment of the tasks, formulated by management, they must be discharged ".
After giving to understand that it was only the honest executor of presidential will, Alberto Gonzalez thus actually shifted the burden of responsibility for his actions and the difficult solution on the arms of Head of the White House. Mr. Bush proved to be in the difficult situation: he clearly does not want to pass one of his loyal companions-in-arms; however, to at the same time protect Mr. Gonzalez, who appeared before the Americans in the unattractive means of official, who encroaches on their freedoms, to the President will be increasingly more complexly. Meanwhile the observers focus attention on the fact that the attack on the chapter of the Justice Department is turned against the background of the activating campaign against Vice President Richard cheyni - the main target of Democrats. Thus, acting immediately against several members of Bush's command, Democrats attempt to convert it into the administration of "lame ducks".
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