Why? Because this way he's harder to prosecute, of course. Just like Karl Rove.
[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"]One of the most blatantly dishonest political hacks ever to occupy the position of U.S. Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, has [a href="vny!://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/washington/27cnd-gonzales.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1188217749-JWxnOnkedFCO+0FSEkMlhA"]now resigned[/a]. This is a real moment of truth for the Democratic Congress. Democrats, who have offered up little other than one failure after the next since taking power in January, can take a big step toward redeeming themselves here. No matter what, they must ensure that Gonzales' replacement is a genuinely trustworthy and independent figure.
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