Gonzales testified to the Senate Judicial Committee today. I've run out of words to describe these sessions. Kafkaesque. Orwellian. Kabubi. Surreal. Frightening.
Now the Senators are calling him out on the specific things he says that are inaccurate or inconsistent. On visiting Ashcroft in the hospital, torture, Guantanamo, warrantless domestic spying, a death penalty case, and oh yeah the US attorney firings.
When he said fixing the FISA court was the more important thing the department wants to do, Leahy asked why he never called him or told him about it. Gonzales said he'd be surprised if his staff wasn't contacted. Leahy said his number is in the book.
Chuck Schumer railled into him about saying there was no dissent on the terrorist surveillance program (warrantless domestic spying) and then comparing that to the Ashcroft in the hospital event. Arlen Specter also dug in, in fact it seems like everyone did except for Orrin Hatch. Dick Durbin when asking about the administration's torture policies and interpretation of the Geneva Convention article 3 asked if he knew how his answer sounded to the rest of the world?
Really, it's all just ridiculous.
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