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Name: Alberto R. Gonzales
Born: August 4, 1955, in San Antonio, Texas
Profession: Attorney
GW Bush Administration Position:
War crime charge(s):
- Complicity in the commission of a war crime – torture, ill-treatment of detainees.
- Signed and endorsed memo written by Addington in January 2002 stating Taliban and Al Qaeda detainees were unprotected by the Geneva Conventions.
Primary Association:
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Texas Tech University: Vsiting Pofessor in the Political Science Department, teaching a “special topics” course on "Contemporary Issues in the Executive Branch" and guest lecture to classes across the campus and, as of Aug. 1, 2009, Gonzales will join the Texas Tech University System to assist both Texas Tech University and Angelo State University (in San Angelo) with recruiting and retaining first generation and under-represented students.
- Hired to assist a special master, former U.S. District Judge Layn R. Phillips, who is handling patent settlement talks between DataTreasury Corp. and banks such as Wells Fargo.
- Law firm of Irell & Manella
840 Newport Center Dr # 400 Newport Beach, CA 92660 (949) 760-0991
More Information:
Note:
Still jobless Gonzales says he’s ‘casualty’ of the war on terror
"[T]here is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution1."
"I don't think that there's going to be a prosecution, quite frankly2,''
1January 18, 2007, testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee
2speaking to Michel Martin of National Public Radio on January 26, 2009
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