A Debate Over Fucking Torture-Monger, "Judge" Gonzales

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Headlines for February 2, 2005 - Democrats Threaten to Block Social Security Overhaul - Questioning of Michael Chertoff Begins Today - Ashcroft Defends Patriot Act & Attacks on Critics - Rumsfeld Calls For Nuclear Bunker Buster Research - Democratic Leader Threatens to Block Social Security Overhaul - 14 Colombian Soldiers Killed in Rocket Attack - Soaring Medical Bills Bankrupting Many

	Should the Mass Killing in Sudan Be Considered a Genocide? A Debate Between Africa Action and Kofi Annan’s Adviser A new United Nations report on Sudan criticized the government and its militia of systematically abusing and killing civilians in the country’s western Darfur region. But the report concludes that the Sudanese government did not pursue a policy of genocide. [includes rush transcript]

	Debate on Alberto Gonzales Continues; Democrats Lash Out At His Role in Approving Torture The full Senate continues debate today on the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales to Attorney General. During 8 hours on the floor Wednesday, some Senate Democrats sharply criticized Gonzales’ role in laying the legal groundwork that led to the torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. We hear excerpts from speeches by Sen. Orrin Hatch and Sen. Edward Kennedy. [includes rush transcript]

No Mercy: Gonzales Clemency Memos to Bush Facilitated Texas Executions Journalist Alan Berlow reports Alberto Gonzales, “repeatedly failed to apprise the governor of crucial issues in the cases at hand: ineffective counsel, conflict of interest, mitigating evidence, even actual evidence of innocence.” [includes rush transcript]