Feingold wants an explanation from Gonzales about his blatant lie before the Committee last year "A year ago, Alberto Gonzales sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee as the Bush administration's nominee for attorney general. He will return Monday in dramatically different circumstances to testify as the chief legal defender of a domestic eavesdropping operation that has touched off a stormy debate over its legality. Gonzales, who as White House counsel provided legal support for the program of surveillance without warrants, is scheduled to be the sole witness before a panel led by Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who has made clear his skepticism about the administration's legal rationale. Sen. Russell Feingold of Wisconsin, a member of the Judiciary Committee, is angry over a response from Gonzales during his confirmation hearing when Feingold asked, "Does the president, in your opinion, have the authority, acting as commander in chief, to authorize warrantless searches of Americans' homes and wiretaps of their conversations in violation of the criminal and foreign intelligence surveillance statutes of this country?" At the time, the spy program was well under way. Gonzales denied that the administration was engaged in anything illegal and said, "So what we're really discussing is a hypothetical situation." Feingold, who voted against Gonzales' nomination, recently sent Gonzales a letter reminding him of the exchange -- "misleading testimony," he called it -- and telling him to be prepared to explain it Monday".Alberto Gonzales flat-out lied in his confirmation hearing for Attorney General. Come on...Just how much more corruption can you get out of one administration?
