The Justice Department's inspector general concluded that Gonzales had improperly handled materials about the government's most sensitive national security programs, carrying the notes home in an unlocked briefcase for an "indeterminate" period of time. Gonzales failed to keep them in a safe at his Northern Virginia home because he "could not remember the combination," according to the report.
Can't remember anything about the hiring decisions that the Justice Department made when he was AG. Can't remember what he knew about torture at Guantanamo. Can't remember if he violated the law by removing classified information from his office. Can't remember the combination to his safe.
You did a heckuva job, Gonzo. A presidential medal of some sort is clearly in your future.
This is also unsurprising:
Improper handling of classified material can result in criminal charges, but prosecutors in the department's National Security Division declined to bring a case after reviewing the allegations and consulting with senior career officials at Justice, according to the report and lawyers involved in the case.
Prosecute one of their own? The guy in charge, no less? Not likely. Any "career prosecutors" who are still at DOJ, and so highly placed as to be consulted on that issue, probably owe their jobs to Gonzales. Shouldn't an independent counsel, one who is removed from a conflict of interest that inheres in leaving a charging decision up to DOJ, be appointed to make that call?
