Alberto Gonzales believes that

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Alberto Gonzales believes that the president can immunize individuals for committing acts of torture and that he has the power to authorize violations of criminal law. That’s how Chris Suellentrop interprets what Gonzales said today on the Hill in Slate. And he makes a very persuasive case.

And this is the man who will soon be the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the land.

It defies comment.

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