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Alberto Gonzales Defends Himself Against Critics on Terror and Torture

by David Kurtz
12.31.08 | 7:58 am

Alberto Gonzales: “I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror.”

Late Update: Read the whole piece. Gonzales has built a mental monument to himself that is just as narcissistic as Roland Burris’ more tangible marble edifice.

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