Probe Into Possible Gonzales Perjury Widens

Now it becomes evident why Gonzales resigned. Seems the Justice Department is widening its probe into whether the Attorney General deliberately misled Congress about dissent within the Bush administration about surveillance activities and the firing of the US attorneys.

In a letter to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who heads up the Senate Judiciary Panel, Inspector General Glenn A. Fine suggested the investigation was moving forward and getting broader and deeper. The specific focus of the investigation is on the possibility of Gonzales making “intentionally false, misleading, or inappropriate,” statements both about the firing of the prosecutors and about the terrorist-surveillance program.

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