GOP senator breaks ranks, wants Gonzales fired
A Republican U.S. senator is now calling for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to be fired, according to breaking reports.
"We need to have a strong, credible attorney general that has the confidence of Congress and the American people," Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) told The Associated Press. "Alberto Gonzales can’t fill that role."
"I think the attorney general should be fired," he said.
Earlier today, The Hill reported on Sununu's growing dissatisfaction with the Department of Justice.
Sununu said that his "confidence level [in Gonzales] was weak to begin with."
Further, Sununu said he had "real concerns over leadership at the Justice Department a year and a half ago" while the Patriot Act was being reauthorized, according to The Hill.
Saturday Sununu expressed disappointment in what he called a "failure of supervision, management, and frankly of leadership" regarding the FBI's misuse of the Patriot Act to gather information on citizens, reported the AP. Sununu said that Gonzales, along with FBI Director Robert Mueller, were at least partially responsible.
This is one of the few good things sununu has called for since getting in office..OUT with gonzo..
