Also on Capitol Hill today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Alberto Gonzales to be attorney general. Both the Washington Post and New York Times ran editorials today calling for the Senate to reject Gonzales’ nomination. The Post editorial reads in part: According to President Bush’s closest legal adviser, this administration continues to assert its right to indefinitely hold foreigners in secret locations without any legal process; to deny them access to the International Red Cross; to transport them to countries where torture is practiced; and to subject them to treatment that is “cruel, inhumane or degrading,” even though such abuse is banned by an international treaty that the United States has ratified.” The Post editorial goes on to say, “In effect, Mr. Gonzales has confirmed that the Bush administration is violating human rights as a matter of policy.”
Washington Post & NY Times Oppose Gonzales Nomination
HeadlineJan 26, 2005