What can they be thinking over at
the Christian Science Monitor?
A more moderate voice as AG
By Peter Grier Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON – One of the most important things to remember about Attorney General-designate Alberto Gonzales is obvious: He's not John Ashcroft.
A moderate conservative with a mild demeanor, White House counsel Gonzales - unlike Ashcroft - isn't a polarizing figure in Washington. He'll draw some tough questions from Senate Democrats, but he's likely to be easily confirmed. ....
Gonzales wrote a draft memo on the treatment of prisoners that called some of the Geneva Convention provisions on prisoner treatment "quaint." His office also played a role in the formulation of a 2002 Justice Department memo that concluded torture of suspected terrorists might be legal under some circumstances. ... [ The Christian Science Monitor ]
