(2007-07-11) Gonzales Lied Knowing Fbi Lawbreak

The EFF revealed that months before embattled U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told Congress in 2005 that "There has not been one verified case of CivilLiberties abuse" regarding the use of National Security Letter-s (NSL), he had been informed of several civil liberties abuses committed by the FBI using NSLs.... Gonzales and other administration officials went even further, telling Congress that that no abuses of the USA Patriot Act had ever occurred. This, too, documents obtained by the EFF through FOIA prove, was untrue.