A couple of weeks ago I commented on the increasing tendency of Bush appointees to suffer amnesia at their confirmation hearings. Dana Milbank and Charles Babington address the issue in today’s “Washington Memo” column.
Gonzales used the words “I am not at liberty to disclose” at least 10 times; “I do not recall” or “I have no recollection” six times; I did not “conduct a search” seven times; “I am not at liberty [to discuss certain matters]” 10 times; and “I have no present knowledge” seven times.
The last one I especially like. I wonder if that means he has “past knowledge” but at present won’t recall it.
I wonder what conservative readers of this blog might think.
“It’s a little bit appalling,” Bruce Fein, a Reagan administration Justice Department official, said of the Bush administration’s dealings with Congress. “A conservative should want greater congressional scrutiny — it limits government, and it checks folly.”