- CONFIRMATION HEARING ON THE NOMINATION OF ALBERTO R. GONZALES TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

In November 2004, President Bush nominated Alberto Gonzalez as Minister of Justice. At his confirmation hearing he stated that the Torture Treaty prohibits cruel, inhuman or degrading handling and does not apply to countries other than the United States held abroad. Citizen. When the Senate ratified the Torture Treaty, it noted that it made the following reservations (amendments) to the Convention: Cruel, inhuman and grave treatment is cruel and unusual 5, It is banned in Article 8, 5. Gonzalez believes that this Convention does not include "foreigners who are tried outside the United States and are tried outside the United States" because the US Constitution does not apply to foreign countries. That person asked for an explanation about his reservation. One of them was Abraham Sofa, a lawyer at the State Council who made an appointment to the Senate in 1990.

President Bush enforced the law in Columbus, Ohio and asked Congress to re-approve the US Patriot Act. In a speech to the audience including a unified state police officer from the Ohio Patrol Training Academy, President Bush reminded Americans that the Patriot Act has achieved results by preventing terrorist attacks. President Bush urged legislators to ignore what he was calling "an unfair criticism of this important good law". He said that the "Patriot Act" was used to appeal over 400 suspects and more than half were convicted. He also said that it has been used to defeat terrorists in New York, Oregon, Virginia and Florida.

Prosecutor Alberto R. Gonzalez appeared in Fox News along with British Hugh this weekend and warned him not to confront the fear of self-satisfaction and expressed strong support for the American Patriot Act. Is difficult. Law enforcement agencies protect the United States. "From these attacks we know that threats still exist, do not be confident, you need the authority to help us and enable law enforcement agencies to gather information. Friends and allies. "