Alberto Gonzales Quotes

Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it’s a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts.

Well, first of all, let me say that – let me remind your viewers that I am recused from this investigation, and what I said this weekend is not anything new.

We’re talking about the lawyers for the United States of America. And I think it’s very, very important that the lawyers be comfortable being very candid and open about their views on very sensitive issues affecting the United States.

We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the end of the day I’m optimistic that if given a fair hearing and a fair opportunity, that he will be confirmed.

This is a very highly charged investigation. People are very interested in this, and we’ve got a prosecutor, a very well respected prosecutor who’s been looking at this issue, this investigation for a long time.

There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there is certain documentation that do deserve protection, that certain privileges do apply and do deserve protection.