Boise, Idaho – More than 100 sign-waving foes of President Bush, Alberto Gonzales and the Iraq war interrupted the U.S. attorney general’s planned open-air news conference Tuesday, prompting organizers to move it.
The country’s top law enforcement official had met for 30 minutes with Idaho law enforcement agents to discuss their anti-gang efforts, then walked outside to find the protesters.
While some demonstrators sang anti-war songs, others held placards that read “Torture is not American,” a reference to a 2002 memo written by Gonzales that said Bush had the right to waive anti-torture laws and treaties that protect prisoners of war.
Said Phil Lansing, a Boise resident, “If he (Gonzales) is here to talk about gangs, I say there’s a gang running this country.”
