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Report Finds Gonzales Mishandled Classified Documents; Won’t Be Charged

From the AP:

The report says Gonzales failed to store the documents in proper secure facilities and at one point took them home. The report released Tuesday also says he stored them in his briefcase because he did not know the combination to the safe at his house.

Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine referred the security breach to the department’s National Security Division. But the reports says prosecutors there declined to bring charges against Gonzales.

… Additionally, Gonzales kept some of the documents in a safe in his office that was accessed by several employees who “lacked the necessary security clearances for this information,” the report concludes.

Alberto Gonzales, DOJ Office Of The Inspector General, Glenn Fine

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