Gonzales heckled at Harvard Law School reunion
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) -- A small group of student protesters, including one wearing a black hood and an orange jumpsuit, heckled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as he posed with old classmates Saturday during their 25-year Harvard Law School reunion.
* f U+ W2 a5 P8 W" t- i/ D5 {"When the photographer was getting everybody set up and having people say 'cheese,' the protesters yelled: 'say torture, instead,' 'resign' and 'I don't recall,"' said Nate Ela, a protester and third-year student.
/ X, x( b1 G# H% R2 YLaw school spokesman Mike Armini said the impromptu protest was so small that some of those attending the photo shoot did not notice it.3 @- l' p$ r O# n& t
Ela said the protesters followed Gonzales into the law school's library, chanting "shame" and "resign," before the attorney general's security detail took him to his motorcade.
- }, h" a6 p1 V4 v: r* u1 V# w4 eGonzales was at the university to deliver a lunchtime speech, a visit that was unannounced to students. But word spread quickly after his motorcade and security detail were spotted., X3 r! n5 m+ D5 U A3 _
"The departure was clearly undignified," said Thomas Becker, a second-year law student who wore the black hood and orange jumpsuit during the protest. "He looked really annoyed."
k. f+ U1 { [( ]( rA Department of Justice spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.. E, `, t; m& v# T: U+ }2 n: R/ L
Gonzales is resisting pressure to resign as lawmakers question whether he could effectively run the Justice Department amid the controversy over the firings of eight prosecutors. |