A Justice Department report criticizing its former owner, Alberto Gonzales, manage documents ultrasecretos badly on a domestic spying program and interrogation of suspected terrorists, two of the most controversial aspects of the offensive anti-terrorist government of George W. Bush.
According to the report, Gonzales documents not kept in a safe place and even took them to his house. He also said that in his briefcase left unknown because the combination of the safe at home.
The Justice inspector general, Glenn A. Fine, made the complaint with the Division of the Department of Homeland Security. But the report said that prosecutors declined to bring charges against Gonzales.
"Our investigation concluded that Gonzales badly handled secret material relating to two highly sensitive compartmented programs," says the report by Fine. He added that Gonzales brought documents to his home "and kept there for an indefinite period".
In addition, Gonzales documents kept in a safe in his office which he had access to employees who "lacked the authorization of security for this information."
In so doing, Gonzales violated rules and procedures of the Department of Justice regarding the handling of secret material, the report said.
Attorneys Gonzales responded that the former secretary, who resigned last year amid criticism, not badly handled these documents purposely. Rather, it was neglected or ignored the rules.
In a memorandum of response to the report, the lawyer George Terwilliger also said that there is no evidence that the intelligence came in the eyes of unauthorized persons to know.
The existence of the memorandum was disclosed on Monday by The Associated Press.
On Tuesday, the Justice spokesman, Dean Boyd, said that an internal review after prosecutors decided not to file charges against Gonzales.
