Aberto Gonzales

August 28, 2007 - 11:26am

Former U.S. Attorney General says no way to Chertoff as Gonzales successor

Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, who served as Lyndon Johnson's Attorney General, says Michael Chertoff would be a bad pick for Bush: John F. Kennedy Library PhotoNicholas deB. Katzenbach, who served as Lyndon Johnson's Attorney General, says Michael Chertoff would be a bad pick for Bush: John F. Kennedy Library PhotoCiting an administration in a Constitutional free fall, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson, said George W. Bush should not choose Michael Chertoff as the successor to outgoing U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

"I had a good deal of respect for Michael Chertoff, but I haven’t heard about him objecting to the things going on within his orbit. He’s a lawyer. He ought to know better," Katzenbach said of the Secretary of Homeland Security and former U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, who has been rumored as a potential replacement for Gonzales.

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