From it we learn :

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has retreated from public view this week in an intensive effort to save his job, spending hours practicing testimony and phoning lawmakers for support in preparation for pivotal appearances in the Senate this month, according to administration officials….

A friend asks me:

Aren’t you comforted knowing that the exclusive focus of the Attorney General of the United States is on preparation for congressional testimony during which he wants to explain that he wasn’t in charge of the Department of Justice and therefore should be trusted to stay on as AG?