Was Gonzales involved in the TYC cover-up?

From Raw Story:

The Texas juvenile justice sexual abuse scandal – in which Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton are accused of failing to take action – is a broader scandal that was covered up for two years, involving hundreds of serious complaints and investigations against dozens of staff members, according to officials.

The Texas Youth Commission scandal went unnoticed, says Texas Ranger Brian Burzynski, despite his numerous attempts, beginning in early 2005, to get local, state and federal prosecutors to investigate allegations teachers, administrators and guards had sex with minor male inmates.

Burzynski exposed the situation March 8 in testimony to the Texas legislature's Joint Committee on Operation and Management of the TYC. He stated he began his investigation Feb. 23, 2005, after a phone call from a teacher at the West Texas state school in Pyote, Texas, alleging another teacher at the school was involved in sexual misconduct with boy inmates. In his testimony, Burzynski detailed being rebuffed by federal, state and local prosecutors for two years.

Burzynski presented a timeline asserting his investigation was, in turn, stonewalled by Ward County District Attorney Randall Reynolds, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

All refused to prosecute, he claimed, despite being presented evidence of sexual abuse at the Pyote school.

More information should be forthcoming, but it is beginning to look like there was an attempt to bury an follow-up on this case in order to save Texas Republicans - including Rick Perry and Greg Abbott - who were up for reelection last year from any political ramifications. And if Alberto is connected in any significant way, then it's certainly curtains for him.

Keeping up with the Texas Youth Commission scandal

Vince over at Capitol Annex has it all covered. If you haven't been keeping up with it, go there and read his posts on the subject. It's shocking, horrifying, and enraging.

Vince points out the unliklihood of Perry not knowing about it in his latest post. It's an example of yet more incompetence and/or outright lying.

Seriously, let’s consider this: Dewhurst’s staff knew, Craddick’s staff knew, Perry’s staff knew, the U.S. Justice Department was involved, someone wrote a book about it, a Texas Ranger was investigating it, Dick Armey was writing his office about it, and still, Perry did not know?

Did he? Did he not? I'm sure we're all eager to find out.

Perry aides aware in 2005 that TYC charges not pursued

Dear God:

Gov. Rick Perry's staff knew as early as June 2005 that two
administrators at a Texas Youth Commission facility were not being prosecuted on allegations of sexually abusing youths in their custody, according to records obtained Tuesday by the Houston Chronicle.

Perry's aides have said that TYC notified them of the initial investigation in February 2005, and that they thought the case was being pursued by prosecutors until they were told otherwise in October 2006 by an aide to state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston.

Also, other records show Perry's office routinely sent written complaints from parents about their children's treatment in TYC facilities to the agency for self-investigation. A complaint of sexual
abuse involving students was forwarded to Perry in 2001 by then-U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Denton.

That was six years ago. Perry should be impeached over this.