This is especially surprising -- not only because there's little evidence that Gonzales took this kind of stand during his tenure -- but also because one of the most powerful arguments against Holder's decision is that this misconduct was already investigated by career prosecutors during the Bush years.
This paragraph should be suspect. It appears to be drawn from insufficient evi9dents and is mostly wishful thinking.
coupled with the conclusion that is reached leads me to believe they are not drawing their conclusions from direct quotes but they are gleaning information which is not definite but implied.