Protester stands in hearing room as Attorney General nominee Gonzales testifies at Senate confirmation hearing. A protestor wearing a "No to Torture" shirt stands in the back of the U.S. Senate hearing room as United States Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales testifies at the start of his U.S. Senate confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 6, 2005. Gonzales, whose controversial written legal opinions as White House counsel on torture and the Geneva Convention are inflaming debate over his confirmation, was chosen by President George W. Bush to replace Attorney General John Ashcroft after Ashcroft submitted his resignation. REUTERS/Jason Reed