Must a person BE in office to be impeached?

The constitution says: “Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to
Law.”

While “removal from Office” is obviously only pertinent to an office holder, is the “disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States” available “according to the Law” (that is, independent of impeachment)?

While I’m not terribly concerned that Gonzales will return to “enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States,” in my lifetime, I AM concerned that the evidence that could have been established in an impeachment/trial will now very likely never be made public.

Please send any reply to the e-mail address, above.

Thanks,

John Puma
Lebanon OR