Mukasey refuses probe of Bush aides
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago
Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to refer the House’s contempt citations against two of President Bush’s top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey said White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential counsel Harriet Miers committed no crime.
As […]
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7.27.07
Voter Caging
Was there a White House plot to illegally suppress votes in 2004?
Is there a similar plan for the upcoming elections?
This week NOW examines documents and evidence that points to a Republican Party plan designed to keep Democrats from voting, allegedly by targeting people based on their race and ethnicity with key battleground states like […]
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White House offers interview with Rove
Associated Press
By PETE YOST
The White House offered Tuesday to make political strategist Karl Rove and former counsel Harriet Miers available for congressional interviews — but not testimony under oath — in the investigation of the firing of eight federal prosecutors.
Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record), D-N.Y., said he would […]
blame the woman…especially if she no longer works there.
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None of the Michael Keaton bits work on Harriet.
Could it be that she sees Elvis?
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ABC EXCLUSIVE: E-Mails Show Rove’s Role in U.S. Attorney Firings
White House Asserts E-Mails Are Consistent With Its Original Statements on the Controversy
By JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG
March 15, 2007 — - New unreleased emails […]
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Editorial Pages Call for Axing Attorney General
By E&P Staff
Published: March 14, 2007 7:50 AM ET updated 10:40 AM ET
NEW YORK The New York Times got the editorial ball rolling on Monday, calling for the firing of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales due largely, if not completely, to the burgeoning scandal involving the forced departure of eight […]
“The letter said Walter Reed also awarded a five-year, $120-million contract to IAP Worldwide Services, which is run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official.”
Committee subpoenas former Walter Reed chief
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Mar 3, 2007 9:31:09 EST
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Maj. Gen. George […]
Here is what Dan Froomkin wrote about it.
“Purge of the Unbelievers
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, January 5, 2007; 12:18 PM
What to make of the sudden spate of personnel convulsions emanating from the White House?
I see a possible theme: A purge of the unbelievers.
Harriet Miers, a longtime companion of the president but never a true believer […]
In three other matches, Harriet the Lariat soundly thrashed Rover Boy on each occasion. The Cow Palace match was by far the most humiliating for Rover as the Lariat toyed with him by refusing to pin him. Instead she maintained a barrage of drop kicks, rope jumps and even two sleeper holds to show her […]