DoJ seeks Miranda documents (GOP aide who filched Dem docs)

[Rose Siding]

Justice Department officials are negotiating with the Senate’s legal counsel over access to Judiciary Committee documents on the committee’s investigation of a memo scandal that roiled the upper chamber two years ago, according to a source familiar with the situation.

The Senate legal counsel is in turn consulting with committee staff about the sensitivity of the documents to determine what can be turned over to the executive branch, decisions that could have an impact on how much access future administrations have over legislative documents.
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The lack of progress prompted Durbin to send a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in September asking for information on the status of the probe and suggesting the appointment of a new special prosecutor to “invigorate this investigation and move it forward in a timely manner that will yield results.”
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The Republican aides may have accessed more than 4,000 Democratic documents from the Judiciary Committee server.

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/021606/news4.html

[acmejack]

1. An amazing time we live in, is it not?

I'm listening to Frist on the floor now. How I detest that pompous blowhard.

[seafan]

2. Happened in Orrin Hatch's office. I remember his "shock and dismay".

He coundn't IMAGINE his staffer doing this. Yeah, anything you say, Senator Hatch.

[NashVegas]

3. Good to See Someone's Still Going After Frist

Miranda was one of his aides.