ThinkProgress: BREAKING: Gonzales Approved Firings Of U.S. Attorneys

[babylonsister]

GONZO IS A LIAR, GONZO IS A LIAR...

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/23/breaking-gonzales-approved-firings-of-us-attorneys/

BREAKING: Gonzales Approved Firings Of U.S. Attorneys

ABC News reports: “New documents show Gonzales approved firings of U.S. attonreys, contracting earlier claims he was not closely involved.”

UPDATE: The AP reports:

Gonzales approved plans to fire several U.S. attorneys in a November meeting. …

The Nov. 27 meeting, in which the attorney general and at least five top Justice Department officials participated, focused on a five-step plan for carrying out the firings of the prosecutors, Justice Department officials said late Friday.

There, Gonzales signed off on the plan, which was crafted by his chief of staff, Kyle Sampson. Sampson resigned last week in the wake of the political firestorm surrounding the firings.

UPDATE II: On March 12, Gonzales denied any involvement in the prosecutor purge:

I was not involved in seeing any memos, was not involved in any discussions about what was going on … That’s basically what I knew as attorney general.

[Patsy Stone]

1. I just heard this on MSNBC

:bounce:

[fooj]

2. Wonder how that PR Tour is working for him...

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

3. Prolly notsogood.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17763780/

:hi:

[fooj]

14. Well, lookie here...

The documents were released Friday night, a few hours after Sampson agreed to testify at a Senate inquiry next week into the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year.:popcorn:

I want a seat in the front row. :hi:

[marmar]

4. Resignation in time for the Sunday talk shows?

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

5. Oooh! If only! nt

[AlinPA]

6. The US Department of Justice has broken down. A liar is in charge, and

to make matters worse, the courts are in republican control.

[Duer 157099]

7. Is this a new email that was released today? Anyone seen it?

That falls square in the "missing gap" -- although I recall that one email from late Nov was in last weeks dump.

Anyone have any more details????

If this is new, and if this email is truly from the missing gap, and if it is as incriminating as it seems, then this is a pretty big development. Or is it just a rehash?

[babylonsister]

8. There was a news dump tonight, per this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3178053&mesg_id=3178053

I'm looking for more info.

[C_U_L8R]

9. But who's gonna protect the kids now ?????

Heckova job Gonzo !!

[redacted]

10. Texas Legal Ethics Materials from Cornell Law School

http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/texas.html

[Pryderi]

11. Gonzo v Rove

Rove's winning.

[babylonsister]

12. Yes. Rove smart, Gonzo, not so much. But heah! He's the blivet's buddy! nt

[burrowowl]

13. AND ...

Rove ... Bu$h!?!?!?
Responsiblity ... Accountability ... ETC.!