2 Former Aides to Bush Get Subpoenas Miers, Taylor Had Roles in Firings Of U.S. Attorneys The White House gave no indication that it intends to comply with the demands. "It’s clear that they’re trying to create some media drama," said spokesman Tony Snow, referring to Democratic lawmakers. By targeting two former administration officials, Sen. […]
White House Subpoenas by Congressman John Conyers I wanted to share with all of you the reasoning behind a significant step I have taken in the investigation of the mass firings of federal prosecutors and the politicization occurring within the Department of Justice. Today, I issued subpoenas to former White House Counsel Harriett Miers to […]
Watching the news tonight, Tim Russert was reporting on the recent MSNBC/WSJ poll. Americans disapprove of everything – the President, Congress, our direction. All I have to say is that it’s about gaddamn time! Congress is choked. The Democratic Majority is not large enough in the Senate to over-ride a veto, pass cloture on a […]
These are the ‘withheld’ emails that involved Sara Taylor as we knew about them before yesterday’s email dump: Here are three of those emails as they were ‘dumped’ yesterday: First – the ‘Description’ in the table of withheld emails hardly fits the email itself. Second – notice the email address, st@gwb43.com. Third – Sampson is […]
There’s a new email dump. This one has Sara Taylor’s emails included. Sara Taylor was Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs at the White House. In this email exchange where she’s mad about DAG McNulty testifying that Cummins was let go to make a place for Tim Griffin. She says, […]
For several years, I’ve pondered how the Republican machine worked, what turned the wheels that allowed Rovites to have so much influence over the voting apparatus? It hasn’t been a question of if it happening, it’s been a question of how. We’ve learned a lot about that in the last six months. With the U.S. […]
It certainly does clarify things for me, Brad. You were lying through your frigging teeth. You still are. This letter is what’s called an evasive rationalization. You think you’ve found a way to justify bringing this suit that will keep you out of prison. That may or not be true. But what you’re avoiding […]
Not that we need more examples, but Jason Leopold’s t·r·u·t·h·o·u·t interview of fired U.S. Attorney John McKay is well worth watching. Like the others interviewed publicly, Carol Lam, Todd Graves, and David Iglesias, McKay is obviously a very solid citizen – someone we should be proud to have serving in the DoJ. Why was […]
Fleeting Glory in Albania This, I am convinced, is how future generations will remember George W. Bush: as the president who abandoned our traditional concepts of justice and human rights, choosing instead a program of state-sponsored kidnapping, arbitrary detention and abusive interrogation techniques such as "waterboarding." We will remember him for the Iraq war, of […]
Like the President said, "It’s political." Opposed: Alexander, Lamar- (R – TN) Allard, Wayne- (R – CO) Bennett, Robert F.- (R – UT) Bond, Christopher S.- (R – MO) Bunning, Jim- (R – KY) Burr, Richard- (R – NC) Chambliss, Saxby- (R – GA) Cochran, Thad- (R – MS) Corker, Bob- (R – TN) Cornyn, […]