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Jan Crawford Greenburg / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: E-Mails Show Rove's Role in U.S. Attorney Firings — Unreleased E-Mails Contradict White House Assertions That the Firings Originated With Harriet Miers — New unreleased e-mails from top administration officials show that the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys was raised …
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Strategist Says Gonzales Is "Finished" — Senate Investigation Heats Up Amid Calls For Attorney General Gonzales' Ouster — (CBS/AP) Pressure mounted on the White House Thursday to fire Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for the abrupt dismissal of U.S. attorneys.
New York Times:
Rove Is Linked to Early Query Over Dismissals — Karl Rove, the senior presidential adviser, inquired about firing United States attorneys in January 2005, e-mail messages released Thursday show. The request prompted a Justice Department aide to respond that Alberto R. Gonzales …
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Mark Memmott / On Deadline:
Second Republican suggests Gonzales should go — A second Senate Republican stepped forward today to suggest that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should leave his post because of the way the Justice Department handled the firings of eight federal prosecutors, USA TODAY's Kathy Kiely tells us.
Jan Crawford Greenburg / ABCNEWS:
E-Mails Show Rove's Role in U.S. Attorney Firings — White House Says E-Mails Are Consistent With Its Original Statements on the Controversy — New unreleased e-mails from top administration officials show that the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys was raised by White House Deputy Chief …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Email: Most USAs Are "Loyal Bushies" — As reported earlier on ABC News, here is the email that shows that the whole U.S. attorney purge scheme originated with Karl Rove. It was released this evening by the Justice Department. — In the email, which has the subject line "Re …
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CREW ASKS FOR HOUSE INVESTIGATION INTO WHITE HOUSE VIOLATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT — U.S. ATTORNEY FIRINGS AND ABRAMOFF-RELATED EMAILS SENT FROM RNC AND OTHER OUTSIDE ADDRESSES CIRCUMVENT MANDATORY RECORD-KEEPING SYSTEM — Washington, DC - In light of e-mails released …
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Nico / Think Progress:Schumer: White House Holding 'Active And Avid Discussion' Over Gonzales Resignation
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:L.A. Times Outrageously Misstates Facts on Timing of Targeting of Lam
Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:CBS and NBC Pursue Gonzales and Rove, But ABC Raises Clinton and Lack of Illegality
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Senate GOP Turns Back Iraq Pullout Plan — The Senate today rejected a binding Democratic-sponsored resolution that would have set a target date a little more than a year from now for the withdrawal of most U.S. combat troops from Iraq. Senators then approved by large margins …
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New York Times:
Senate Rejects Measure for Iraq Pullout — In a largely party-line vote, the Senate today rejected a Democratic resolution aimed at withdrawing most American combat troops from Iraq in 2008. But Democratic leaders vowed to keep raising the measure to escalate pressure on the Bush Administration …
New York Times:
Phony Fraud Charges — In its fumbling attempts to explain the purge of United States attorneys, the Bush administration has argued that the fired prosecutors were not aggressive enough about addressing voter fraud. It is a phony argument; there is no evidence that any of them ignored real instances of voter fraud.
Washington Post:
Valerie Plame, the Spy Who's Ready to Speak for Herself — Years of Silence Will End Today With Capitol Hill Testimony — She has been silent nearly four years. Today, the CIA officer whose unmasking fueled a political uproar and criminal probe that reached into the White House is poised …
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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Officials: Mohammed exaggerated claims — WASHINGTON - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's claims that he was responsible for dozens of successful, foiled and imagined attacks in the past 15 years relies on a loose definition of the word "responsible." Officials say the 9/11 mastermind was key to some plots but a bit player in others.
Matt Ortega / The Huffington Post:
Duncan Hunter's Blogger Ethics Problem — The campaign staffer for Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine, Calif.), TheConservativeVoice.com founder Nathan Tabor, signed on as the Director of Internet Outreach in mid-February citing the congressman's "commitment to conservative principles."
Jennifer Skalka / Baltimore Sun:
Death penalty repeal fails … Efforts to repeal the death penalty in Maryland were dealt an apparently fatal blow Thursday when a key state Senate committee defeated the measure, leaving a court-ordered moratorium on state executions in place and some legislators weighing a study of the issue.
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