Monica Discriminated against Margaret Chiara's Purported Lover, Too
Today's DOJ report includes a denial from Margaret Chiara and Leslie Hagen that they were in a relationship. Yet that alleged affair was--by all accounts--the reason Chiara was fired. Was Chiara fired based on a false rumor?
Bush's Idea of Worthwhile Candidates to Be Immigration Judges
Among the hacks the White House tried (unsuccessfully, thankfully) to hire through their politicized hiring process was a guy who swore in his interview and said his weakness was "blondes."
Monica's Job History
It sure looks like they created positions solely to make it easy for Monica Goodling to politicize hiring in DOJ.
Monica Goodling Helped the Terrorists Win
Apparently, Monica Goodling believes Democrats are more dangerous than terrorists. And George Bush doesn't seem to care.
The Monica Goodling Report
The DOJ IG's "Monica Goodling" report documents what we already knew: Monica Goodling illegal politicized hiring in DOJ.
Bob Novak Is One Key to Libby's Aspen Letter
While sorting through my old files, I discovered that Bob Novak is one key to understanding Libby's Aspen Letter.
They've Compartmentalized Mukasey from the Corruption
Scott Horton suggested that the political flacks in DOJ have kept Michael Mukasey from learning some details about Rove's politicized prosecutions. He may well be right.
The Off the Record Club Now On the Record, Still Desperate for Positive Press for McCain
Charlie Black (and, presumably, Ken Duberstein) are pitching the tale that McCain's about to name his running-mate again.
Pelosi Appoints Dusty Foggo and Jose Rodriguez' Buddy to Ethics Committee
Nancy Pelosi just appointed one of the most ethically impaired Congressmen this side of the Abramoff mob to be in charge of Congress' Ethics Review Board.
When Did the US Postal Inspectors Replace Our Courts?
According to information revealed by Artur Davis yesterday, it seems our antagonistic Courts system secretly got replaced with postal inspectors. And no one seems to care.
Sanchez v. Mukasey on "Executive Privilege"
I wanted to look closely at the exchange between Congresswoman Sanchez and Attorney General Mukasey to see if it gets us any closer to determining whether DOJ reviewed Bush's invocation of absolute immunity for Rove--and specifically whether he bought off on the claim that the matters in question pertained to Rove's "official duties." I can't tell. But I can tell you that Mukasey schooled Sanchez in the exchange.
A Timeline of Lamar Smith's Pathetic Attempt to Save Karl Rove
Funny. Lamar Smith's attempt to save Karl Rove's ass was not an attempt to gather information for the Subcommittee. Rather, it appears to have been an attempt to be able to say to Attorney General Muaksey that Rove had been nice and compliant, just in time for Mukasey's appearance before the Committee today.
Rove All-But Confirms He DID Talk to Non-DOJ People About Siegelman
Lamar Smith tried to let Karl Rove off easy on questions about his involvement in the Don Siegelman affair. But all he managed to do, it seems, is to make it clear that he was talking to people in Alabama about the prosecution.
Church Committee, The Bush II Version?
Tim Shorrock describes the possibility of a second Church Committee to investigate the abuses of the Bush--and Reagan and Clinton--Administrations.
Once a Predictable Tool, Always a Predictable Tool
Did Novak's old friends in the Off the Record Club set Novak up as a tool?
Those Who Forget Never Knew the Past...
Dana "Pig Missile" Perino may well have a chance to make up for her colossal embarrassment on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me."
David Iglesias Doesn't Think Those Were Karl Rove's "Official Duties," Either
Like Don Siegelman, David Iglesias doesn't buy Fred Fielding's claim that Rove's subpoena pertained to Rove's "official duties."