How Could It POSSIBLY Be Part of Karl Rove's "Official Duties" to Hijack DOJ?

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emptywheel
Don Siegelman responds to the question I've been asking for over a week: How can Fred Fielding claim that it was part of Rove's "official duties" to conduct witch hunts against Democrats?

Comments on Mukasey's Call for an Election-Season Showdown

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emptywheel
It looks like none of the parties involved are much interested in Attorney General Mukasey's call for new legislation on the Gitmo detainees. Good.

Mukasey Asks Congress to Resolve Boumediene Issues Instead of Courts

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emptywheel
Once again, the Administration is asking a supine Congress to help them avoid consequences for their own failures.
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Caretaker for the Regime

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emptywheel
Thus far, Michael Mukasey has served as an effective caretaker for Bush's regime of secrets and scandals. But all that may change, as Mukasey gets himself deeper and deeper into the cover-ups.
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Let The Sun Shine In

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bmaz
What we can accomplish through, and obtain from, Barack Obama in return for our support and votes? Here is my suggestion. I would like a full and definitive pledge to open and transparent government.
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President Haney Loads Up And Fixes To Move Back to Hooterville

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bmaz
Remember the condescending caterwauling by the Republicans when the Clintons were winding down and leaving office? Of course you do. Heavens to Betsy, they were going to plunder the country right down to stealing the "W"s off all the keyboards and typewriters. So, what is George Bush up to as the sun sets on his catastrophic presidency? As Mr. Haney (Bush) and Fred Sanford (Cheney - It's the big one Lynne, it's the big one!) perpetrate their parting scams and thefts and move back to the scrubbrush of Texas, let's make a list of what they are doing.

McCain: Is He Addled And Confused Or A Dishonorable Man?

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bmaz
Either John McCain is addled and confused in the face of trying to keep up with all that he must as a candidate for the most powerful position in the world, or he is a dishonorable cad that will blithely pass out confidential information and place important people's lives in danger to serve his own vain powerlust. Either way, he is unfit for the job he is applying for, President of the United States.
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To Favre Or Not To Favre, That Is the EW Trash Talk Question

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bmaz
Marcy has been pimping me to do up a Favre post ever since the first rumors came out of his waffliness months ago. Who am I to deny the hostess with the mostess? You guys have been quiet for too long, trash the joint dammit!

Meet the Bloggers and SendKarlRoveToJail.com

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emptywheel
On Meet the Bloggers, we talked about sending Bill Livingood to go arrest Karl Rove. How cool would that be?

Isn't It Time to Chat with Kyle Sampson Again?

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emptywheel
Durbin: Were you ever party to any conversation about the removal of Patrick Fitzgerald from his position as NDIL USA? Sampson: I remember on one occasion in 2006, in discussing the
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Fitzgerald Learned Rove Was Trying to Fire Him in 2005--While Rove Was Still Under Investigation

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emptywheel
The QFRs Fitzgerald did for HJC confirm what we've all suspected: Karl Rove was trying to have Patrick Fitzgerald fired during the period when DOJ first dreamt up the plan to fire the US Attorneys.

DOJ Doesn't Want to Say Whether It Agrees that Karl's "Official Duties" Include Witch Hunts

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emptywheel
I have to conclude that Peter Carr doesn't want to say whether or not DOJ advise Fred Fielding that Rove's "Official Duties" involve witch hunts against Democrats. I wonder why that is.

Meet the Bloggers Tomorrow at 1ET

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emptywheel
Brave New Foundation--the folks who put together all those videos on why Fox News sucks--is launching a cool new show tomorrow: Meet the Bloggers. The goal is to grow the show into something that will rival Meet the Press and the other Sunday shows, but feature bloggers. And tomorrow, it will include me! We're going to be discussing Kontemptuous Karl--and ways to make sure Congress actually does something this time after
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Bush Doesn't Want to Be Forbidden to Torture, Even If You Don't Tell the Terrorists

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emptywheel
There seems to be a lot of discussion about classified provisions in the Intelligence Oversight Bill of late. I wonder what's in there?

Waxman's Investigation

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emptywheel
Unlike HJC, Oversight does not publicly release subpoenas when they serve them. So Mukasey's cowardly letter begging Bush to invoke executive privilege so he doesn't have to go to jail for shielding Dick Cheney's role in outing Valerie Plame is one of the first hints of the scope of what Waxman was after.

Wilson Statement on Bush's Invocation of Executive Privilege to Protect Cheney

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emptywheel
Wilson says their civil suit against Cheney and others may be the only way Americans will learn the truth of Cheney's involvement in outing Plame.

Bush Invokes Executive Privilege to Shield Cheney's Role in Outing Valerie Plame

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emptywheel
I'm receiving word that Bush just invoked executive privilege over Cheney's interview with Fitzgerald during the CIA leak case.

"Library" Rhymes with "Bribery," Ted Stevens Edition

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emptywheel
Not only is President Bush a fan of corrupt donations to his presidential library, but so is Ted Stevens!

Turdblossom's Still a Lying Sack; AP Journalists Are Still Suck-Ups

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emptywheel
Eight years after Ron Fournier's "breezy email" to Rove, the AP continues to let Karl Rove walk all over them journalistically.

Dougie Feith Visits HJC

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emptywheel
Before Nadler's Subcommittee. I'll liveblog until Levin shows up at FDL--note, there's an 11 ET vote scheduled in the Senate, so Levin's likely to show up closer to 11:15. Nadler speaking now: "Perhaps there's something in the WH drinking water these days that causes amnesia."
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