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Fri Apr-06-07 04:49 AM
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9. Justice Department refuses to release documents on U.S. attorneys

Gonzales appearance at budget hearing is postponed until prosecutor issue is settled.

THE WASHINGTON POST
Friday, April 06, 2007

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is refusing to release hundreds of pages of additional documents related to the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, setting up a fresh clash with Capitol Hill in a controversy that continues to threaten Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' hold on his position.

The Senate Judiciary Committee, whose investigators have been allowed to view, but not obtain copies of, the records in question, is preparing subpoenas for those papers as well as for all e-mail or documents from the Justice Department and the White House connected to the dismissals of the prosecutors ...

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/04/06/6gonzales.html

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