Bush Admin Emails Contradict Sworn Testimony

[kpete]

Bush Admin Emails Contradict Sworn Testimony
Washington Post | Dan Eggen | March 15, 2007

In testimony on Jan. 18, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Justice Department had no intention of avoiding Senate input on the hiring of U.S. attorneys.

Just a month earlier, D. Kyle Sampson, who was then Gonzales's chief of staff, laid out a plan to do just that. In an e-mail, he detailed a strategy for evading Arkansas Democrats in installing Tim Griffin, a former GOP operative and protege of presidential adviser Karl Rove, as the U.S. attorney in Little Rock.


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[Richard Steele]

1. We need these lying SOBs to answer some real questions UNDER OATH.

Anything short of that is just wasting time.

[BOSSHOG]

2. I think its time to start constructing the Gallows in front of the Capitol

Three could hang at a time. Should take about a week to exact punishment on every criminal republican in Washington.

[madokie]

5. back in my day I was considered a pretty good carpenter and I'll volunteer my time

a good house cleaning is in order here

[Richard Steele]

7. That's too quick, too GOOD for them.

We've got some great dog cages just begging to be put
to better use down Guantanamo way....

[Gman]

23. 3 per hour, 8 hours a day

120 total, Monday - Friday (with no holidays). Sounds good to me.

[BOSSHOG]

24. We could sell tickets

and invite concessionaires to open up.

[Gman]

25. Sell DU bumper stickers

"Impeach Bush", etc.

[NewJeffCT]

17. Lying to Congress is a crime as well

I believe, even if not under oath.

[annabanana]

3. The stage is set for a "Republican Hero" to take the cabal down.

Who will defy their boss and fulfill that role? It really won't take more than a few principled people who were not aware of the depths of corruption.

[The Wielding Truth]

12. The US won't get near another Republicon,no matter what the package.

[beltanefauve]

28. I'd start with

a pool of senators whose seats are vulnerable and are up for re-election in 2008. That'll surely instill some "principle".

[porphyrian]

4. I'll kick that with absolutely no surprise. - n/t

[ejbr]

10. You weren't surpised???!!!

eh...neither was I.:eyes:

[porphyrian]

11. I tried to be surprised, but it didn't work. - n/t

[NewJeffCT]

18. I'd have been floored

If Team Bush was honest about something, or had actually done something that put the benefit of the country ahead of power and partisan politics.

[porphyrian]

19. ...or if they actually admitted being wrong and failing. Imagine that. - n/t

[Lasher]

6. Off you go now, to the greatest page!

Maybe Speedy had a flashback and thought Specter still chaired the Judiciary Committee.

It's hard to believe Speedy didn't know about Sampson's plan but is there anything that proves it that he did? Was he included on distribution of an email that conveyed this information?

[zbdent]

8. Hmm, evidence contradicting sworn testimony ...

Well, that was known as perjury, which, until recently, was a federal offense ...

[Supersedeas]

14. but but but where is the underlying crime--maybe he merely forgot those emails

[IWantAChange]

9. 'Bush Admin Emails Contradict Sworn Testimony' - can u say 'Mushroom Cloud?'

forget smoking gun analogies - the US Attorney scandal - GonzoGate - isn't going to go away anytime soon and that's bad for Repukes - because as the light of day shines on them even some of the infamous BASE are going to taste bile rising.

[onenote]

13. one line of questioning I'd like to see

I'd like Sampson to be called up before the Judiciary Committee and asked about his working relationship with Gonzales. It is inconceivable to me that as Chief of Staff he wouldn't have let his boss know his role in the dismissals of the prosecutors, if not during the entire process, certainly after it became a public controversy. Also, as Chief of Staff, he almost certainly would've been involved in the development of Gonzales' testimony before the Committee in January -- the testimony that turns out to be utter BS.

I'd like to see Sampson asked whether he typically was involved in the development of, and was familiar with, testimony that his boss presented. Was he involved with the January testimony? If not, why not? If so, did he simply sit quietly by and allow his boss to come up with a position that he knew was untrue?

And then, after he testifies, I'd like to see Gonzo back in the hot seat explaining that, assuming Sampson claims that he never told Gonzo about his role, even to the point of allowing Gonzo to go up to the Hill and make false and misleading statements, why in the world didn't Gonzo fire his ass instead of allowing him to stay on the DOJ payroll while he seeks other employment? Heck, I'd like to see someone ask Gonzo if he would give Sampson a favorable job recommendation?

[WiseButAngrySara]

15. Another k(pete)nr! ....n/t

[WorseBeforeBetter]

16. It's exhausting keeping up with these corrupt bastards.

Corrupt incestuous bastards, that is:

"Sampson, who resigned on Monday as the e-mails and memos came to light, has hired a lawyer, Bradford A. Berenson, who worked under Gonzales in the White House counsel's office from 2001 to 2003. Sampson also worked there during most of that time."

And if "it's very rare to actually have prosecutions for lying to Congress," what the hell is left? It's certainly a sad lesson for "the children" we hear so much about.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

29. With all that's gone down in the last few days, the Scooter Libby conviction seems ages ago

Was it really just one week ago? And the Democrats in Congress have only had the subpoena power for about 6 weeks. What will the list of uncovered scandals be like in 6 months?

[McCamy Taylor]

20. Gonzales lied to Congress about warrantless wiretaps, said there was none

when he knew that it was going on. The GOP Congress gave him a pass on this one. He is a serial liar, has thumbed his nose at Congressional oversight again and again and will continue to do so.

He should be impeached so that every crimina act that he has commited as AG becomes known.

[originalpckelly]

21. Not only that, he also said he'd never make a change in the US Attorney position for politics...

and yet Bud Cummins was forced out because of politics.

[malaise]

22. The end is nigh

Rethugs are 'screwn' after screwing everything and everyone they touched.

[texpatriot2004]

26. Oh what a wicked web they weave...

when at first they did deceive.

[Rex]

27. Woah. I felt it

again! Wow.

[suffragette]

30. "Contradict Sworn Testimony"

Or, in lay terms: Lied, lied, lied.

And they should pay, pay, pay.

[Disturbed]

31. If Gonzo refuses to resign and Busholini will not fire him

will the Dems in Congress start the Impeachment on this criminal AG?

[suffragette]

32. Good question

I hope so.

[TankLV]

33. SO WHAT ARE OUR DEMS GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?!!!!!

My prediction:

A big fat NOTHING!

This too will die down, and "we" will all "move on" to the next scandal...

I will be presently surprised if anything comes of this...

[LiberalFighter]

34. Links to Email Documents

3 different sources

From House Judiciary Committee
Committee on the Judiciary 1
Committee on the Judiciary 2
Committee on the Judiciary 3
Committee on the Judiciary 4

From NY Times
NY Times 1
NY Times 2
NY Times 3
NY Times 4

From International Herald Tribune Americas
Herald Tribune 1
Herald Tribune 2
Herald Tribune 3
Herald Tribune 4