Gonzales has shielded and protected Bush as his lawyer, now he is chief law enforcement officer and he has brought some other WH lawyers with him.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&slug=Gonzales%20TeamMonday, February 14, 2005 · Last updated 1:33 p.m. PT
Gonzales taps White House lawyers as aides
By MARK SHERMAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON -- Though declaring his independence from President Bush, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has chosen as top aides three lawyers from the White House counsel's office he headed for four years.
Theodore Ullyot, Gonzales' chief of staff, and Raul Yanes, his chief counsel, moved over to the Justice Department with Gonzales earlier this month. Kyle Sampson, the deputy chief of staff, worked for Gonzales in the White House until 2003 and has been at the Justice Department since.
Underscoring the closeness of the ties, Ullyot, Yanes and Gonzales helped coordinate the White House response to the Justice Department investigation of who leaked the name of a CIA employee to the media. Since moving to the department, the three men have recused themselves from the investigation.
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At the same time, however, the hirings reinforce that Gonzales owes his position to the president, said Paul Light, a Brookings Institution expert on the executive branch.
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