Rove and Ashcroft face new allegations in the Valerie Plame affair

[brettdale]

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/index.php?issue=0533&page=waasweb1&id=66861&cid=2

Justice Department officials made the crucial decision in late 2003 to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the leak of the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame in large part because investigators had begun to specifically question the veracity of accounts provided to them by White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, according to senior law enforcement officials.

[Moochy]

1. Great article, and great pic

Great pic of the laughing turd blossom too..

"The new information, that Ashcroft had not only refused to recuse himself over a period of months, but also was insisting on being personally briefed about a matter implicating his friend, Karl Rove, represents a stunning ethical breach that cries out for an immediate investigation by the Department's Office of Professional Responsibility and Inspector General."

Oh how sweet would it be if Ashcroft got in trouble for this???!?!




(*on edit added the quote about ashcroft)

[wli]

2. If any of this stuff works, Asscroft's going down too. n/t

[klebean]

3. curiosity finally satisfied

With an administration that behaves more like a secret brotherhood, (than government servants to We the People - remember that?), I have been unable to grasp how the likes of Patrick Fitzgerald got control of this investigation.

It's thanx to those "career Justice Department staffers" that Ashcroft was booted.

Love the last line: Then he added, almost as an afterthought: "We also don't want people that we might be interested in to know we're interested in them."