Probe of federal prosecutors intensifies

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Probe of federal prosecutors intensifies

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is being pulled further into the intensifying probe over federal prosecutor firings amid new questions about top political adviser Karl Rove's role and as GOP support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales erodes.

President Bush's top legal aides were to tell congressional Democrats on Friday whether and under what conditions they would allow high-level White House officials, including Rove, to testify under oath in the inquiry.

Subpoenas could come as early as next week.

E-mails released this week, including a set issued Thursday night by the Justice Department, appear to contradict the administration's assertion that Bush's staff had only limited involvement in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, which Democrats have suggested were a politically motivated purge.

Each new piece in the rapidly unfolding saga of how the prosecutors came to be dismissed has made it more difficult for the White House to insulate itself from the controversy.

The latest e-mails between White House and Justice Department officials show that Rove inquired in early January 2005 about firing U.S. attorneys.

The one-page document, which incorporates an e-mail exchange in January 2005, also indicates Gonzales was considering dismissing up to 20 percent of U.S. attorneys in the weeks before he took over the Justice Department.

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[BOSSHOG]

1. It sounds like indictments would be more appropriate then subpoenas

[Jackpine Radical]

2. OK--Let's rephrase the question:

Under what circumstances will the White House permit indictments to be issued against the Chief Brownshirt?

[KKKarl is an idiot]

3. This is bogus

"President Bush's top legal aides were to tell congressional Democrats on Friday whether and under what conditions they would allow high-level White House officials, including Rove, to testify under oath in the inquiry."

When anyone is issued a subpoena they have to testify. What conditions are they talking about. Must the room be at a constant 68F for Karl to handle it. It is time for impeachment. This thing about telling congress what they can or cannot do it a dictatorship.