links for today's stories on Gonzales perjury/obstruction of justice/"mistakes were made"

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on "Good Morning America," Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., called for the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales," reported ABC News' Jake Tapper and Cindy Smith. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2948538&page=1 "'The buck should stop somewhere,' Clinton told ABC News senior political correspondent Tapper, 'and the attorney general -- who still seems to confuse his prior role as the president's personal attorney with his duty to the system of justice and to the entire country -- should resign.'"

Feinstein says Lam firing connected to Cunningham scandal - can we say obstruction of justice?

From TPM via AP:Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Wednesday she believes the ouster of San Diego U.S. Attorney Carol Lam was connected to Lam's prosecution of former Republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, even though the Bush administration has denied it."In my heart of hearts I do, no matter what they say," Feinstein, D-Calif., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in an interview with The Associated Press.http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com /


the brutal filleting by Ruth Marcus on the Washington Post op-ed page http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/13/AR2007031301509.html makes clear that not all the questions have been answered quite yet.

two anonymous sources who play the national security card against the President's close personal friend!! http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/washington/14attorneys.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Two Republicans, anonymously. said top aides to Mr. Bush, including Fred F. Fielding, the new White House counsel, were concerned that the controversy had so damaged Mr. Gonzales's credibility that he would be unable to advance the White House agenda on national security matters, including terrorism prosecutions. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/washington/14attorneys.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Wall Street Journal: "Gonzales Testimony Is Undercut" http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117378849437235414-UA__x_ApNy7L_P7_fYKY03tcaZM_20080313.html
But Wall Street Journal Editorial page, without noting that there is no evidence for the charge that Clinton interfered with political cases by firing a DA, assets that Webb Hubbell WAS WORST! http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html )


Democrats renewed calls Tuesday for testimony from Rove and Miers, report the Washington Post's Dan Eggen and Paul Kane. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/13/AR2007031300776.html

"The White House signaled that it would resist the demands," they write.

"Familiar Fallback for Officials: 'Mistakes Were Made'," headlines the New York Times' John Broder on the federal prosecutor controversy and the history of the passive voice of error. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/washington/14mistakes.html

"'Loyalty to Bush and Gonzales Was Factor in Prosecutors' Firings, E-Mail Shows," headlines David Johnston and Eric Lipton's New York Times piece on the possible motives within the Bush Administration. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/washington/14justice.html

The White House cites lax voter-fraud investigations in U.S. Attorneys' rirings, reports the Washington Post's Amy Goldstein. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/13/AR2007031301725.html

The AP's Tim Korte has an interview with former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias who says that he was allowed to list AG Gonzales as a reference on his resume, which he says shows his firing was not performance related, but political. http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/546195nm03-14-07.htm