Rove Ordered Not to Cooperate; Gonzales Refuses to Alter Testimony

[DeepModem Mom]

WP: Administration Again Rebuffs Senators
Rove Ordered Not to Cooperate; Gonzales Refuses to Alter Testimony
By Michael Abramowitz and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, August 2, 2007; Page A06

The Bush administration pushed back against congressional Democrats on two fronts yesterday, as the White House formally directed senior adviser Karl Rove not to cooperate with a Senate probe into the firing of U.S. attorneys and Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales declined to alter testimony that some senators have described as misleading.

The actions seemed certain to heighten the confrontation between Congress and the administration over a pair of investigations, one looking into whether politics tainted the removal of nine senior federal prosecutors, the other involving the legality of a surveillance program operated by the National Security Agency.

As expected, the White House invoked executive privilege in declining to allow Rove and one of his aides, J. Scott Jennings, to provide documents or testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is exploring Rove's role in the firing of U.S. attorneys....

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Meanwhile, Gonzales sought to clear up questions about his credibility stemming from his testimony on the NSA's warrantless surveillance program. He acknowledged that his previous testimony to the committee may have been confusing but said there was no intent to mislead and declined to change his testimony....

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Leahy was not mollified by what he called a "legalistic explanation" by Gonzales and said the attorney general has until tomorrow "to correct and supplement his testimony." He said in a statement: "It is time for full candor to enforce the law and promote justice, rather than word parsing." Leahy also sharply criticized the White House for refusing to allow Rove to appear, asking, "Why is the White House working so hard to hide Karl Rove's involvement?"...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080102281.html

[Botany]

1. But the dems are going to send a strong letter to the White House.

I give up .... wake me when our side quits being wimps.

[acmavm]

2. And did anyone not expect this to happen? Really, if anyone

thought that KKKarl would show up they have to be out of their minds.

[peacetalksforall]

5. He can dance for us, but he can't be a citizen for us. He is above all law

and whether Christian political lemmings believe it or not - he is above God i.e., believes he is. Terrorism reigns. Republican (plus) profit and control objectives reign.

[Virginia Dare]

3. Two more in contempt...n/t

[Bitwit1234]

4. Nothing will happen except ----

the committee will apologize to bush for issuing the subpoenas in the first place. I think everyone should call not email because they NEVER read the emails anyway, and tell those spineless democrats to either issue an inherent contempt citation for those sorry ass republicans or they will find them selves on a permanent vacation in 2009.