Utahn in eye of storm over axed prosecutors ANOTHER Sampson/Rove/Utah connection

[helderheid]

Cedar City native, BYU graduate resigns from attorney general's office
By Robert Gehrke
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 03/14/2007 12:12:18 AM MDT

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales disavowed any knowledge Tuesday of a long-running, coordinated effort to oust a group of U.S. attorneys between the White House and his chief of staff, Utah native D. Kyle Sampson.

Sixty-two pages of e-mails released Tuesday lay out how Sampson, who resigned Monday night, led an effort over nearly two years to identify U.S. attorneys who could be targeted for replacement by the Bush administration.

Gonzales said Tuesday that "mistakes were made here," but insisted he was not apprised of the purge orchestrated by his top staffer and defended it as the right decision. Gonzales said he was dismayed that Sampson did not share all of the information on the firings to those who testified before Congress, causing them to deliver incomplete information.

Democrats scoffed at Gonzales' assertion that he was out of the loop. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., called it a "sorry excuse" and renewed a call for the attorney general's resignation and for subpoenas for Sampson, former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove.

''The buck stops with the attorney general and it defies belief that his chief of staff was making all these major decisions without his knowledge,'' Schumer said on the Senate floor.

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Funny, last night I was saying to my husband that this Sampson guy looked like Rove - now I find out he's ALSO from Utah.

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INTERESTING - BYU has removed him from their pages and have blocked internet archive!

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[helderheid]

1. kick for photos

[John Q. Citizen]

2. The legs just keep on coming with this story. Funny that BYU thinks so too. n/t

[helderheid]

4. Yes, I was surprised they went to such great lengths!

[Warpy]

3. I think the GOP inner circle all grew from the same

tray of bullshit generally used to cultivate white mushrooms. They all look alike, and they all certainly relate better to bullshit than to anything else. Plus, they prefer the dark. Drag them out into the light, they start to spoil quickly.

Just watch out for the next generation: square of jaw, keen of eye, and full of shit. They're usually sporting full heads of dark hair and they look somewhat alike, examples are Hannity and Carlson, to name only two. Most of the GOP true believer males I know look just like 'em.

But yes, they all look alike and the younger guard now will look like shit fed musrooms as they age. Count on it.

[stellanoir]

5. may be this scandal might actually have some legs

K & R'd

[helderheid]

6. I do believe so!

[misternormal]

7. I am completely appalled...

... Another case of lying and finger-pointing to cover one's ass...

Makes Me sick.

[helderheid]

8. business as usual with them!