First Batch of released DOJ emails (3/12) show activity during the "Gap"

[sabra]

http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/DOJdocsPt2070313.pdf

[Danieljay]

1. self deleted.

[radfringe]

2. EARS evaluation?

wonder what's in those documents...

why wasn't the judge satisfied with a "no"?

why the request for the docs denied if the judge could get them through Waxman/Pelosi/Conyers?

[blogslut]

8. The Ears

Are in the last doc dump. It's on the House Judiciary site. I don't know which pdf it is though.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. What's that saying? It's not the crime, it's the cover-up? Here there's probably both

They need to reissue the subpoena more narrowly, concerning the specific time period where no records supposedly exist. Force the White House to issue an sworn affidavit of no records. That's where it becomes very interesting.

[Spazito]

4. Whoa! Here is what they are talking about!

Bush loyalist among fired U.S. attorneys
Threatened controversy over a poor evaluation of federal prosecutor Kevin Ryan in San Francisco derailed plans to retain him.

SAN FRANCISCO — The "company man" hired and fired by the Bush administration as U.S. attorney in San Francisco was a loyal Republican the administration wanted to keep on — until it appeared he could become a public relations liability.

Unlike seven other fired federal prosecutors who may have run afoul of the administration for political reasons, San Francisco U.S. Atty. Kevin Ryan was a team player for Bush and had influential Republican support. A friend of the president even went to bat for Ryan after his firing.

snip

Despite his problems, which were well documented in legal newspapers, Justice officials wanted to keep Ryan on, even as they plotted the firings of other U.S. attorneys. It was only when a Democratic judge threatened to go to Congress to raise a public fuss over an excoriating written evaluation of Ryan's office that Ryan was put on the termination list, according to e-mails released by the White House.

Ryan's critics persuaded Justice that his firing "could avoid the release of documents" highly critical of his management style, Little said.

more

Here is the DU LBN link re this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2776837

The LA Times article requires registration to read

[originalpckelly]

5. So let's get this right: We have a fella who should've been fired, but...

was fervently defended by the DOJ. This was during the gap. Something's not right.

[sabra]

6. so question is what are they hiding?

- embarrassing info? or more...

[kath]

7. An important thing to keep in mind is that the US Attorneys who KEPT their jobs likely did

all kinds of sleazy things in order to keep those jobs. They need to be VIGOROUSLY investigated.