Breaking news: Emails contradict Gonzales claims he wasn't closely involved with firings

[brettdale]

from msnbc.com

E-mails contradict Gonzales claims he wasn't closely involved with firings

[Little Wing]

1. Typical Bushian approach - keep digging, there's gotta be a way out down there somewhere

[Jacobin]

2. Waterboarding would get the truth

Its what Gonzo would do. Strictly by his own guidelines of course

[Ilsa]

3. Can we impeach them for lying to us in a press conference? nt

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

5. Unfortunately, no.

But you can kick their asses for lying under oath, and it certainly seems like they did that.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Are they throwing Gonzo under the bus now? nt

[Hepburn]

11. IMO....

...Gonzo threw himself under the bus when he decided to LIE under oath to a Congressional committee doing an investigation. Matter of fact, the dumb fuck laid down and drove the bus over himself. No on helped him on this one!

[DeepModem Mom]

14. Thank you! I had just heard snippets of the story, and you are so right --

and put it so well: Gonzo drove the bus over himself.

[Sydnie]

6. It's hard to say he wasn't involved when some of the emails

talk about having the AG make some of the calls himself to some of the more sensitive contacts.

[bdamomma]

7. what does this mean, that Gonzo wasn't involved ?

or had no knowledge about the firings? or are they trying to cover up the whole thing by ignoring.

[kirby]

10. It means he lied under oath to Congress n/t

[left is right]

12. remember how the wingers kept insisting "it wasn't the sex but

the lying" about Clinton? How come we don't hear about the lying now?

[Roland99]

8. AP Article: Documents Show Gonzales OK'd Firings

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070324/D8O27RQO2.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales approved plans to fire several U.S. attorneys in a November meeting, according to documents released Friday that contradict earlier claims that he was not closely involved in the dismissals.

The Nov. 27 meeting, in which the attorney general and at least five top Justice Department officials participated, focused on a five-step plan for carrying out the firings of the prosecutors, Justice Department officials said late Friday.

There, Gonzales signed off on the plan, which was crafted by his chief of staff, Kyle Sampson. Sampson resigned last week in the wake of the political firestorm surrounding the firings.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. Is Sampson due to testify before Congress? If so, when?

That's one event I wouldn't want to miss.

[ThomWV]

9. They Are Showing It On My Server's Home Page

And this is a right wing company that usually tells us nothing on its little news crawl.

[Ioo]

13. Here is a link

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070324/D8O28FMO0.html