"White House Backs AG As Support Wanes"

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House stood by Alberto Gonzales on Monday, even as support for the embattled attorney general erodes on Capitol Hill amid new questions about his honesty.

Three key Republican senators sharply questioned his truthfulness over the firings last fall of eight federal prosecutors. Two more Democrats on Sunday joined the list of lawmakers calling for Gonzales' ouster.

Several Republicans also urged President Bush to allow sworn testimony from his top aides about their role in dismissing the U.S. attorneys - a standoff threatening to result in Capitol Hill subpoenas of White House officials.

"We are not negotiating," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. "We are where we are, which is where we were last week. ... I can understand why people would think we have not made the right decision, but we think we have.'"

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20070326/D8O3TOM01.html

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"Justice E-Mails on Lam Show Frustrations"

WASHINGTON (AP) - In the year before her dismissal as San Diego's U.S. attorney, Carol Lam's Justice Department bosses griped about her in snide e-mails and strategized about putting her "on a very short leash."

Yet they gave no explanation when they finally kicked her out in December, Lam testified last month.

The e-mails, among more than 3,000 pages of documents released this week by the House Judiciary Committee, suggest officials grew frustrated by a prosecutor who had her own priorities and views.

In one exchange last July, a Justice Department official wrote that he was sad a top agency official was leaving. That official, Bill Mercer, wrote back suggesting other reasons for sadness.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20070324/D8O27KM00.html

[Parche]

1. AG

"You are doing a great job Gonzalesy"

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Now that is a nice picture.

[roamer65]

2. Boy *'s petulance is as constant as the North Star.

Good. Impeachment is just around the corner.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. That would sure be nice, woiuldn't it?

[asjr]

3. This is the strategy used by the WH to

cover their asses. Blame the AG thinking the public is too dumb to understand what they are doing. Now, either Gonzales knows what they are doing and will benefit financially for life or he is just plain dumb. Either way he is a loser.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. *makes a big L sign on her forehead for L-berto*

[Robbien]

7. The White House does, does it?

The White House is standing by Gonzales now? Not Bush but the White House?

The AP lackies are ordered to use the term the White House when Bushco is trying to distance themselves from the statement.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Good point, I hadn't thought of that