Questions remain about who engineered the firings of U.S. attorneys

[babylonsister]

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/17110891.htm

Questions remain about who engineered the firings of U.S. attorneys
By Margaret Talev and Ron Hutcheson
McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee's grilling Thursday of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was rich in human drama but failed to resolve Congress' central questions.

After thousands of pages of documents and hours of testimony from Justice Department officials, it remains unknown who in the Bush administration conceived the plan to fire eight U.S. attorneys and why.

Gonzales' testimony Thursday left senators convinced he wasn't behind the plan or its execution and in fact knew far less than a department head should have about the details. Former and current members of Gonzales' staff who've been interviewed by congressional investigators also have said their roles were limited or nonexistent.

Absent another explanation, the signs point to the White House and, at least in some degree, to the president's political adviser, Karl Rove.

David Iglesias, the former New Mexico U.S. attorney and one of the eight fired last year, said investigating the White House's role is the logical next step - one that would follow existing clues about Rove's involvement.

"If I were Congress, I would say, `If the attorney general doesn't have answers, then who would?' There's enough evidence to indicate that Karl Rove was involved up to his eyeballs."

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Bush certainly isn't saying "I fired em"

even though all his henchmen are all lathered up
that the USAs work to pleasure the President

[Graybeard]

2. Gonzo did his side-step dance to avoid saying...

...the name of he who must be obeyed.

[babylonsister]

3. That's about the size of it. nt

[eppur_se_muova]

4. What sorts of questions? What did they have for lunch, what were they wearing?

Who and why seem to be pretty well answered.

[bonito]

5. My guess

http://www.trilateral.org/about.htm is behind it all.

[AikidoSoul]

6. During the Gonzalez' hearings NPR's Nina Totenberg kept wondering

why NOBODY asked him WHO was behind the firings. Gozalez kept saying he thought it (the firings) were not a good idea, but then it was done anyway -- which suggests that somebody above him overrode his authority.

Nobody asked him where the pressure came from.

[NanceGreggs]

7. Now that we know how many WH staffers had access ...

... to direct communications with the DoJ, I'm thinking the firings were instigated by the cafeteria lady, and that part-time dim-wit who works the xerox machine on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Just sayin' ...