Dan Froomkin's 03/23 Entry Is Chocked Full of Surprises/Revelations ...LINK

[Blackhatjack]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html

For those who may not have kept up with all the scandals and doings on Capitol Hill, Froomkin pulls together from various news sources and columnists the most important and hard hitting facts surrounding Rove, the US Attorney scandal, Gonzales, Guantanamo, etc.

If you read it in its entirety, you will be up to speed on everything you missed this last week involving White House scandals.

The entry on Tolman is representative:

"Jennifer Talhelm writes for the Associated Press: "Two of the major players in the ouster of federal prosecutors last year were themselves considered for U.S. attorney jobs, according to documents and interviews.
"Kyle Sampson, who helped orchestrate the firing of eight prosecutors as Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' chief of staff, was the Bush administration's pick to fill Utah's vacant U.S. attorney post last spring.

<snip>

"Sampson was the Bush administration's choice for Warner's replacement. But Utah Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett backed former Senate Judiciary Committee staffer Brett Tolman.

"The contest resulted in a standoff of sorts. Bush ultimately picked Tolman last summer."

And who is Brett Tolman? None other than the staffer for Senator Arlen Specter who snuck that provision into the Patriot Act that allows Bush to appoint interim U.S. attorneys indefinitely -- thereby allowing him to circumvent the traditional process that calls for approval by home-state senators and requires Senate confirmation."

There are more gems inside....

[Jade Fox]

1. "it's not the firing, but the hiring that 's the crux of the issue"....

This is such and important point from the article.

[tanyev]

2. Excellent compilation.

Only a week or so behind DU, but at least it's going more mainstream. Maybe DU did all of his research for him.

[Blackhatjack]

3. True, but the real value is it distills the key facts into one entry...

I especially liked the Diane Sawyer question and followup.

ie. Why can't we have both. (Rove testifying under oath and having that broadcast on tv).