Reply #27: Did Rove's Protégé Puff Up Résumé? = Advised Bush and Cheney

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Did Rove's Protégé Puff Up Résumé?
By Richard L. Fricker
April 3, 2007

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/040307b.html


... Griffin ... made claims about his experience as an Army lawyer that have been put in doubt by military records. ... Griffin claims on his official Web site that he prosecuted 40 criminal cases ... Army authorities say Ft. Campbell’s records show Griffin only serving as assistant trial counsel on three cases,

‘Oppo’ Researcher

In September 1999, Griffin joined the Bush-Cheney campaign as deputy research director ... He also worked as a legal adviser in the Florida recount battle that gained Bush the White House.

In 2001, Bush appointed Griffin as a special assistant to Michael Chertoff, assistant attorney general at the Justice Department’s criminal division....

Griffin then spent nine months in Little Rock as a special assistant to U.S. Attorney Cummins ...

... he was named research director and deputy communication director for the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign. ... Griffin’s campaign initiatives included the use of a technique known as “caging” to identify suspect voters. ...
... Griffin said he “advised President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney on political matters, organized and coordinated political support for the President’s agenda, including the nomination of Judge John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.”