More documents released from Justice Department in firing probe

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4712177.html

April 13, 2007, 9:33AM

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday sent Congress more documents on the firings of U.S. attorneys, satisfying one Democratic demand even as a new fight erupted over White House e-mails that may have been lost.

Anticipating the documents' release to House and Senate committees, a lawyer for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' one-time chief of staff postponed Kyle Sampson's closed-door interview Friday with aides to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, panel officials said.

The release of new documents was unlikely to quell the storm of official letters and threats that flew across town on Thursday over the White House's claim that the e-mails in question — government business required by law to be retained — may have been deleted.

The two committees acknowledged Friday morning that they had received new documents and said they planned to release them publicly as soon as possible. The Justice Department had declined to release the documents publicly, citing privacy concerns.

[keithjx]

1. Another Friday, another document dump. Woohoo! n/t

[gristy]

2. Nice to see an article use the "d" word

The release of new documents was unlikely to quell the storm of official letters and threats that flew across town on Thursday over the White House's claim that the e-mails in question — government business required by law to be retained — may have been deleted.

[blogslut]

3. Get em while they're hot

Fresh Docs Here:

http://judiciary.house.gov/Printshop.aspx?Section=472