WH/ROVE Involved Early On In Attorney Purge-Fired Prosecutor Warned Them Of "Stink Down The Road"

[kpete]

"Stink Down The Road" -Prosecutor Reveals WH & Rove Involvement EARLY ON-In Attorney Purge

Fired U.S. prosecutor warned of 'stink' By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The U.S. attorney in Arkansas warned the Justice Department five months before he and seven federal prosecutors were fired that "there may be some stink about this down the road" — in part because of White House involvement.


"The White House recently called our sole Republican congressman (Boozman) and pretty much told him what they are doing with this appointment and how they are going about it," then-Arkansas U.S. Attorney Bud Cummins wrote in a July 6, 2006, e-mail to Mike Battle, then-head of the Justice Department office that oversees federal prosecutors. Cummins' reference was to Rep. John Boozman (news, bio, voting record), R-Ark.

Cummins knew by then that he was going to be dismissed and replaced by a White House appointee who turned out to be Tim Griffin, a protege of Karl Rove, President Bush's top political adviser. His e-mail was in previously unreleased documents sent Friday by the Justice Department to the House and Senate Judiciary committees.

Cummins' prediction turned out to be correct. His firing and that of seven other U.S. attorneys over the winter created an uproar and accusations that the White House was meddling in federal law enforcement. It also has produced widespread calls for replacing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

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[No DUplicitous DUpe]

1. Smells like cooked gonzo and rove, from here. nt

[BadgerKid]

5. I think I see buzzards circling overhead. n/t

[lonestarnot]

2. They've got so much shit stuck on the wall all they need is a good push.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

3. I'd say Gonzo is cooked, but Chucklenuts will go to the mattresses

for Rove.

[appleannie1]

4. My Own Opinion

Bush, Gonzo and Rove have a huge familiarity with mattresses, together.

[Gregorian]

6. Forget Gonzo. Rove should be our focus.

This is good. They couldn't bury all of the bodies.