Gonzo Lied

Gonzales Lied
Sampson Contradicts Gonzales of Firing Scandal at Senate Hearing

In testimony that is likely to ratchet up the pressure on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Kyle Sampson, his former top aide, directly contradicted his old boss in testimony Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Despite earlier denials from Gonzales, Sampson said he thought it was inaccurate for Gonzales to state that he was not involved in discussions regarding the firings of eight U.S. attorneys in 2006.

“I don’t think it’s entirely accurate what he said,” Sampson said, under questioning from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.).

At issue is a Nov. 27 meeting in which the plan to oust the U.S. attorneys was discussed. Sampson said Gonzales was present
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“I shared information with anybody who wanted it,” Sampson said, describing the process by which the firing decisions were made as “open” and “collaborative.”

Sampson also testified that Gonzales knew about the Justice Department’s effort to weed out weak U.S. attorneys since the spring of 2005 and was repeatedly consulted — at least five times — before the bulk of the plan was carried out on Dec. 7, 2006. He also said the attorney general signed off on the final plan to fire the U.S. attorneys.

“The decision-makers in this case were the attorney general and the counsel to the president,” Sampson

Senate Judiciary Committee
Kyle Sampson, hearing

TPMuckraker
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) grills Sampson


tpmtv several videos worth watching.

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Lame Duck

The walls are closing in...


The many faces of impeachment



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Stonewalling and Threats

President Bush Addresses Resignations of U.S. Attorneys
The initial response by Democrats, unfortunately, shows some appear more interested in scoring political points than in learning the facts. It will be regrettable if they choose to head down the partisan road of issuing subpoenas...I hope they don't choose confrontation. I will oppose any attempts to subpoena White House officials.



Yes, he's got support with me. I support the Attorney General. I told you in Mexico I've got confidence in him; I still do. I'm sorry this, frankly, has bubbled to the surface the way it has, I'm sorry that the situation has gotten to where it's got. But that's Washington, D.C. for you. You know, there's a lot of politics in this town.



Liar-in-Chief says Rove and Miers can testify, in private, not under oath with no transcript. And he says we'll get the truth. Hahaha. Since there's no "national security" involved his use of executive privilege will get sticky.
Bring 'em on, Lieboy!
WH offers private chats
White House Counsel Fred Fielding, in a letter to House and Senate Judiciary Committee leaders, proposed that the officials be interviewed without being put under oath and with no transcript taken.


Against the law? If the attorneys were fired to interfere with a valid prosecution, or to punish them for not misusing their offices, that may well have been illegal. LA Times Bush warns Dems against 'partisan fishing expedition'

The two pics below are not shopped but also from today.
Karl Rove accompanied Bush on his photo op trips and back to the White House.
What is the button Karl is wearing?

The book...what's he trying to tell us?

Khrushchev's Cold War:
The Inside Story of an American Adversary

Who's the American adversary here?
Khrushchev or Karl Rove?

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GONE-ZALES

The White House is floating AG replacements for Gitmo Gonzales.
Document dump...lots of fingers in the judicial pie.


Bush reaffirms strong backing to Gonzales
Chimpy sent out Dana Perino to say he'd been on the phone with Gonzo. "The president reaffirmed his strong backing and support of the attorney general," Perino said. Just like his undying support of Rummy. Harriet. All his henchthugs. Until Rove decides what's politically expedient.

TPM Muckraker
Schumer said that the resignation of Alberto Gonzales' chief of staff Kyle Sampson "does not take heat off the attorney general. In fact, it raises the temperature. Kyle Sampson will not become the next Scooter Libby, the next fall guy."

Bush is keepin' bizzy...visitin' cars.
It's haaaard work.


Bush Visit to Ford, GM Plants May Smooth Tensions
Bush spent most of his time touring assembly lines. At GM, Bush got a look at the Saturn Aura sedan; at Ford, it was the hybrid version of the Escape. Over the sounds of engines and body frames moving along the production floor, Bush got briefings on the technology.

Smooth tensions? Hey, howzabout those tensions in Iraq? Got time for that?

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Treason

Should Cheney and Bush be Impeached
for Endangering Our National Security?


Juan Cole thinks so, and I agree.

Giving Aid and Comfort to the Enemy: the Plame Affair

Article III, Section 3:

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

That's treason. That warrants impeachment.

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Ahahaaaa...remember this lie?
GUEST: Dick CheneySeptember 14, 2003

Sunday, September 14, 2003 GUEST: Dick Cheney, vice president Tim Russert,

MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: America remembers September 11, 2001. In Iraq, six months ago, the war began with shock and awe. Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on MEET THE PRESS:

VICE PRES. DICK CHENEY:My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.

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Happy Anniversary, Iraq

Four more years! Four more years!
The Decider is staying the course!
Surge! Surge! Surge!


Bush Discusses Fourth Anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom March 19, 2007
No questions. Exit stage right.



Genius at work


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Above the Law

Lieboy fondly refers to Karl Rove as Turdblossom. He's more like Metastatic Cancer.
Firings of U.S. Attorneys, "at the pleasure of the pResident" midstream, dictated by Rover and Miers, and buttressed by Gitmo Gonzo and his chief of staff D. Kyle Sampson (resigned), reveal that Rove is in the thick of it...again. The DoJ (who?) denies Rove involved.

Gonzales is "dismayed".
I acknowledge that mistakes were made here. I accept that responsibility. And my pledge to the American people is to find out what went wrong here, to access accountability, and to make improvements so that the mistakes that occurred in this instance do not occur again in the future.
Mistakes were made
Harriet Miers, then Bush's lawyer, recommended firing all 93 U.S. Attorneys in 2004. Rove vetoed that idea as too many, Sampson worked with Rove on a shorter list of firings, and submitted that list to the White House in late 2006, Miers said.


Kyle Sampson takes one for Gonzo. He "resigned" per Alberto-the-inept. Sampson, a former counsel to Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) on the Senate Judiciary Committee, worked as deputy White House counsel for two years under Gonzales starting in 2001. He joined the Justice Department in 2003 as a counselor to Ashcroft, and stayed on when Gonzales became attorney general. He became chief of staff in September 2005.
Sampson isn't the one who should fall on his sword...Schumer calls on Gonzales to resign

Bush retains full confidence in the attorney general, said spokesman Dan Bartlett, traveling with Bush in Mexico.

Q Dan, the Attorney General said he took responsibility for mistakes. Does the President still have full confidence in the Attorney General? And given the White House role in this, does the President acknowledge that there were mistakes made -- and take responsibility for them?

MR. BARTLETT: He absolutely has full confidence in the Attorney General, and the reason why he does is for exactly what he said today: He's a standup guy; he's a person who comes to the job every day, doing the best he can to serve the United States of America; he takes that job very seriously. And when he saw problems, he's pledged to the American people and to the United States Congress to fix those problems. So the President has all the confidence in the world in Alberto Gonzales as the Attorney General for the United States of America.

He also feels it's important that the information as to how these decisions were made be provided. He accepts the decision so far that has been made by the Attorney General for the resignation of Kyle Sampson. And he is satisfied that we are addressing the concerns. But make very clear the decision, the original decision to remove the seven U.S. attorneys who serve at the discretion of the President was the right decision.

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Impeach Gonzales

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