Bush administration U.S. attorney firings controversy/External links: April 2007 - Part 2

The following are articles and commentary for April 2007 related to the Bush administration U.S. attorney firings controversy. '''This section is Part 2 and covers April 16 through April 30, 2007.

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April 16

 * Jan Crawford Greenburg and Ariane de Vogue, "Gonzales Contradicts His Own Testimony. Recently Released E-Mails Show Attorney General's Involvement in Attorney Firing Talks," ABC News, April 16, 2007.
 * "Report: New email reveal holes in Attorney General's story," The Raw Story, April 16, 2007.
 * "White House May Find Countless E-Mails," Associated Press (Salon), April 16, 2007.
 * Ben Evans, "White House turned to Sessions for 'friendly' questioning," Associated Press (The Huntsville Times/AL.com), April 16, 2007. re Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)
 * Adam Zagorin, "Conservatives to Bush: Fire Gonzales," TIME Magazine, April 16, 2007. re letter to Bush from American Freedom Agenda
 * Dan Eggen and Paul Kane, "Ex-Justice Official's Statements Contradict Gonzales on Firings," Washington Post, April 16, 2007.
 * James Rowley, "Ex-Gonzales Aide Disputes Prosecutor Firing Accounts (Update1)," Bloomberg News, April 16, 2007.
 * Lara Jakes Jordan, "Gonzales Hearing Postponed," Associated Press (Forbes), April 16, 2007.
 * Michael Isikoff, "Gonzales Crams for a Senate Grilling," Newsweek (MSNBC), April 16, 2007 (issue).
 * Justin Rood, "Is Attorney General's Testimony a Bad Idea?" The Blotter Blog/ABC News, April 16, 2007.
 * Greg Palast, "The Talented Mr. Griffin. The senators grilling Alberto Gonzales should ask him about Arkansas’ new attorney general—and his history of suppressing minority voters," In These Times, April 16, 2007.
 * Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, April 16, 2007:
 * "Today's Must Read"
 * "Gonzales Deputy's Got Job Feelers Out" re Paul J. McNulty
 * "House Dems to Consider Legal Options"


 * Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), The Next Hurrah Blog, April 16, 2007:
 * "Specific"
 * "Brad Berenson" re Brad Berenson
 * "Let's Not Forget Abramoff" re RNC servers
 * "The RNC Tries to Hide Its Hatch Act Violations"
 * "Evidence of Tampering with an Ongoing Investigation"

April 17

 * David Johnston, "Ex-Aide Says Gonzales Discussed Firings," New York Times, April 17, 2007.
 * Editorial: "Beyond Mr. Gonzales. Who really needs to 'lay out on the record' what led to the firings of U.S. attorneys," Washington Post, April 17, 2007.
 * "White House Raises Potential Executive-Privilege Claim On RNC E-mails," The Politico/CBS News, April 17, 2007.
 * "Senate Ethics Confirms Domenici Probe Over U.S. Attorney Firing," The Politico, April 17, 2007.
 * Patrick Martin, "Will White House sacrifice Gonzales to save Rove?" WSWS.org, April 17, 2007.
 * P.M. Carpenter, "Alberto's alibi(s)," p m carpenter's commentary, April 17, 2007.
 * Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, April 17, 2007:
 * "Today's Must Read"
 * "Schrodinger's Prosecutor"
 * "House Panel to Vote on Immunity for Goodling"
 * "Inside The Bush DoJ's Purge of The Civil Rights Division" re Civil Rights Division
 * "White House to RNC: Don't You Give Those Emails to Dems" Also see Emmet Flood.


 * Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), The Next Hurrah Blog, April 17, 2007:
 * "Conyers Wants More Interviews"
 * "I Guess Monica Wasn't the Only One Issuing Loyalty Oaths"
 * "What Is the Statute of Limitation for Obstruction?"

April 18

 * "A Letter from Anonymous Justice Employees," The Gavel/Speaker's Blog, April 18, 2007.
 * Robert Gehrke, "Sampson grilled on AG firings for six hours. A House panel will vote today on offering immunity to former aide Monica Goodling," Salt Lake City Tribune, April 18, 2007.
 * Paul Kane, "Immunity for Ex-Gonzales Aide Weighed. Potential Witness's Role in Firings Cited," Washington Post, April 18, 2007.
 * Laurie Kellman, "Vote set on immunity grant for former aide to Gonzales. Judiciary panel seeks testimony in firings probe," Associated Press (Boston Globe), April 18, 2007.
 * Kevin Bohn, "Gonzales to face tough questions on attorney firings," CNN, April 18, 2007.
 * Richard L. Fricker, "GOP Senators Misled on Prosecutor," Consortiumnews, April 18, 2007: "The Bush administration fed Republican senators misleading talking points that hailed the prosecutorial experience of interim Little Rock U.S. Attorney J. Timothy Griffin, although the protégé of White House political adviser Karl Rove appears never to have actually tried a criminal case."
 * Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, April 18, 2007:
 * "Today's Must Read"
 * "House Vote Delayed on Goodling Immunity"
 * "RNC to White House: Don't You Worry"
 * "At Bush DoJ, Dems Need Not Apply"


 * Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), The Next Hurrah Blog, April 18, 2007:
 * "Biskupic's Bi-Partisan Influence-Peddling Case?"
 * "Did Coleman Recommend Paulose?"
 * "Search Terms"

April 19

 * Dan Eggen, "Gonzales to Admit Mistakes in Firings," Washington Post, April 19, 2007.
 * Laurie Kellman, "Gonzales to Appear Before Senate Panel," Associated Press (ABC News), April 19, 2007.
 * Thomas Ferraro, "Gonzales to testify today about fired prosecutors," Reuters (Washington Post), April 19, 2007.
 * Eric Lipton, "One Prosecutor’s Ouster Central to Inquiry," New York Times, April 19, 2007.
 * Carrie Budoff, "Gonzales's DOJ Future On The Line," The Politico, April 19, 2007.
 * Big Tent Democrat, "Congress' Duty of Oversight of the Justice Department: Gonzales Hearing Open Thread," TalkLeft, April 19, 2007.
 * Mark A.R. Kleiman, "What the Senators Should Ask. Fourteen questions for Attorney General Gonzales," The American Prospect Online, April 19, 2007.


 * Also see April 19, 2007: Congressional Testimony by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.'''


 * Thomas Ferraro and Donna Smith, "Gonzales defends firings, faces new calls to resign," Reuters, April 19, 2007.
 * Lara Jakes Jordan, "GOP senator calls for Gonzales to resign," Associated Press (Boston Globe), April 19, 2007.
 * Rob Kall, "New Allegations Allege 'Hijacking of Hiring' at Justice Department for Entry Level Lawyers, not just U.S. Attorneys," OpEdNews, April 19, 2007.
 * Eve Fairbanks, "Republican senators disown Gonzales. You're Fired!" The New Republic Online, April 19, 2007.
 * Paul Kiel, "Bush 'Pleased' With Gonzales' Performance," TPMmuckraker, April 19, 2007.

April 20

 * Dana Milbank, "Maybe Gonzales Won't Recall His Painful Day on the Hill," Washington Post, April 20, 2007.
 * Editorial: "Gonzales v. Gonzales," New York Times, April 20, 2007.
 * Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "On a Very Hot Seat With Little Cover and Less Support," New York Times, April 20, 2007.
 * Dahlia Lithwick, "Al, the President's Man. Alberto Gonzales is bloodied by his trip to the Senate," Slate, April 20, 2007.
 * Susan Crabtree and Klaus Marre, "GOP leans on Gonzales," The Hill, April 20, 2007.
 * Dan Eggen and Paul Kane, "Senators Chastise Gonzales at Hearing. Members of His Own Party Pile On as Attorney General Defends Firings," Washington Post, April 20, 2007.
 * Amy Goldstein, "Gonzales Says He Didn't Know Why Two Were Fired," Washington Post, April 20, 2007.
 * James Rowley and Robert Schmidt, "Senate Panel Questions Gonzales's Candor," Bloomberg News (New York Sun), April 20, 2007.
 * Robert Schmidt and James Rowley, "Gonzales, Fighting for Job, Lacks Republican Support (Update1)," Bloomberg News, April 20, 2007.
 * Richard B. Schmitt, "Senators aim stiff criticism at Gonzales. Unsparing lawmakers question the attorney general's credibility as he minimizes his role in prosecutors' firings," Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2007.
 * Laurie Kellman, "Attorney General Doesn't Satisfy Critics," Associated Press (Fox News), April 20, 2007.
 * Laurie Kellman, "White House Renews Gonzales Backing," Associated Press (San Francisco Chronicle), April 20, 2007.
 * Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "News Analysis: On a very hot seat with little cover and less support," International Herald Tribune, April 20, 2007.
 * Chitra Ragavan, "Senator Who Said Gonzales Lied to Him Hasn't Heard Back," U.S. News & World Report, April 20, 2007.
 * Byron York, "Alberto Gonzales’s Disastrous Day. The attorney general bombs before the Senate Judiciary Committee," National Review Online, April 20, 2007.
 * Gitai, "Where Flippancy Is The Forte," Gitaiba.LiveJournal.com, April 20, 2007.
 * "White House insiders: Gonzales hurt himself before panel," CNN, April 20, 2007.
 * Eve Fairbanks, Opinion: "Gonzales Disowned By GOP. Republicans, Annoyed By Incompetence, Turn On The Attorney General," The New Republic (CBS News), April 20, 2007.
 * Will Thomas, "GOP Gonzales Resignation Roll Call," TPMmuckraker, April 20, 2007.
 * Satyam Khanna, "Video: Gonzales’ Amnesia," Think Progress, April 20, 2007.
 * Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, April 20, 2007:
 * "Today's Must Read"
 * "Cornyn: Gonzales Resignation 'Won't Satisfy' Dems"
 * "Senior House GOPer Calls for Gonzales Resignation"
 * "Court: Wisconsin Prosecution 'Preposterous'"

April 21

 * Sridhar Pappu, "Rough Week, Alberto? You Could Say That," Washington Post, April 21, 2007.

April 22

 * John Heilprin, "Specter: Gonzales Undermines AG's Office," Associated Press (ABC News), April 22, 2007.
 * Richard Mauer, "U.S. scandal threatens Alaska’s prosecutor," Anchorage Daily News, April 22, 2007.
 * Ron Brynaert, "'Attorneygate' scandal threatens Alaska's prosecutor," The Raw Story, April 22, 2007.
 * Elizabeth de la Vega, "The Problem With Alberto," truthout, April 22, 2007.
 * "Specter: Administration Should Not Be ‘Celebrating’ Gonzales’s ‘Very, Very Damaging’ Testimony," Think Progress, April 22, 2007.

April 23

 * Diana Jean Schemo, "Specter Says Gonzales Presence Is 'Harmful'," New York Times, April 23, 2007.
 * Eric Pfeiffer, "GOP hits Gonzales' 'harmful' testimony," Washington Times, April 23, 2007.
 * Jason McLure, "Gonzales Hearing Showcases Policy Shift. Since 2002, more than 100 White House employees have had access to information on criminal investigations," Legal Times (Law.com), April 23, 2007.
 * Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, April 23, 2007:
 * "Today's Must Read"
 * "Bush: My Confidence in AG Has 'Increased'"

April 24

 * Tom Hamburger, "Low-key office launches high-profile inquiry. The Office of Special Counsel will investigate U.S. attorney firings and other political activities led by Karl Rove," Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2007. See Office of Special Counsel
 * "Gonzales Says He's Staying on the Job," Associated Press (ABC News), April 24, 2007.
 * "AG: Let's get past firings," Associated Press (Newsday), April 24, 2007.
 * Jim Rutenberg and Neil A. Lewis, "Bush Reaffirms His Support for Gonzales," New York Times, April 24, 2007.
 * Peter S. Canellos, "Support of Gonzales Affirms Power Play," Boston Globe, April 24, 2007. Bush administration "willingness to withstand its own party's disdain for Gonzales probably springs not from loyalty but from self-interest: The last thing the president needs right now is confirmation hearings for a new attorney general."
 * John Aravosis, "Senate Democrats considering possible 'no confidence' vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales," AMERICAblog, April 24, 2007. From Roll Call (subscription required).
 * Holly Rosenkrantz and Joe Sobczyk, "Bush's 'Confidence' May Not Mean Gonzales Is Secure (Update1)," Bloomberg News, April 24, 2007.

April 25

 * James Rowley, "House Panel Approves Immunity for Ex-Gonzales Aide (Update2)," Bloomberg News, April 25, 2007.
 * Laurie Kellman, "Panel Grants Immunity to Gonzales Aide," Associated Press (Washington Post), April 25, 2007.
 * Greg Palast, "Don’t Fire Gonzales," GregPalast.com, April 25, 2007.
 * Michael Roston, "Leahy: The president said 'Heckuva job' Gonzales," The Raw Story, April 25, 2007.
 * Ben Craw, "House Committee Approves RNC Subpoenas," TPMmuckraker, April 25, 2007.
 * Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, April 25, 2007:
 * "Today's Must Read"
 * "House Committee Authorizes Subpoena for Goodling"
 * "'Heckuva Job, Gonzales"
 * "Senators to Gonzales: Try, Try Again"
 * "Court Reverses Wisconsin Voter Fraud Case"

April 26

 * Amy Goldstein and Dan Eggen, "Renzi Aide Called U.S. Attorney to Ask About Probe. Chief of Staff Inquired About Land Deal Investigation; Prosecutor Among Eight Who Were Fired," Washington Post, April 26, 2007.
 * Editorial: "Another Dubious Firing," New York Times, April 26, 2007.
 * Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, April 26, 2007:
 * "Today's Must Read"
 * "Bush Appointee 'Led by Power'"
 * "Former Justice Official to Appear before House Committee" re James B. Comey

April 27

 * Tom Hamburger, "Probe of White House political operations moves ahead. Special counsel sets up procedures to investigate the firing of a U.S. attorney and missing White House e-mails," Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2007.
 * Joe Mandak, "Fast-rising prosecutor at edge of Gonzales probe has many critics," Associated Press (ZWire.com), April 27, 2007.
 * Josh Marshall, "DOJ Document Dump Muckraking Thread," TPMmuckraker, April 27, 2007. See newly-released documents.
 * Joseph Cannon, "A hidden story of prosecutorgate. This one has dead bodies," Cannonfire Blogspot, April 27, 2007.
 * Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, April 27, 2007:
 * "DoJ Sends Congress Not Reading List"
 * "Controversial U.S. Attorney Heads Back to D.C."

April 28

 * Big Tent Democrat, "Is This Why Goodling Invoked The Fifth Amendment?" Talk Left, April 28, 2007.

April 29

 * Steve Kraske, "Who could blame Graves for leaving when he did?" Kansas City Star, April 29, 2007.
 * Anonymous Liberal, "Monica Goodling Instructs DOJ Officials to Delete Documents," Crooks and Liars, April 29, 2007.

April 30

 * Murray Waas, "Secret Order By Gonzales Delegated Extraordinary Powers To Aides," National Journal, April 30, 2007.
 * Bill Boyarsky, "Airing Gonzales’ Dirty Laundry," Truthdig, April 30, 2007.
 * Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, April 30, 2007:
 * "Today's Must Read"
 * "Former DoJ Official: I Left Due to 'Institutional Sabotage'"