"...the 12-hour window gave "people time to shred documents and do any number of things."
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/25/gonzales-excuse/ Why Gonzales' Excuse Doesn't Cut It Alberto Gonzales argues that the 12-hour head start he gave to Andrew Card before he instructed the White House staff to preserve documents related to Plame leak was appropriate because he got permission from the Department of Justice. According to Gonzales, he contacted the Department of Justice about it and was told: "Go ahead and notify the staff early in the morning. That would be OK." Bob Schieffer noted yesterday that the 12-hour window gave "people time to shred documents and do any number of things." Remember: at the time, the investigation was controlled by former Attorney General John Ashcroft. Karl Rove "worked for Ashcroft over the course of two decades." After Ashcroft lost his Senate seat in 2000 Rove "lobbied intensely for his former employer's nomination" to Attorney General. In December 2003, Ashcroft recused himself from the investigation amidst criticism that his close ties to Rove and others in the White House created a conflict of interest. URLS contained in or linked to article: http://thinkprogress.org/2005/07/24/gonzales-raises-questions-for-andy-card-to-answer/ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/opinion/24rich.html? http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/face_72405.pdf http://www.democracynow.org/static/roveashcroft.shtml http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,106983,00.html -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
