Breaking: Missing Justice Dept. documents subpoenaed.
MSNBC reports that the House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed the Justice Department for a series of additional documents, revealed last week by The American Spectator, that have not been turned over to Congress.
UPDATE: Several senators sent a letter yesterday to Alberto Gonzales requesting these documents:
Justice Department officials have previously said they turned over all relevant materials, but held back sensitive personnel information about most prosecutors other than those who were removed last year.
Among the missing documents the senators mentioned was a chart cited in a Feb. 12, 2007, e-mail message from Monica Goodling, a former aide to Mr. Gonzales, to other department officials.
The senators suggested that other documents had been withheld, like biographies of each of the 93 prosecutors in briefing books provided for Mr. Gonzales in December in preparation for a meeting of United States attorneys. The meeting was held to start an initiative against child exploitation.
UPDATE II: You can read the full subpoena HERE. Christy Hardin Smith explains exactly what House Judiciary Committee is requesting.
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Dang, ‘Berto, where are you gonna find enough laborers to help you haul this much paperwork up Capitol Hill?
April 10th, 2007 at 1:06 pmHehe.
It’s good to be the king.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:07 pmAlberto V05, you’re going to hell to where you and patrick1 can be FBL’er 4 eva!
April 10th, 2007 at 1:09 pmHe can’t hand over documents and subvert the Constitution at the same time.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:09 pmThe meeting was held to start an initiative against child exploitation.
From the same administration doing nothing about Mariannas sweatshops, or perv republican congressmen hitting on pages. Black irony.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:13 pmIn the infamous words of all the Bush apologists who think the Federal Government should have access to my e-mails and phone records.
If they have nothing to hide.
-GSD
April 10th, 2007 at 1:14 pmIt is getting really hard for the moonbats to keep this horse alive.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:15 pmBye Bye Goonzales.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:17 pmI love the sound of shredders in the morning.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:18 pmAlberto Gozales is a completely corrupt criminal Bush lover stooge.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:22 pmyou got nothin’!
April 10th, 2007 at 1:23 pmPatrick1 likes to call people juvenile names, like “moonbats.”
April 10th, 2007 at 1:28 pmIf Fredo wants to ignore the subpoena, then isn’t he also responsible for enforcing the subpoena law? Can, and would, Fredo arrest himself? I have an image of Cleavon Little in “Blazing Saddles” holding himself hostage with his own gun.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:29 pm11…contrary to your post the Constitution is everything.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:29 pmThink of it this way, as long a gonzo holds on, nothing gets accomplished in the gonzo department and the administration is constantly playing defense.
a few more of these and bush is locked down fr the remainder of his term.
not the best option but it’s better than the previous status quo
April 10th, 2007 at 1:33 pm“It is getting really hard for the moonbats to keep this horse alive.”
I agree. That moonbat bush is going to have to let gonzo go soon.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:35 pm#14. HOw many more trees are we suppose to kill to print up all these subpoenas and investigations? I thought the Democrat party was for the earth?
April 10th, 2007 at 1:36 pmPatrick1 likes to call people juvenile names, like “moonbats.â€
Comment by Republicans are the fear and smear party
It only proves that he lsitens to the water carrier, drug addict and racist hypocrite Lush Rimjob. Moonbat is just another stupid elementary school codeword spoken by a grown man and his pathetic simple minded followers.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:40 pm#17…the law requires that subpoenas be issued on paper. When are republicans going to start defending the Constitution?
April 10th, 2007 at 1:41 pmHOw many more trees are we suppose to kill to print up all these subpoenas and investigations? I thought the Democrat party was for the earth? Comment by Real RedNeck
The intelligence of the Lush Rimjob crowd is astounding. Have you ever heard of recycled paper? You can buy it buy the boxload. Being a conservatibe you should know this, right?
April 10th, 2007 at 1:42 pm#17…… the greatest waste of trees for paper is what you go through wiping the square yards of dung from your butt ………..
April 10th, 2007 at 1:43 pmWhat I want to know is why does Gonzales feel he has to “practice” for his day in front of the Congression Investigative Committee? To make sure he has his lies straight? Give me a break!
April 10th, 2007 at 1:45 pmyou got nothin’!
Comment by Real RedNeck
So why did Goodling resign? What is that you guys said about warrantless wiretaps? Oh yeah if you got nothing to hide you got nothing to worry about. Heh.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:45 pm#17…the law requires that subpoenas be issued on paper. When are republicans going to start defending the Constitution?
Comment by Republicans are the fear and smear party — April 10, 2007
You know, RedNeck has a point. If republicans would stop breaking the law, we wouldn’t need to kill so many trees. Honest republicans would be good for the environment.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:47 pmBut,but,but Sampson said there were no files!!!
Bring him back for more fun and games!!!
April 10th, 2007 at 1:47 pmComment by lynn — April 10, 2007 @ 1:47 pm
You make a good point. Sampson could be asked to testify again in light of new evidence.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:52 pmFor the latest news, email archives, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the Bush DOJ prosecutor firings, see:
April 10th, 2007 at 1:58 pm“The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”
re: redneck and it’s desire to conserve paper (uh huh)…
did anyone see colbert last night, emptying most of a roll of
paper towels to wipe his mouth? …
gawd, that man has these idjits down pat… hilarious…
April 10th, 2007 at 2:02 pmALBERTO VO5, and too many people in the Bush administration, are FLAKES, FLAKES, FLAKES, FLAKES.
The Bushies wouldn’t have FLAKES, FLAKES, FLAKES, FLAKES if they used BRECK SHAMPOO.
Remember when many of the Bushie FLAKES were calling John Edwards: The Breck Girl.
Give me a break! Give me a break!
Let’s face facts: ALBERTO VO5 Shampoo is useless to wash FLAKES out of your hair. It just won’t remove all of the dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, and more dirt.
Alberto, quit your job. Almost every day more dirt is coming to the surface. Washing all of this dirt away is an impossible job. Gee, “impossible” and “job” are in the same sentence, too.
I can just imagine ALBERTO VO5 saying: “I’m going to wash these eight attorneys right out of my hair.
ALBERTO VO5, you should have used Breck Shampoo. You used ALBERTO VO5 Shampoo to wash these eight attorneys right out of your hair, and look at this dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty mess.
John
April 10th, 2007 at 2:14 pmgawd, that man has these idjits down pat… hilarious…
Comment by katy — April 10, 2007 @ 2:02 pm
Unfortunately, Colbert is nailing it too well—sorry to say, he has gotten to the point of being as annoying and unwatchable as those he is parodying. Fortunately, Stewart has yet to become tiresome.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:17 pmComment by John Gilpins — April 10, 2007 @ 2:14 pm
Gonna wash that man, right outta my hair!!!
Comment by geoman77 — April 10, 2007 @ 2:17 pm
That’s why I watch Keith Olbermann.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:21 pmAbu Gonzales should be practicing what to say when he retires.
That’s all Americans really want to hear, Al.
So…’spend more time with the family’, ‘moving on to private practice,’ ‘accomplished so much, would like to leave something to do for my successor’, ‘have changed parties & am suing the President’, etc., all would be good practice, Al.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:40 pmGonzo should be given lifetime community service as a public defender in Douglas, Arizona.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:02 pmGonzo should be given lifetime community service as a public defender in Douglas, Arizona.
Comment by Raven
I wouldn’t wish this guy on the general public. How about community service as a defender of all the Republican public servants from the Bush administration? That way, everyone gets what they deserve.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:13 pmDang, ‘Berto, where are you gonna find enough laborers to help you haul this much paperwork up Capitol Hill?
Comment by Raven
At Home Depot.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:53 pmThis administration has excellerated the paybacks in which karma provides. I’ve never seen a faster turn around.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:55 pm“Gonna wash that man, right outta my hair!!!”
Jeff Gannon probably said the same thing and look what happened to his hair.
Jeff Gannon not only lost his job but his hair, too.
I’m afraid the same thing may happen to Alberto VO5. Poor guy!
Losing your job is one thing but losing your hair is quite another.
Alberto VO5 better quit his job before he loses his hair, too.
John
April 10th, 2007 at 3:59 pmSheesh. Patrick has gotten stupider since just this morning.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:00 pmGonzales is now in “deep deep dookey” which even well-rehearsed lies will not save him from. The gig is up in GonzoGate! He’s finished.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:16 pmMs. Smackbottom,
Laborers and paperwork?
HOME DEPOT you say.
Hmmmmmmmmm!
ORANGE JUMPSUITS!!
HOME DEPOT is the place.
Of course jail is the place, too.
Home Depot, and jail, have an abundance of single toilets, bars, and locks.
John
April 10th, 2007 at 4:29 pmEveryone who voted for the criminal Bushite regime…
…who carried and continues to carry their poison water…
…who calls him/herself a “conservative” (conned’self-serving right winger) hater/warmonger…
…will feel the curse of their rotten Karma…
…they are ALL cursed…
…sit back and watch…
…those who were first shall be last…
…and those who were last shall be first…
April 10th, 2007 at 4:50 pmHeh. Gonzo et al, don’t even think of ignoring the subpoena. Ya’ll best be scramblin’…. :D
April 10th, 2007 at 5:32 pmAlberto VO5 GONZOales, NO LONGER Inquisitor General of the IN-Justice dept.of Bushland Uber Allies-NOW A SAD LITTLE CLOWN, A JOKER WHO WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE DECK ONCE THE INVESTIGATIONS START FULL-SCALE—EITHER GONZO WILL TOUGH IT OUT OR RESIGN BEFORE THE INVESTIGATIONS START—IN EITHER CASE, HE’S DONE, AND IT COULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED TO A WORSE PIPSQUEAK CREEP!!!!! ARROGANCE IS PUNISHED, AND SOON IT WILL BE CHIMPya, FRANKENCheney, Rice , Rove and OTHER Bushland Uber Allies WAR CRIMINALS’ TURN!!!!!
April 10th, 2007 at 6:31 pmZooey,
I bet Alberto doesn’t even know how to spell subpoena.
No doubt Monica Goodling spells subpoena: suepeena.
I read an article about this law school founded by Pat Robertson. I think the Boston Globe was the source of the article. In past years, many of the graduates couldn’t even pass the bar exams.
The article mentioned the absurdity of Monica Goodling have such power and authority with such inferior credentials. Apparently, the Bush administration has hired quite a few of these law graduates.
One of the personnel directors is a graduate of this marginal law school, and she makes sure Harvard, Princeton, and Yale graduates aren’t at the front of the employment line.
No wonder so many officials in the Bush administration are so incompetent. Their educational credentials are second-rate, and they lack experience.
By the time the Democrats have had a little fun, all of them will know how to spell subpoena.
John
April 10th, 2007 at 7:41 pmJohn,
The fundies in this town have their own “college.” I think it’s four years, and you get a little diploma, and everything. Problem is, they charge these kids a fortune to attend (they don’t get financial aid), and it’s not worth the ink and paper the diploma’s written on. It’s totally sick.
April 10th, 2007 at 8:50 pmZooey,
If this school is not an accredited college, then the diploma is worthless.
What’s amazing today is the cost of a four-year education at a private college or university. Tuition and dorm costs are unreal.
John
April 10th, 2007 at 9:38 pmJohn,
No way! It’s not accredited. It means nothing, except in thier tiny christian heads. Just wait until they go out into the big, bad world and display that diploma. I’d feel sorry for them, but they must know what they’re getting into.
College is sooooo expensive. There are so many kids that attend U of I from out of state. Why? Because paying tuition and out of state fees here is cheaper than attending college in their own state. Amazing, huh? It’s the only time I’ve felt lucky to live in Idaho. Oy.
April 10th, 2007 at 11:10 pmhttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/2/18/10343/6778
……How the U.S. military would remove Bush-Cheney
There’s a term for when the military replaces its Commander-In-Chief - coup d’etat — but, there are lesser practical steps that have been taken by Pentagon brass several times in modern American history to deal with Presidents viewed as incompetent to carry out their duties as CIC.
Here’s how it works in practice.
April 11th, 2007 at 5:09 amWhat’s amusing about this (in a very cynical way) is the topic of the meeting for which the missing biographies were prepared. It was an initiative against child exploitation. However, it comes from the same DoJ that declined to prosecute systematic child sex abuse in juvenile detention facilities in Texas because they weren’t being “physically injured” and were “not suffering pain”. Hmmm. Child sexual exploitation is OK if its done by Republicans in power?
April 16th, 2007 at 5:34 pm