Bush administration U.S. attorney firings controversy/e-mail controversy/Articles & Commentary

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March 2007

• Paul Kiel, "Rove Deputy Worked to Get Former Aide Spot," TPMmuckraker, March 13, 2007. re August 2006 e-mails
• Dan Eggen and Paul Kane, "Gonzales: 'Mistakes Were Made'. But Attorney General Defends Firings of Eight U.S. Attorneys," Washington Post, March 14, 2007.
• Dan Froomkin, "Is Gonzales a Diversion?" Washington Post, March 14, 2007.
• Richard A. Serrano, "E-mails detail White House tactics behind firings. The documents reveal criteria and plans that led to the ouster of eight U.S. attorneys," Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2007.
• "Excerpts from the e-mails," Boston Globe, March 14, 2007.
• Jan Crawford Greenburg, "E-Mails Show Rove's Role in U.S. Attorney Firings," ABC News, March 15, 2007.
• Dan Froomkin, "A Culture of Deniability," Washington Post, March 15, 2007.
• Tom, "Evading Investigation Through GWB43.com," Corrente Wire, March 15, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "CREW: White House Breaking Records Law?" TPMmuckraker, March 15, 2007.
• Richard A. Serrano and Richard B. Schmidt, "Rove may have had role in firings. E-mails show he raised questions early in 2005 about dismissing U.S. attorneys," Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2007.
• Lara Jakes Jordan, "E-Mail Indicates Rove Role in Firings," Associated Press (Washington Post), March 16, 2007.
• Dan Froomkin, "The Politics of Distraction," Washington Post, March 16, 2007.
• Steve Benen, "What’s with the GWB43.com emails?" The Carpetbagger Report, March 16, 2007.
• BloggerJohn, "Rove's 'Dirty Tricks' Email Servers," Daily Kos, March 17, 2007.
• "New e-mails to fuel scandal over US attorney firings," Agence France Presse (The Raw Story), March 19, 2007.
• Peter Grier, "E-mail trail shows power struggle behind US attorneys' firings. Newly released documents show the White House sought the upper hand over US prosecutors and Congress," Christian Science Monitor, March 21, 2007.
• Robert Gehrke, "E-mail complaints show Ward's frustration with smut campaign," Salt Lake City Tribune, March 21, 2007.
• "A second set of emails from the gap," Think Progress, March 21, 2007.
• Joseph Hughes, "The hidden scandal within the prosecutor purge," House of Labor/TPM Cafe, March 21, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "An Email in The Gap," TPMmuckraker, March 21, 2007.
• Susan Crabtree, "E-mails on attorneys’ firings could impact privilege case," The Hill, March 22, 2007.
• Joseph Cannon, "GwB43: The White House, vote theft, and the email trail," Cannonfire Blogspot, March 22, 2007.
• Dan Froomkin, "The Rovian Theory," Washington Post, March 23, 2007.
• citizen92, "Karl Rove and GWB43.com - Huge National Security Threat?" Daily Kos, March 24, 2007.
• maddezmom's Journal, "GWB43.com, AttorneyGate and Federal Records Requirements," Democratic Underground, March 24, 2007.
• Lara Jakes Jordan, "Bush, Key Senator Still Backing Gonzales," Associated Press (Forbes), March 25, 2007.
• Joseph Cannon, "The great GWB43 update," Cannonfire Blogspot, March 25, 2007.
• Joseph Cannon, "Secret White House communication system," TrustMe.com, March 25, 2007.
• Henry A. Waxman, "Committee Directs RNC to Preserve White House Emails," House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 26, 2007.
• Dan Froomkin, "Who's Scripting Gonzales?" Washington Post, March 26, 2007.
• Jason Leopold and Matt Renner, "White House Use of Outside Email Accounts Questioned," truthout, March 26, 2007.
• Nico Pitney, "Waxman Warns RNC, Bush-Cheney ‘04 Campaign: Don’t Delete Your Emails," Think Progress, March 26, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Waxman Wants RNC Emails," TPMmuckraker, March 26, 2007.
• Michael Roston, "Waxman advises RNC not to destroy any e-mails," The Raw Story, March 26, 2007.
• R. Jeffrey Smith, "GOP Groups Told to Keep Bush Officials' E-Mails. Democrat Cites Investigation of Firings," Washington Post, March 27, 2007.
• Paul Bedard, "E-mail Controversy Prompts Many Aides To Stop Usage," U.S. News & World Report, March 27, 2007.
• Joseph Cannon, "GWB43 is becoming a big deal...," Cannonfire Blogspot, March 27, 2007.
• luaptifer, "The GOP, GeorgeWBush.com and the line that jumped the Congressional Firewall" [Update], ePluribus Media; Daily Kos, March 27, 2007.
• Joseph Cannon, "Republican Tech Guy" and "Computergate," Cannonfire Blogspot, March 27, 2007.
• "Abramoff Emails Raise New Questions in Attorney Firings," truthout, March 28, 2007.
• "Thanks for everything," Think Progress, March 28, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Emails Show Statement on Rove Involvement Went Through White House," TPMmuckraker, March 28, 2007.
• Sidney Blumenthal, "Follow the e-mails. The discovery of a previously unknown treasure chest of e-mails buried by the Bush administration may prove to be as informative as Nixon's secret White House tapes," Salon, March 29, 2007.

• abudabu, Letters, Reddit.com, March 29, 2007.

• David D. Kirkpatrick and Jim Rutenberg, "E-Mail Shows Rove’s Role in Fate of Prosecutors," New York Times, March 29, 2007.
• "Separate White House E-mail Accounts Draw New Criticism," The News Desk Blog/U.S. News & World Report, March 29, 2007.
• Jason, Leopold, "DOJ Emails Illustrate Plan to Mislead Congress," truthout, March 29, 2007.
• Faiz Shakir, "Waxman Reveals New Evidence Showing White House Use Of Political E-mail Accounts," Think Progress, March 29, 2007.
• Joseph Cannon, "GWB43: Conyers and Leahy smell a rat" and "GWB43/Smartech follow-up," Cannonfire Blogspot, March 29, 2007.
• Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney, Amanda Terkel, and Satyam Khanna, "E-mail Evasion," The Progress Report / Center for American Progress, March 30, 2007.
• Joseph Cannon, "Computergate: I call BULLSHIT," Cannonfire Blogspot, March 30, 2007.
• Joseph Cannon, "More on GWB43," Cannonfire Blogspot, March 31, 2007.

April 2007

• Joseph Cannon, "Who is Michael L. Connell?" Cannonfire Blogspot, April 2, 2007.
• Lambert, "gwb43.com for dummies," Corrente Wire, April 3, 2007.
• Henry A. Waxman, "Committee Requests White House E-mails Stored at RNC," House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 4, 2007.
• Jesse Lee, "Waxman Requests Emails," The Gavel (Speaker.gov), April 4, 2007.
• Klaus Marre, "Waxman requests e-mail from RNC servers," The Hill, April 4, 2007.
• "Waxman To RNC: Turn Over Your Emails," Think Progress, April 4, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Waxman Requests RNC Emails," TPMmuckraker, April 4, 2007.
• Joseph Cannon, "Computergate: Let's play dodgeball! (UPDATES 1, 2 and 3)" and "What to do about computergate?" Cannonfire Blogspot, April 4, 2007.
• R. Jeffrey Smith, "Waxman Seeks RNC E-Mail on Use of Federal Resources," Washington Post, April 5, 2007.
• intranets, "More email server proof for Rep. Waxman," ePluribus Media, April 5, 2007.
• Editorial Board, Opinion: "Official E-mail: The public record," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 6, 2007. See Executive Orders.
• Lambert, "Dodgy White House Emails: Blast from the Past," Corrente Wire, April 7, 2007.
• Tom Hamburger, "Party-issued laptops now a White House headache. Democrats say a private e-mail system was used in violation of federal rules," Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2007.
• Alexis Simendinger, "The E-mail Trail," National Journal (GovExec.com), April 9, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Does Anybody Know Where My Policy Laptop Is?" TPMmuckraker, April 9, 2007.
• "Strange Domains Registered by the RNC-Not Just gwb43.com," Neomeme, April 9, 2007.
• Dan Froomkin, "The Next Bush Scandal?" Washington Post, April 10, 2007.
• Tom Hamburger, "E-mail system may hurt White House. Democrats want to see messages sent by the RNC's backup paging, computer network," Los Angeles Times (Houston Chronicle), April 10, 2007.
• "The White House Email Controversy Heats Up," MoJoBlog/MotherJones, April 10, 2007.
• Joseph Cannon, "Big media notices computergate" and "GWB43: The scandal gains momentum," Cannonfire Blogspot, April 10, 2007.
• Jennifer Loven, "Congressional investigators probe why White House aides used GOP-sponsored e-mail accounts," Associated Press (Boston Globe; The Huffington Post), April 11, 2007.
• Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), "Well, I Guess GWB43.com Really Is the Smoking Gun," The Next Hurrah, April 11, 2007.
• Joseph Cannon, "Oops! (Added note)," Cannonfire Blogspot, April 11, 2007.
• Nico Pitney, "White House Claims It Lost RNC Emails," Think Progress, April 11, 2007.
• "White House E-mails Are Missing, Waxman," The Politico, April 11, 2007.
• Xan, "Today's Episode of 'As The gwb43.com Turns': The Dog Ate My Emails!," Corrente Wire, April 11, 2007.
• Lambert, "Froomkin keeps asking questions on gwb43.com, but no answers from White House," Corrente Wire, April 11, 2007. See Froomkin's post.
• Henry A. Waxman, "Waxman Asks Government Agencies to Preserve E-mails from RNC Accounts," House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 12, 2007. Includes links to numerous letters.
• Tom Hamburger, "Officials' e-mails may be missing, White House says. Democrats in Congress want messages from private system for probe of U.S. attorney firings," Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2007. See comments: "50 White House officials have used RNC accounts," Think Progess, April 12, 2007.
• Dan Froomkin, "Countless White House E-Mails Deleted," Washington Post, April 12, 2007.
• Glenn Greenwald, "The Bush administration's terrible luck with finding documents," Salon, April 12, 2007.
• Margaret Talev and Marisa Taylor, "Key Democrat accuses officials of lying about e-mails," McClatchy Newspapers, April 12, 2007.
• Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Bush Advisers’ Approach on E-Mail Draws Fire," New York Times, April 12, 2007.
• Lambert, "Froomkin writes the lede on gwb43.com. And then the story," Corrente Wire, April 12, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, April 12, 2007:

• "White House: 'We Live in a New Time'"
• "Rove Emails Missing from RNC Server"

• Joseph Cannon, "GovTech, GWB43, the White House and computergate," TrustMe.com, April 12, 2007.
• Lambert, "Can we please stop saying that email is easy to 'delete' with a right-click?" Corrente Wire, April 12, 2007.
• Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), The Next Hurrah, April 12, 2007:

• "Another Interesting Detail, Karl Rove Edition"
• "95%"
• "LInX and the USA Purge"

• Henry A. Waxman, "Chairman Waxman Asks RNC To Provide Production Schedule," House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 13, 2007.
• Tom Hamburger and Richard A. Serrano, "Controversy escalates over missing e-mails. GOP officials say they're still searching for messages related to investigations of Bush administration. Democrats focus on Karl Rove," Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2007.
• Michael Abramowitz, "Rove E-Mail Sought by Congress May Be Missing. RNC Took Away His Access to Delete Files in 2005," Washington Post, April 13, 2007.
• Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Missing E-Mail May Be Related to Prosecutors," New York Times, April 13, 2007.
• Michael Kranish, "Subpoenas vowed over 'lost' e-mails," Boston Globe, April 13, 2007.
• Dan Froomkin, "E-Mail Saga Gets Fishier," Washington Post, April 13, 2007.
• Massimo Calabresi, "Inside the Bush E-mail Scandal," TIME Magazine, April 13, 2007.
• Steve Holland, "Rove in new controversy over e-mails," Reuters, April 13, 2007.
• Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and Dahlia Lithwick, "Gonzo-Meter. What do the missing RNC e-mails mean for Al?" Slate, April 13, 2007.
• Michael Horowitz, "Helping Henry Waxman," MichaelHorowitz Blogspot, April 13, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "White House Says Emails Lost Due to Tech Glitch," TPMmuckraker, April 13, 2007.
• Jason Leopold, "Fitzgerald Cited Missing Emails During Plame Probe," truthout, April 13, 2007.
• Matt Renner, " truthout, April 13, 2007.
• Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), "The Case of Patrick Fitzgerald and the Missing Emails"/firedoglake and "Rove's Hadley Email," The Next Hurrah, April 13, 2007.
• Eli, "The Dog Ate My Subpoena," firedoglake, April 13, 2007.
• Christy Hardin Smith, "Of threats and deletions and a hefty helping of hubris," firedoglake, April 13, 2007.
• Joe Gandelman, "White House Email Loss Being Likened To Watergate Tape Gap," The Moderate Voice, April 13, 2007.
• Phoenix Woman, "Buh-Bye, Abu Gonzales (with Update)," firedoglake, April 13, 2007.
• Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Lawyer Says Rove Assumed E-Mail Was Kept," New York Times, April 14, 2007.
• Rob Pegoraro, "'Delete' Doesn't Mean 'Disappear'," Washington Post, April 14, 2007.
• Tom Raum, "Analysis: Rove Flap Gives Dems Ammo," Associated Press (Washington Post), April 14, 2007.
• David Johnston and Eric Lipton, "E-Mail Identified G.O.P. Candidates for Justice Jobs," New York Times, April 14, 2007.
• Richard A. Serrano, "Replacements were debated, papers say. Insiders proposed as U.S. attorneys, memos show," Baltimore Sun, April 14, 2007.
• Marisa Taylor and Margaret Talev, "E-mail contradicts testimony. A former Gonzales aide's message offered suggestions to replace fired U.S. attorneys," McClatchy Newspapers (The News & Observer), April 14, 2007.
• Xan, "gwb43.com: Weekend Meta Edition!" Corrente Wire, April 14, 2007.
• Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), The Next Hurrah, April 14, 2007:

• "Congressman Waxman: Interview Jenny Mayfield"
• "Cabinet Secretary Counsels"
• "The Green Zone at DOJ"

• Eli, "Smoking Gun Needed," firedoglake, April 14, 2007.
• TRex, "Late Nite FDL: "Mmmmm! Smells like job security!" firedoglake, April 14, 2007.
• Editorial: "The Fantasy Behind the Scandal," New York Times, April 15, 2007.
• "Deal likely on missing RNC e-mail," Associated Press (Baltimore Sun), April 15, 2007.
• Brad Friedman, "Robert Reich: Not About Email, It's About White House Wanting to 'Make it More Difficult for People to Vote'," Brad Blog, April 15, 2007.

• David Edwards, "Pundit: White House wants it 'difficult for people to vote'," The Raw Story, April 15, 2007.

• Press Release: "CREW to Discuss Facts Behind the Two White House Email Scandals at Tele-News Conference Today, Monday, April 16, 2007 at 3:00 PM EDT," Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (PRNewswire/USNewswire), April 16, 2007.
• "White House May Find Countless E-Mails," Associated Press (Salon), April 16, 2007.
• "CREW Issues New Fact Sheet: The Facts Behind The White House Email Scandals," Common Dreams, April 17, 2007.
• "White House Raises Potential Executive-Privilege Claim On RNC E-mails," The Politico/CBS News, April 17, 2007.
• David Edwards and Ron Brynaert, "Daily Show: Maybe Marvel supervillains fight in White House destroyed emails," The Raw Story, April 17, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "White House to RNC: Don't You Give Those Emails to Dems," TPMmuckraker, April 17, 2007.
• Henry A. Waxman, "Rep. Waxman Renews Request After RNC Fails to Provide Information on White House Officials’ E-mails," House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 18, 2007.
• Faiz Shakir, "RNC To Waxman: We’ll Only Show You The Emails We Want You To See," Think Progress, April 18, 2007.
• "Obstruction of Justice Charges," Free Market News, April 18, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "RNC to White House: Don't You Worry," TPMmuckraker, April 18, 2007.
• Matt Renner and Jason Leopold, "CREW Chief on Fitzgerald and the Missing Emails," truthout, April 18, 2007.
• "Sen. Whitehouse (D-RI) Unveils Flowchart of White House/Justice ...," OpEdNews.com, April 19, 2007. (Note: website experiencing bandwidth problems; will update link later.)
• GOP Hypocrites of the Week: White House, BuzzFlash.com.
• Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, "Are Rove's missing e-mails the smoking guns of the stolen 2004 election?" The Free Press, April 25, 2007.
• "Officials With Political E - Mail Accounts," Associated Press, April 26, 2007.

June 2007

• Daniel Pulliam, "Agencies Asked to Preserve Electronic Info," Tech Insider Blog/GovExec.com, June 15, 2007.
• "The Use of RNC E-Mail Accounts by White House Officials" (Interim Staff Report), U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 18, 2007.
• Jesse Lee, "Interim Report on RNC Emails and the Presidential Records Act," The Gavel/Speaker's Blog, June 18, 2007; abstracted with comments at "Susan Ralston answers questions about Karl Rove's e-mails. He used private accounts 'from day one'," Citizens for Responsiblity and Ethics in Washington, June 19, 2007.
• Ron Hutcheson, "Missing White House e-mails may have violated law, panel says," McClatchy Newspapers, June 18, 2007.
• Patrick O'Connor, The Crypt Congress Blog/The Politico, June 18, 2007:

• "Leahy rips White House, RNC for losing e-mails"
• "Deleted?"
• "BC'04 responds to report on lost White House e-mails"

• Laura McGann, "Report: Loss of White House Emails 'Most Serious Breach' in Record Law's History," TPMmuckraker, June 18, 2007.
• Michael Abramowitz, "Bush Aides' Misuse of E-Mail Detailed by House Committee," Washington Post, June 19, 2007.
• "Probe: E-mail trails missing for 51 officials linked to RNC," Associated Press (USA TODAY), June 19, 2007.
• "House Panel Says Records of E-Mails Are Missing," Associated Press (New York Times), June 19, 2007.
• Jon Ward, "Report slams deletion of White House e-mail," Washington Times, June 19, 2007.
• William Roberts, "Dozens More in White House Linked to Lost E-Mails," Bloomberg News (New York Sun), June 19, 2007.
• Erica Morphy, "Rumbling Over Missing White House E-Mails Getting Louder," TechNewsWorld, June 20, 2007.