Bush administration U.S. attorney firings controversy/External links: June and July 2007

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The following are articles and commentary for June and July 2007 related to the Bush administration U.S. attorney firings controversy.

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Also see related Bush administration warrantless wiretapping and Bush administration phony 'voter fraud'.

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June 2007

June 1

• Adam Zagorin, "Rove Named in Alabama Controversy," TIME Magazine, June 1, 2007. re Don Siegelman / Karl Rove
• Matt Corley, "Schlozman Under Fire From Senate Over Effort To Squash Voter Suppression Probe," Think Progress, June 1, 2007.

June 2

• Dave Helling, "Schlozman to break his silence. Former U.S. attorney will testify this week before Senate judiciary panel," The Kansas City Star, June 2, 2007.

June 4

• Richard B. Schmitt, "Justice official is said to have favored GOP loyalists. Bradley Schlozman is slated to testify Tuesday in the U.S. attorneys investigation," Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2007.
• Greg Gordon, "Justice Department actions expected to draw congressional scrutiny," McClatchy Newspapers, June 4, 2007.
• Murray Waas, "The Ninth Man Out: A Fired U.S. Attorney Tells His Story," The Huffington Post, June 4, 2007.
• Nico Pitney, "Conservatives Who Called For Gonzales’ Resignation Silent On No-Confidence Vote," Think Progress, June 4, 2007.
• Laura McGann, TPMmuckraker, June 4, 2007:

• "Schlozman Set To Testify On Firings And Political Hirings"
• "Sen. Whitehouse Still Asking What 'Improper' Means"

June 5

• Matt Corley, "Bradley Schlozman 101: How To Politicize The Justice Department," Think Progress, June 5, 2007.
• Eli, "Department Of ... Something or Other," Firedoglake Blog, June 5, 2007.
• Emma Schwartz, "The Little Red Book," The BLT: The Blog of the Legal Times, June 5, 2007.
• Jason McLure, "DOJ Official Admits to Boasting of Conservative Hires," The BLT: The Blog of the Legal Times, June 5, 2007.

Live blogging Bradley Schlozman and Todd Graves

• Christy Hardin Smith, "Schlozman and Graves Testimony Before Senate Judiciary," Firedoglake Blog, June 5, 2007: Parts I; II; III; and IV. Note: "Sen. Leahy quote of the day: 'During the course of your preparation, did you find that you remembered anything?'"
• Laura McGann, TPMmuckraker, June 5, 2007:

• "Senate Judiciary Hearing Gets Started"
• "Leahy And Feinstein Question Schlozman On Voter Fraud"
• "Schlozman Doesn't Remember Native American Voter Discrimination Case"
• "Schlozman Not Familiar With ACORN's Leanings"
• "Todd Graves Tells His Story"
• "Schlozman And Iglesias Conflict On Donsanto"

• Nico Pitney, "Leahy To Schlozman: ‘You’re Trying To Break Gonzales’ Record’ Of Saying ‘I Don’t Recall’," Think Progress, June 5, 2007.
• Satyam Khanna, "Schlozman’s Inadvertent Confession: Any Group That Works With Minorities Is ‘Liberal’," Think Progress, June 5, 2007.
• Brad Friedman, "Bradley Schlozman, GOP/DoJ 'Vote Fraud' Scammer, Chipmunk... DOJ SOURCE TO BRAD BLOG: Schlozman's Senate Judiciary Testimony 'On the Razor's Edge of Perjury', Says Tanner Promoted at DoJ to 'Take Hit for Schlozzie' on Photo ID/'Voter Fraud' Cases... CONFIRMED: No Republican Senators Bothered to Show Up For Hearings," The Brad Blog, June 5, 2007.

June 6

• Laurie Kellman, "Cheney Blocked Official's Promotion," Associated Press (Washington Post), June 6, 2007.
• Charlie Savage, "Bush aide admits hiring boasts. Says he broke no rules giving jobs to conservatives," Boston Globe, June 6, 2007.
• Donna Leinwand, "Ex-prosecutor says firing cleared way for another," USA TODAY, June 6, 2007.
• Dan Eggen, "Ex-Prosecutor Says He Didn't Think Charges Would Affect Election," Washington Post, June 6, 2007.
• Eric Lipton, "Panel Asks Official About Politics in Hiring," New York Times, June 6, 2007.
• Richard A. Serrano, "Indictments may have bent Justice's rules. A Senate panel hears how four liberal activists were charged right before the midterm election despite federal guidelines," Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2007.
• Greg Gordon, "Leahy sees meddling at Justice. As a key player on civil rights policy is grilled, senator says White House is trying to manipulate agency," McClatchy Newspapers (Sacremento Bee), June 6, 2007.
• looseheadprop, "The Investigation Expands," Firedoglake Blog, June 6, 2007.

June 7

• Christy Hardin Smith, "Not That Innocent," Firedoglake Blog, June 7, 2007.

June 9

• Rebecca Carr, "Former Justice Official Blasts Gonzales," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 9, 2007.

June 11

• Amy Goldstein and Dan Eggen, "Immigration Judges Often Picked Based On GOP Ties. Law Forbids Practice; Courts Being Reshaped," Washington Post, June 11, 2007.
• Laura McGann, "Today's Must Read," Think Progress, June 11, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, June 11, 2007:

• "Gonzales No-Confidence Vote Fails in Senate"
• "Specter on Gonzales Resolution: Oh, All Right"

June 12

• "Leahy to subpoena warrantless wiretapping docs," Think Progress, June 12, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, June 12, 2007:

• "Today's Must Read"
• "Schlozman: What I Really Meant Was..."
• "Voter Suppression Showdown, Round 2: Von Spakovsky"

June 13

• Ariane de Vogue, Jason Ryan, and Theresa Cook, "White House Subpoenas Come on the Heels of More Justice Dept. E-Mails. Congress Steps Up Pressure; Messages Show White House Involvement," ABC News, June 13, 2007.
• "E-Mails Show White House Knew," Free Market News Network, June 13, 2007.
• Margaret Talev, "White House subpoenas ratchet up confrontation with Congress," McClatchy Newspapers, June 13, 2007.
• "White House officials subpoenaed in U.S. attorneys probe," CNN, June 13, 2007.
• Todd Spangler, "Conyers demands more from White House in Justice probe," Detroit Free Press, June 13, 2007.
• Thomas Ferraro, "Congress subpoenas two former Bush aides," Reuters (ABC News), June 13, 2007.
• Jane Roh, "Subpoenas Sent To Harriet Miers, Sara Taylor," The Gate/National Journal, June 13, 2007.
• John Nichols, "Justice Department Scandals Draw Subpoenas," The Online Beat Blog/The Nation, June 13, 2007.
• "Sen. Arlen Specter proposes a deal," Think Progress, June 13, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, June 13, 2007:

• "Committees Subpoena Former Rove Aide, Miers"
• "And So It Begins"
• "Specter to White House: Let's Make a Deal"

June 14

• Richard B. Schmitt, "Former Bush aides subpoenaed. A showdown between the White House and Congress is seen as the pair are called to testify on U.S. attorney firings," Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2007.
• Andrew Ward, "Top aides to testify on fired attorneys," Financial Times (MSNBC), June 14, 2007.
• Todd Spangler, "Conyers demands answers in ousters. Subpoenas issued for ex-Bush aides," Detroit Free Press, June 14, 2007.
• Elana Schor, "Dems subpoena White House over attorney firings scandal," The Hill, June 14, 2007.
• "Think Fast" by Think Progress for June 14, 2007.
• "Cummins to DoJ: Apologize for calling me ‘lazy," Think Progress, June 14, 2007.
• "Gonzales bypasses Senate, appoints interim U.S. attorney," Think Progress, June 14, 2007.
• Matt Corley, "Leahy: Missing White House Emails Found, But Still Witheld From Congress," Think Progress, June 14, 2007.
• Faiz Shakir, "Justice Dept. IG Investigating Possible Gonzales Obstruction Of Justice Incident," Think Progress, June 14, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, June 14, 2007:

• "Former DoJ Official: Who, Me?"
• "Gonzales under Investigation by Internal DoJ Probe"
• "Griffin: Public Service 'Not Worth It'"

June 15

• Paula Reed Ward, "Buchanan to testify in attorney scandal today," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 15, 2007.
• Daniel Pulliam, "Agencies Asked to Preserve Electronic Info," Tech Insider Blog/GovExec.com, June 15, 2007.
• Nico Pitney, "Bush Finally Signs U.S. Attorney Bill After Installing One Last ‘Loyal Bushie’," Think Progress, June 15, 2007: re S.214 Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 signed June 14, 2007.
• "Fifth Top Justice Official Linked To Attorney Scandal Resigns," Think Progress, June 15, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, June 15, 2007:

• "Today's Must Read"
• "Complaint: Schlozman Aimed to Replace Lawyers with 'Good Americans'"
• "DoJ Purge Figure Resigns"

June 17

• Dan Eggen, "In U.S. Attorney's Offices, Help Wanted. Justice Dept. Seeking Replacements for Departing Temporary Prosecutors," Washington Post, June 17, 2007.

June 18

• Marisa Taylor and Margaret Talev "A Q&A for the U.S. Attorneys saga" McClatchy News Service Washington Bureau, June 18, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "LAT: Defendants Seize on Politicization of DoJ," TPMmuckraker, June 18, 2007.

June 19

• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, June 19, 2007:

• "Today's Must Read"
• "U.S. Attorney Resignation Made on Threat of Immediate Firing"

June 20

• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, June 20, 2007:

"House Dems to DoJ Whistleblowers: Send Us Your Tips" "McNulty: 'I Testified Truthfully'"

June 21

• Matt Corley, "McNulty Was ‘Cut Out Of The Loop,’ Learned About Controversial Memo From Press," Think Progress, June 21, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Today's Must Read," TPMmuckraker, June 21, 2007.

July

July 6

• Laura McGann, "Siegelman's Case Goes To Washington," TPMmuckraker, July 6, 2007.

July 7

• Press Release: Comment Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Testimony Of Ms. Sara Taylor, Former Director Of White House Office Of Political Affairs, July 7, 2007.

July 8

• "Subpoenas showdown between White House and U.S. Congress escalates," Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), July 8, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "White House to Congress: Nanny Nanny Boo Boo," TPMmuckraker, July 8, 2007.

July 9

• Nancy Zuckerbrod, "Leahy Expects Ex-Bush Aide to Testify," Associated Press (Washington Post), July 9, 2007.
• Peter Baker, "White House to defy order from Congress. Information on ex-US attorneys remains closed," Washington Post (Boston Globe), July 9, 2007.
• "Bush says no to Congress in prosecutors' case," Reuters (Washington Post), July 9, 2007.
• Thomas Ferraro and Toby Zakaria, "W.House rebuffs Congress, nears legal showdown," Reuters (Washington Post), July 9, 2007.
• Derek Kreindler, "Bush Invokes Executive Privilege; Denies Congress Access To Aides," All Headline News, July 9, 2007.
• John Nichols, "Bush Erects Another Stonewall Against Accountability," The Nation, July 9, 2007.
• Bonnie Goldstein, "The Sara Taylor Tractor Pull," Slate, July 9, 2007.
• "Bush invokes executive privilege to deny aides’ testimony," Think Progress, July 9, 2007. re executive privilege
• "Sara Taylor to Testify?" Firedoglake Blog, July 9, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "Rep. Cannon: Iglesias Was Fired ‘Because He’s An Idiot’," Think Progress, July 9, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, July 9, 2007:

• "Today's Must Read"
• "White House: No, Again"
• "White House: Can't We All Get Along?"
• "Conyers to WH: Waive Executive Privilege"
• "Subpoena Battle: What's Next?"

July 10

• Michael Kranish, "Congress, Bush near a court fight. President balks at request for files on firings," Boston Globe, July 10, 2007.
• David Johnston and Neil A. Lewis, "Bush Won’t Deliver Aides in Prosecutor Case," New York Times, July 10, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, July 10, 2007:

• "Miers to Invoke Privilege, But Conyers Calls Her Anyway"
• "Conyers to Pursue RNC for White House Emails"

July 11

• Jim Rutenberg, "Former Bush Aide Will Answer Some Questions," New York Times, July 11, 2007.
• Paul Kane and Peter Baker, "Ex-Bush Aide to Respect Executive Privilege in Hill Testimony," Washington Post, July 11, 2007.
• Laurie Kellman, "Former Bush Adviser to Say No to Senate," Associated Press (Washington Post), July 11, 2007.
• Editorial: "Privilege has its limits. It would behoove President Bush to compromise with Congress in its U.S. attorneys probe," Los Angeles Times, July 11, 2007.
• Laura McGann, "Dana Jill Simpson Stands By Affidavit," TPMmuckraker, July 11, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Miers Attorney Tells House Committee She Will Not Attend," TPMmuckraker, July 11, 2007.
• Faiz Shakir, "Miers Marches To Bush’s Orders, Elects Not To Appear Before Congress," Think Progress, July 11, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Former Rove Aide Testifies before the Senate," TPMmuckraker, July 11, 2007. Includes link to Sara Taylor's Opening Statement (Written Testimony).

Live blogging Sara Taylor

• Christy Hardin Smith, Testimony of Sara Taylor before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Firedoglake Blog, July 11, 2007:

• Part I: "In Advance Of Sara Taylor and the HJC..."; Part II; Part III

• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, July 11, 2007:

• "'Our Quarrel is Not with You'"
• "Taylor Refuses to Answer about Conversations with President"
• "Taylor Used Off-The-Record Email to Be 'Efficient'"
• "Taylor: Sorry for Calling Fired USA 'Lazy'"
• "Maybe Clinton Got Away with It?"
• "Taylor: 'I Took An Oath to The President'"
• "Whitehouse Presses Taylor on Rove Briefings"
• "Whitehouse: Who's 'We?'"

• Matt Corley, Think Progress, July 11, 2007:

• "Echoing Gonzales, Taylor’s Testimony Rife With ‘I Don’t Know’ And ‘I Don’t Recall’"
• "Leahy: Taylor’s Testimony ‘Undercuts’ White House Claims To Executive Privilege"

July 12

• Richard B. Schmitt, "Disregard subpoenas, Justice Dept. says. The opinion raises questions over whether Bush officials would be prosecuted for not cooperating in probe of U.S. attorneys firings," Los Angeles Times, July 12, 2007.
• Dan Eggen and Paul Kane, "Miers Rebuffs Senate Subpoena. Another Ex-Aide Says She Did Not Speak With Bush About Firings," Washington Post, July 12, 2007.
• Sridhar Pappu, "A Bush Aide's Long Road From The White House," Washington Post, July 12, 2007.
• Matt Corley, "Cummins Contradicts Taylor: ‘Tim Griffin Wanted My Job, They Decided To Give It Him’," Think Progress, July 12, 2007.
• "Miers's Empty Chair," Think Progress, July 12, 2007.
• Thers, "You Stop a War with the Constitution You Have," Firedoglake Blog, July 12, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, July 12, 2007:

• "Today's Must Read"
• "House Committee Authorizes Subpoenas for White House RNC Emails"
• "Cummins Debunks Taylor Story on Firing"

Live blogging Harriet Miers hearing

• Christy Hardin Smith, House Committee on the Judiciary Hearing, Firedoglake Blog, July 12, 2007: "Miers Fails to Show" and Part II.

• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, July 12, 2007:

• "Miers A No-Show, Committee to Rule against Claim of Privilege"
• "Conyers: Are Subpoenas Optional or Not?"

July 13

• Robert Barnes and Dan Eggen, "Hill Panel Initiates Contempt Charges Against Miers. Executive Privilege Battle May Hit Courts," Wasington Post, July 13, 2007.
• Jack Balkin, "Constitutional Hardball in the Bush Administration," Balkinization Blogspot, July 13, 2007.

July 16

• Laura McGann, "44 Former State AGs Call For Review Of Siegelman Case," TPMmuckraker, July 16, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "DoJ Prevents Voting Section Chief from Testifying," TPMmuckraker, July 16, 2007.

July 18

• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, July 18, 2007:

• "Leahy to Gonzales: Start Trying to Remember Now"
• "Gonzales Appoints New Deputy Attorney General" re Craig S. Morford

July 19

• "Attorney General faces new questions," Associated Press (USA TODAY), July 19, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, July 19, 2007:

• "Former DoJ Official Changes Testimony on Voter ID Law"
• "Senators: Justice Department's Chief Counsel Breaking the Law"
• "House Committee Rules against White House Privilege Claim"

July 20

• Dan Eggen and Amy Goldstein, "Broader Privilege Claimed In Firings. White House Says Hill Can't Pursue Contempt Cases," Washington Post, July 20, 2007.
• Brooke Masters, "DoJ all but 'operating on autopilot'," Financial Times (MSNBC), July 20, 2007.
• "Gonzales Holds In-House Pep Talk. Attorney General Addresses U.S. Attorney Scandal And Outlines Reforms During Internal Videoconference," CBS News, July 20, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Today's Must Read," TPMmuckraker, July 20, 2007.

July 21

• Dan Eggen and Amy Goldstein, "Fight Over Documents May Favor Bush, Experts Say. Contempt Charge Precedents Cited in Firings Case," Washington Post, July 21, 2007.
• Frank Askin, "Congress's Power To Compel," Washington Post, July 21, 2007.

July 22

• Richard B. Schmitt, "Another U.S. attorney in a tight spot. As lawmakers move to hold administration figures in contempt, Jeffrey Taylor would be the prosecutor -- pitted against his bosses," Los Angeles Times, July 22, 2007.

July 23

• Richard B. Scmitt, "A former Hatch aide, U.S. Attorney in DC is in a tight spot," Los Angeles Times (Salt Lake Tribune), July 23, 2007.
• Keith Koffler, "Lawmaker to push contempt vote for White House officials," Congress Daily (GovExec.com), July 23, 2007.
• Thomas Ferraro, "Gonzales vows to stay to fix Justice Department," Reuters, July 23, 2007.
• Terry Frieden, "Gonzales says he's keeping his post, wants to 'fix problems'," CNN, July 23, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "U.S. Attorney Touted Work For Bush Campaign To Get Nominated," Think Progress, July 23, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, July 23, 2007:

• "House Committee to Consider Contempt for Bolten, Miers"
• "Ex-DoJ Attys Question Civil Rights Official's Testimony"
• "House Committee to Vote on Criminal Contempt"
• "Gonzales: I Will Not Walk Away from the Problems I Created"
• "Gonzales before Congress, Round 3"

July 24

Pre-hearing

• Ann Woolner, "President Bush Tells Congress, Because I Said So," Bloomberg News, July 24, 2007. re executive privilege
• Alex Koppelman, "Is the Bush administration ... right? The president's order shielding Harriet Miers from charges of contempt may seem like a power grab, but it's not a new idea. Congress just needs new tools to fight back," Salon, July 24, 2007.
• Dan Eggen, "House Panel Nears A Legal Clash With Bush Over Firings. Gonzales to Tell Senators He Will Not Quit," Washington Post, July 24, 2007.
• Richard B. Schmitt, "House panel plans a vote on contempt. The White House chief of staff and ex-counsel refuse to comply with congressional subpoenas in the probe of U.S. attorney firings," Los Angeles Times (Seattle Times), July 24, 2007.
• Laurie Kellman, "Gonzales Faces More Senate Questioning," Associated Press (Forbes), July 24, 2007.

Live blogging Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Alberto Gonzales

• Questionnaire from Senate Committee on the Judiciary to Alberto Gonzales for July 24, 2007, appearance, July 17, 2007.
• Statement of Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, July 24, 2007.
• Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake Blog, July 24, 2007:

• Alberto Gonzales Testimony: Part I; Part II; Part III;Part IV; Part V.

• Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), The Next Hurrah Blog, July 24, 2007:

• Changing the Rules"
• "AGAG's Just Given Cheney the Keys to the DOJ Kingdom"

• "Gonzales Contradicts Prior Statements, Confirms Existence Of Other Spying Programs," Think Progress, July 24, 2007.
• Faiz Shakir, "Schumer Rips Gonzales Over Contradictory Reponses On Spying Program," Think Progress, July 24, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "Specter Proposes Special Prosecutor To Investigate U.S. Attorney Scandal," Think Progress, July 24, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, July 24, 2007:

• "Leahy, Specter Lay in to Gonzales"
• "Gonzales: 'That's a Good Question'"
• "Gonzales Unsure of How Many USAs He Fired"

• Spencer Ackerman, TPMmuckraker, July 24, 2007:

• "Gonzales: NSL Abuses Weren't Really Abuses"
• "Gonzales: I Only Visited Ashcroft's Hospital Bed Because Congress Wanted It"
• "Gonzales: 'Not So Clear' That Waterboarding Violates Geneva Common Article 3"
• "Gonzales: Witness Tampering? No, It Was Witness Consolation"
• "Gonzales Stonewalls on Bush's Involvement in Hospital Visit"
• "Gonzales Memo Widened Cheney's Office Access to DoJ Case Info"

• Digby, "Depends On What The Definition Of Program Is," Hullabaloo Blogspot, July 24, 2007.

Post-hearing

• Jane Roh, "Gonzales Is Back On The Hill. So?" The Gate Blog/National Journal, July 24, 2007.
• David Stout, "Gonzales Says No Pressure Put on Ashcroft," New York Times; International Herald Tribune, July 24, 2007.
• Dan Eggen and William Branigan, "Gonzales Denies Pressuring Ashcroft," Washington Post, July 24, 2007.
• Michael Roston, The Raw Story, July 24, 2007:

• "Rove blamed for Attorney firings in Gonzales hearing; Specter raises prospect of impeachment"
• "Leahy to Gonzales: 'Why not just be fair to the truth?'"

• Andrew Cohen, "Gonzales: 'No Place For Politics At Justice'," CBS News, July 24, 2007.
• Spencer Ackerman and Paul Kiel, "Senators Signal Gonzales Perjury Inquiry over Spying Testimony," TPMmuckraker, July 24, 2007.
• Anonymous Liberal, "One Program or Two?" The Anonymous Liberal Blog, July 24, 2007.

July 25

Pre-hearing

• Amy Goldstein, "Report Suggests Laws Broken in Attorney Firings," Washington Post, July 25, 2007.
• Dana Milbank, "With Senate and Gonzales, Familiarity Breeds Contempt," Washington Post, July 25, 2007.
• "House Democrats ready contempt of Congress citations against two presidential aides," Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), July 25, 2007.
• Kagro X, "Contempt vote in the House today," The Daily Kos, July 25, 2007.
• Spencer Ackerman, "Today's Must Read," TPMmuckraker, July 25, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "House Committee to Vote on Contempt Citation," TPMmuckraker, July 25, 2007.

Live blogging House Committee on the Judiciary hearing on contempt

• Christy Hardin Smith, "HJC Contempt Hearing," Firedoglake Blog, July 25, 2007: Part I and Part II.

Post-hearing

• Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake Blog, July 25, 2007:

• "About That Dick..."
• "Breathtaking GOP mendacity in the House Judiciary today"
• "Iranian Nukes and GOP Kooks"

• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, July 25, 2007:

• "House Committee Approves Contempt Citation"
• "House GOPers Fear 'Imperial Presidency'"
• "Pelosi: Contempt Vote Part of Effort to Restore Checks and Balances"
• "DoJ Makes It Official: Contempt Stops in Congress"

• Anonymous Liberal, "Parsing Gonzales' Testimony," The Anonymous Liberal Blog, July 25, 2007.

July 27

• Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), The Next Hurrah Blog, July 27, 2007:

• Memo to Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary from Rep. John Conyers, Jr., July 24, 2007, re Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten's refusal to testify.

"The USA Purge, to Date"

• "The David Iglesias Cover-Up"

• Anonymous Liberal, "The Case Against Gonzeles, The Anonymous Liberal Blog, July 27, 2007.

July 28

• Philip Shenon and Jim Rutenberg, "Justice Dept. Lawyers Join Chorus Criticizing Gonzales," New York Times, July 28, 2007.
• Jane Hamsher, "The Case Against Gonzales," Firedoglake Blog, July 28, 2007.
• Marcy Wheeler, "Ix-Nay on the Onstitution-Cay," The Next Hurrah Blog, July 28, 2007.

July 29

• Matt Corley, "Conservatives Refuse To Appear On Fox News To Publicly Defend Gonzales," Think Progress, July 29, 2007.

July 30

• Dan Eggen and Amy Goldstein, "Gonzales's Truthfulness Long Disputed. Claims of Misstatements to Shield Bush Stretch Back a Decade," Washington Post, July 30, 2007.
• "Specter gives WH one day to clarify Gonzales testimony," Think Progress, July 30, 2007.
• "Inslee to introduce Gonzales impeachment tomorrow," Think Progress, July 30, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Today's Must Read," TPMmuckraker, July 30, 2007.

July 31

• "White House Misses Noon Deadline For Gonzales Testimony," Think Progress, July 31, 2007.
• Will Thomas, "Gonzales: Mr. Popularity," TPMmuckraker, July 31, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, TPMmuckraker, July 31, 2007:

• "Specter Expects Letter from Administration on Gonzales Testimony"
• "Snow: Letter on Gonzales Testimony Coming Later"