tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post3042261036616830212..comments2023-08-11T08:06:28.810-07:00Comments on Slobber And Spittle (Archive): Who Fired The USA Eight?Cujo359http://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-78472808793847368092007-03-26T01:34:00.000-07:002007-03-26T01:34:00.000-07:00Cujo - Yesterday, I read that Abu got Bush out of ...Cujo - Yesterday, I read that Abu got Bush out of a mess in 1996 when he (Bush) was called for jury duty in Texas. As governor (or gubernatorial candidate, not sure when in '96 this was) he couldn't possibly have dodged jury duty and escaped vilification in the press. The problem was that the jury form asks if you've ever been arrested or convicted of a crime. Bush had DUIs on his record (something that hardly anyone knew because, up until that point, Daddy had made sure those things had been kept from the prying eyes of the media.) But lying on the form would have been a felony. So, stuck between a rock and a hard place, Abu, Bush's pal and consigliere, went to have a private chat with the judge and they worked out a deal where the DUIs would still be kept secret and Bush could serve on the jury.<BR/><BR/>So, he started committing conspiracies and perjuries early on, and Abu should be disbarred, and possibly jailed, for his complicity in the matter. And I'd love to know who the judge was. I wish I could remeber where I read it so I could give you a link. I'll search around for that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-64054422503175895432007-03-25T02:03:00.000-07:002007-03-25T02:03:00.000-07:00Hi shoephone,Abu and W go back a long way. Someone...Hi shoephone,<BR/><BR/>Abu and W go back a long way. Someone mentioned that he was instrumental in getting W out of some legal trouble a while back. (Unfortunately, I don't remember where). Anyhow, he's not going to blab, and he shouldn't really have to. There must be emails or other communications at the White House about this one. White House Counsels and Deputy Assistant Whatevers don't normally get to fire anyone in a different government department. That takes someone like the AG, the President, or perhaps one of his top aides like Rove. In any event, it's the President's decision in the end, so if he didn't ask the right questions then he's responsible, also.<BR/><BR/>We'll be digging into more documents. If you already have notes on some documents, please feel free to leave them in the appropriate pages in the Gonzopedia.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-66522676462605635732007-03-24T20:05:00.000-07:002007-03-24T20:05:00.000-07:00What a great job you've done in compiling the pdfs...What a great job you've done in compiling the pdfs and highlighting the salient points and burning questions. I stayed up until almost 3 am looking through the new batch of docs and the one thing that jumped out at me was how early on in the game the DOJ and its advisors were strategizing how to put that power-grabbing amendment to appoint USAs into Patriot Act II. The emails btw Dan Collins and Moschella started <B>back in 2003</B>. (doc3, pp. 7) and in the ones from 6/16/04, (doc3, pp.9-10):<BR/><BR/>(Moschella): "You indicated to me (a pet peeve of yours I think) that federal judges have the ability to appoint acting USAs. What is the code section? There is a potential vehicle for an amendment to fix that constitutional anomaly."<BR/><BR/>Collins, in response, discusses "options to fixing the problem" w/ provision title 28 USC 546(d). <BR/><BR/>Here they are devising their plan to get around the 120-day rule where the AG makes the interim appointment and then the federal court makes the permanent appointment (which is likely confirmed by Senate.) <BR/><BR/>Collins writes : "You could just give the AG both appointments" and then suggests how to write the amendment to repeal the current rule. <BR/><BR/>*Remember, it's still only 2004, two years before Patriot Act II passage.*<BR/><BR/>There is a series of emails (doc 3, pp. 17-18) on 11/11/05 between Brett Tolman (the Patriot Act II perp), Moschella, Goodling, Battle and Voris all referencing Collins' idea. <BR/><BR/>Moschella writes: "An amendment was floated by one of our friends during Patriot negotiations that would eliminate court's ability to appoint acting USAs. We... believe that the AG should have that authority alone." <BR/><BR/>Finally, on the same day, doc 3, pp. 20, Moschella emails Tolman:<BR/><BR/>"Judges should not be appointing USAs period for separation of powers issue."<BR/><BR/>Getting their talking points together.<BR/><BR/>Clearly the emails we see are keeping Abu out of the discussions, but I wonder about all the blackberry communications, going through a different server. And Rove is known to use a blackberry for almost all his communications...<BR/><BR/>Abu is expendable. The WH knows he won't ever betray the godfather, and anyway, his fingerprints are all over the torture and wiretapping operations. All roads lead to Rove. Just the fact that Rove's assistant, Glynda Becker, was the one fielding complaints from the WA State GOP about McKay and then Rove relayed those complaints directly to Abu and Miers. (And then -- not documented yet -- who did Miers talk to about it? POTUS.) And then POTUS talked about it with Abu. The phony voter fraud games are in Rove's blood. It goes way back. <BR/><BR/>Sorry for the long comment, Cujo. There is so much in those docs it's a wonder the clowns at the DOJ thought they could hide anything by muddying them up with countless repeats, docs out of chronological order, redactions, missing emails, and dumping it all on a Friday night. <BR/><BR/>I just hope that Leahy can rein in Schumer's grandstanding and Reid's Mr. Magoo act.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com