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Uh. Mah. Gawd. It seems that I owe some lovely person at the RNC a thank you note:
Mr. Kelner's briefing raised particular concems about Karl Rove, who according to press reports used his RNC accountfor 95%o of his communications. According to Mr. Kelner, although the hold started in August 2004, the RNC does not have any e-mails prior to 2005 for Mr. Rove. Mr. Kelner did not give any explanation for the e-mails missing from Mr. Rove's account, but he did acknowledge that one possible explanation is that Mr. Rove personally deleted his e-mails from the RNC server.Mr. Kelner also explained that starting in 2005, the RNC began to treat Mr. Rove's emails in a special fashion. At some point in 2005, the RNC commenced an automatic archive policy for Mr. Rove, but not for any other White House officials. According to Mr. Kelner, this archive policy removed Mr. Rove's ability to personally delete his e-mails from the RNC server. Mr. Kelner did not provide many details about why this special policy was adopted for Mr. Rove. But he did indicate that one factor was the presence of investigative or discovery requests or other legal concerns. It was unclear from Mr. Kelner's briefing whether the special archiving policy for Mr. Rove was consistently in effect after 2005. (emphasis mine)
Oh, frabtacular day. And may I just say for the record that if Mr. Rove knew that his e-mails were to be preserved due to a pending criminal investigation and deleted them anyway in an effort to keep them from being viewed in discovery under a valid request from, say, a certain tall special prosecutor whose name might be Fitzgerald...well, that could be construed in a whole lot of places as obstruction of justice.
Oh, and did I mention that there are reports that Monica Goodling is cutting an immunity deal with one or both Judiciary Committees to spill all?
You just can't find loyal minions willing to break the law and take the fall for you like you used to, can you, Karl? How does that make Scooter feel, I wonder?
(H/T to twolf1 for the link to First Read.)
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Just a reminder, big doc dump tomorrow from doj. dumpster diving wiki already set up at TPM.
And jane, can you tell us if there is ANY way we can get congress to nominate Pat Fitzgerald to replace Abu Gonz once Abu is Gone-z? I mean, is he the reincarnation of Elliot Ness or what?
Proud to say I’ve never been a minion, to anybody.
These Goptards will do what rats always do: Desert the sinking ship, and swim to the next boat they can infest.
Maybe we can have some nets out there to keep them, er, underwater.
Oh boy!
Oh, frabjus! I guess the RNC doesn’t want legal trouble.
I wonder if this will be enough to make Fitz act.
Have to admit I’m not that hopeful.
it goes ‘frabjous day, calloo, callay”
“removed Mr. Rove’s ability to personally delete his e-mails from the RNC server.”
Fitz!!! Sounds like a bus, looks like a bus, might be a bus.
George, George, George of the Jungle - watch out for that Treeee!!!
Bionic at 5 — You mean, beyond exposing the criminal cabal in the first place and convicting Libby? Because gosh, he’s just been sitting around twiddling his thumbs otherwise.
O.o
The full post on the retention by the RNC specifically hints at the fact that Fitz had Karlosivitch Rovski in his sights and WANTED those emails, and since Fitz has NOT CLOSED his case, they are still being retained….
And, btw, I have an e-mail in to Fitz’s spokesperson to see if he has any comment on this. Will let you guys know if I get anything beyond a “no comment” back. *g*
Christy Hardin Smith @ 10
you go girl!
OT, I don’t know, you decide:
OMG too good to be true !
Woodhall Hollow @ 198
Looks like Wolfowitz is toast!
It’s tough being a even a former Bushie these days.
Kathleen
Come on this guy led the charge into Iraq with a pack full of lies. In Ron Suskinds book “The Price of Loyalty” former Secretary of the Treasury said that Wolfowitz and Cheney were the two biggest war pushers.
Wolfowitz is up to his neck in Iraqi blood and “noble lies”
Wolfowitz ,Perle and Ledeen have all been the subjects of F.B.I inquiries
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-
More Wolfowitz hanky panky
bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/30/6069
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/08/27/fbi.spy/
http://www.counterpunch.org/leopold02272004.htm
http://www.ericmargolis.com/ar…..he_dot.php
Way to soon to immunize Goodling. Fry ‘er first, then discuss the possibilty of immunity. Time is on our side. Drag it out.
Oh frabjous day, caloo calay!
Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to Deceive.
Can it be that we will be having a perpetual Fitzmas celebration? If not perpetual, at least until all the cockroaches currently inhabiting the administration are squished.
Can it really be?
Sam Seder on KO
if you have not seen Lawmakers on Imus on Hardball April 12
Another must is General Zinni kicking the Bush administrations ass one more time ever so politely on Hardball April 11. Zinni warned againt this quagmire in Iraq over and over
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/
raven @ 19
He should replace Imus.
Sam Seder on Keith right now commenting on the shiny object that I am SO tired of hearing about.
Maybe MSNBC can hire him for the morning slot.
TurdBlossom’s His nickname for Rove
Hail the Boy King, our Conquering Fuhrer!Of great dirty tricks he’s a trove.
KKK-Karl
Is going to snarl
As his buns bake in Congress’s stove.
His visions make our future clearer!
Eschew introspection
and make no connection
with the blood that you see in the mirror.
Alfred Kelgarries @
2
Someone back a thread or so, I think it was emptywheel, suggested James Comey to step up after Gonzalez is pushed out. I think I agree. Comey did the right thing in the face of some very serious threats and he thinks fast on his feet…effectively. The next president is free to nominate his own AG, and I hope Patrick Fitzgerald is given serious consideration for that. Honestly, I believe that both are exceptional men.
Karl Rove going down worries me, though. That leaves George W. Bush alone with Dick Cheney.
This country has problems.
RevDeb @ 22
I’m with you. Beating the Imus dead horse until it liquifies…hopefully it’ll be over for the most part this evening.
Maybe Pat Robertson’s Universities are better than we think? Perhaps significantly better than a matchbook law school. Regents U has served Monica Goodling well and another 150 Christian soldiers in the Bush admin according to Regents U website. Colburn U is Michele Bachmann’s Pat Robertson law school, praise the lord, “She’s Hot for God”. Karl can trust Michele Bachmann. Amen? You have to see this to believe it….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm16dBXn5u0
Iraq gets its version of Tet….
Leahy calls WH a liar…..
RNC throws Rove under a bus….
Wolfowitz toasted over abusing position to benefit his girlfriend…..
DC madam names a Bushie as a customer……
I am envisioning Laura Bush in that June Cleaver moment asking George, “Well how was your day, dear?”
Who are you calling chicken? T. rex’s closest living relative found on the farm
In case anyone was wondering . . . but then it can’t be OUR TRex.
Is this sort of like Sammy The Bull not wanting to do the time.
raven @ 13
Who are his party “buddies” pray tell?
albert fall @ 28
lol!
raven @
13
God, this makes me sick. I was captive in my car (on a long drive to see my dad who was dying in a VA hospital) when the Iraq war started. I will never forget the sound of bombs exploding and Rumsfeld’s voice describing the “shock and awe” experience. He was orgasmic. I felt so ill, dizzy, disoriented. I knew the guy was an evil f*ck. I wonder if he was a regular too.
There is just no end to the perversion of these freaks.
The only thing that takes away the “ugh” factor of a picture of the porcine Rove with his mouth open is the wonderful fantasy of being the person to shove an apple in his mouth.
Christy Hardin Smith @
10
I want Randall Samborn’s job. I think I could not comment with the best of ‘em!
If and when Karl Rove’s head ends up on a pike, I sense that there will an epic thaw in our country of C.S. Lewis proportions.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 8
No, I give him full kudos for that.
I guess I just expected and IANAL, that once he convicted Libby, as I was sure he was going to, he would move on to the next phase and indicting the next set of criminals.
You can’t tell me I am the only person surprised that he said barring further developments or however he worded it, that the investigation was inactive.
You might not be surprised and you might understand better than I what that means in terms of some bigger chess game, but I don’t get why he hasn’t said this information (didn’t we know about non gov emails earlier?) changes everything.
Cause doesn’t it?
And BTW what is O.o? I thought I was so hep. :(
If Goodling cuts a deal I hope that the committees get something of real value for letting this disgusting low life off the hook.
All Karl has to say is get over it and we will.
We may yet live to see Kuzin Karl “frog marched” out in handcuffs. Way cool.
TThank you Mr. Kelner. What’s that smell in the air, is it pig burning?
Rove may put himself on a spit and set it on self- roast, before they come to “frogmarch” him out of the WH, and put him in his orange suit.
I really wish we could know what Mr. Fitzgerald knows.
Christy Hardin Smith @
11
Hi Christy, will you also extend our deepest gratitude, on behalf of many Canadians, who really appreciate his prosecution of Conrad Black and his crooked friends.
cal @ 39
Hey now she is a Christian! Yikes
albert fall @ 28
Tet, not yet. A great young man who I babysat for 20 years ago leaves for Iraq tommorow. He graduated from college, his pop is a Special Ed professor and he joined to be a grunt. I’m seriously bummed.
Semi OT, but is this the current GOP theme song? Not the bushies, mind you but the rank and file?
Forrest Prince @ 41
a dream come true
Petrocelli @ 44
Not much in the papers here about that trial.
Tithonia @ 33
God. Even better if Laura says ‘ Well, George, was she good? Was she worth it George?’
Sometime in 2005? And what was happening during 2005 in the Fitz investigation, and what were the dates relevant to the missing rove e-mails relating to Plame?
If Monica Goodling cuts a deal, she had better watch her back.
cal @ 38
Wouldn’t Goodling be forced to testify if they gave her immunity? She might not be the one wanting to cut a deal.
It would be iron rich for Rove’s emails to have been preserved due to the Libby investigation. Follow the magnet ;)
Btw, I think you meant committees unless it’s the Latin plural form.
Scarecrow at 50 — The short answer is “yes.” But I know that EW is working on a longer answer on this with all the good details.
I think it is funny that the World Bank Staff is telling Wolfowitz to resign. Bye-bye!!
cal @ 39
I am guessing that Conyer’s committee has finally turned up some pretty compelling evidence, which will make it very much worth her while to cooperate fully with Congress. And quite self-destructive if she doesn’t.
She is still young–she has time to get through this, and get on with her life. Likely everyone in her “personal” circle is telling her this.
I for one, am dying to hear her explain where on earth she came up with the notion of administering loyalty oaths. Was it really her idea, and if it wasn’t, whose was it.
And I would also love to hear her talk about who emailed her via the RNC servers (did she have one of those accounts???) and under what circumstances and why!
First, Rove deletes emails he’s not supposed to. Then, they change the law so that he’s definitely not supposed to delete emails, but he deletes them anyway. Then, they back them up, because he won’t stop, and he still deletes his emails.
He’s out of control.
SusanD @ 35
Why do you hate apples so much ? ;-) Or by ‘apple’ do you mean something else?
Sorry, I’m a newbie … not clued in to all the phrases of this exceptional blog.
eCAHNomics @
17
Ding!
Hello, Petrocelli!
“Unfinished Business: Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Beyond–Defusing the Dangers That Threaten America’s Security by Harlan Ullman and Senator John S. McCain 2003″
Nice job Christy! No more omerta for the Gambino Republicans huh?
Petrocelli @ 59
Apples - traditional garnish of a pig on a spit…
Petrocelli @59
Yes, on second thought you’re right. Why waste a perfectly good apple? I could always substitute a road apple.
kathleen @
49
There are some very good blogs on the Black trial … MSM in both Canada & America is atrocious for reporting the real news. If you ask nice, someone on this blog will list the blogs that are reporting on the Black trial.
Can’t any of his handlers get him to stop saying “they kill innocent life” jesus h christ!
inmymind’seye @ 51
I’ve been hoping J.Dowd is smart enough to have bodyguard detail assigned.
Especially knowing what happened in that medical case in TX.
AZ Matt @ 56
he’s there to root out corruption
Christy Hardin Smith @ 55
ew’s off in the weeds, which means that Karl is not safe. Someone needs to write a book about Marcy vs. Rove.
I was wondering when they would get around to offering imunity to goodling
she is simply claiming the fifth because she doesn’t want to testify
even if she committed crimes against our country they are nothing compared to the people she acted in behalf
cut that deal ladies and gentlemen in the house, but them as liberally as you like, we want this women to squeel like the pig that she is
hey…has there ever been a politician that looks more like a pig then rove?
I ask you
Kathryn in MA @ 61
Hi Kathryn, I don’t get to spend much time on here as I’d like, but I love FDL, the posts, all the great work by Jane, Christy and the others and the really great comments by all of you.
kathleen @ 41
Classics revisited. Dood has some past history on this. And this.
Slothrop @ 25
oh, karl rove goes down alright
who do you think was having “meetings” with ganon in the white house?
and now, that I created an image that will spoil everyone’s dinner, I hope you have it well digested before you read that
Slothrop @
26
No worries, mate.
If Rove goes the other two won’t be far behind.
Scarecrow @ 70
that’s a picture!
a Christy bonus yeay !!!!
Christy, Jane and Marcy: thanks for the things you provide.
STTP in Ohio @ 75
As noted on previous posts, we all need to have Pelosi’s back. Figuratively and literally.
Georgesimian @ 57
WANS (We are not surprised.)
I take issue with comparing Rover to a pig. I love pigs. They’re highly intelligent, sensitive, sweet creatures. They make great pets, highly protective, and loyal.
Rove is subhuman, more like an orc. Evil, smelly bastard.
In the RNC’s effort to distance themselves from this Rove email scam, the other Repubs better start playing ball if they want to get re-elected I would think. I would not be surprised to see enough votes soon for I……mus to vote for impeachment to save my sorry ass.
I’m almost beginning to believe in God again!
If only the hundreds of thousands of people who have needlessly died in this war could rise from the dead…I would certainly believe
Mutant Poodle @
63
Will it be Chef Fitz or Chef Waxman?
frabtacular !
She is going to round him up, move him out; Rove, hide!
Keith now taking on Gonzo. Go Keith. Showing Leahy’s finest hits of today.
Too bad he only gave it a couple of minutes. There’s gold in that thar mine.
perris @ 74
oh sigh - thought rover was just the pimp for GW - I am shocked, shocked I tell ya!
who do you think was having “meetings” with ganon in the white house?
Oh dear - sorry perris - can’t delete my misplaced comment and feel free to obliterate my failed GW insult. Gotta get me to a tubes class before the ladies of the lake ban me.
inmymind’seye @ 80
good point. Sorry pigs
KO now covering missing emails
Scarecrow @ 69
computer simulation
round one;
rove comes out swinging wide girly swings, marcy ducks, laughs, bounces back, flips hair
round two;
this time ew rushes to teh middle of the ring, rove tries to send a stand in…democrat is ring master though, deducts two points
round three;
rove takes another girly swing, marcy ducks, flips hair, rove is on to this move, grabs hair, (illegal) and tries to push marcy to the ground
marcy winds up and takes a mighty swipe at roves jewels but the target is almost impossible to hit, he laughs it off..
round four;
marcy thinks this has to be the round…spits out gum
marcy’s publisher comes in with a stack of emails recovered from rnc servers
roves corner throws in the towel
compu stat has it marcy in four
The RNC just threw Goodling a life raft by removing the threat from Rove if she squeals. She’s the smoking gun on the USA’s that takes it right back to the White House. She doesn’t know how many e-mails might survive, and if she doesn’t talk she is taking a walk. So I think now is the time for Conyers and company to pounce. She might change her mind later.
perris @ 90
I say marcy KOs in round one
kathleen @ 82
Their sacrifice is a reminder for us all to be more vigilant and to hold our leaders accountable, lest they abuse their power.
All of the wars in the last 100 years were preventable and we have to promote freedom and respect for all. A human life is more precious than all the oil in Iraq … and our leaders on both sides have failed to uphold the rights we all deserve.
SusanD @
34
Until that day…
;>)
BREAKING:
5 million missing emails found in a paper bag under Judy’s desk.
Are you ready for this from CNN
T. rex thigh reveals chicken family ties
POSTED: 5:54 p.m. EDT, April 12, 2007
Story Highlights• Chickens are distant cousins of the T. rex, researchers say
• Scientists studied protein from 68 million-year-old bone
• ‘First molecular proof’ of bird-dinosaur link
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CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) — Tiny bits of protein extracted from a 68-million-year-old dinosaur bone have given scientists the first genetic proof that the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex is a distant cousin to the modern chicken.
“It’s the first molecular evidence of this link between birds and dinosaurs,” said John Asara, a Harvard Medical School researcher, whose results were published in Friday’s edition of the journal Science.
Slothrop @ 25
With respect, are you just now figuring that out? Don’t kid yourself. Cheney and Karlosivitch don’t matter. Bush has always been alone, except for the little voices in his head. I have a teensy amount of psych knowledge from my misbegotten youth learning psyops. GWB has been clinically institutionalizable for at least the last three years.
PS: Jack Cafferty just read my email on Imus on the end of the 7pm situation room. Do I have to get an agent now?
perris @ 70
I think Monica II knows a lot, and I also think that she’s feeling a great deal of pressure, because she knows what they did was not only wrong, but highly illegal, and the pressure was revealed in the wording from her resignation … [paraphrasing]
Or however she worded it
kathleen @ 41
Warthog on a spit, maybe.
Pig on a spit actually smells good when it’s cooking.
Slothrop @ 25
Will Condi’s cooler head prevail?
KKKarl can press delete all he wants but until the IT dude in the basement decides to over-write the daily, weekly and monthly tapes he is SOL.
Keep hitting the delete key, KKKarl. Maybe you can get workers’ compensation for carpal tunnel syndrome.
hackworth @ 100
spare me the imagery please
hackworth @ 101
nah, she already gave at the office
Slothrop @ 25
The mental picture this evokes is quite nauseating, at least to someone who thinks it’s gross to use Rove, Bush and Dick and “going down” in the same sentence.
Help.
I’m trying to understand why an RNC political constultant would be required to have an official government email account anyway.
foulis @ 101
Subpoena the IT staff. There’s a reason they wear T-shirts that say “I read your email.”
LS @ 96
heh heh….
It is absolutely, 100 per cent essential, vital and imperative that Karl Rove be dealt with. This man must have his day in court. He cannot be allowed to slide like so many others. Mr. Rove is perhaps, the most important man in America, and therefore, the world.
inmymind’seye @ 80
OMG George Clooney! Is that you?!!!111
LJ/Aquaria @
99
Calling Rove a pig is an affront to pigs … and I’m a vegetarian ;-)
You ‘get’ Rove, and you’ll get the other two.
Just remember this while your ample butt is warming the bench in your cell, Karl:
It’s the hubris.
Two very bad Iraq war events occurred today:
The Parliament was bombed.
A major Baghdad bridge was bombed.
That sounds very ominous, coming on the heels of the Sadr call for the Mahdi Army to fight the other day. There are hundreds of thousands of them.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 108
Slide on over Slinky. Rove grease=greased pig.
inmymind’seye @ 80