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		<title>By: Raph Levien</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/14/smoking-gun-needed/#comment-625564</link>
		<dc:creator>Raph Levien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Smoking gun needed? I think we may just have one, thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/013648.php&quot;&gt;other top-notch reporting and analysis&lt;/a&gt; by TPM. Not Biskupic, but Iglesias. But hey, with eight (or very likely nine) or nine dead bodies (or at least dead US Attorney careers), there’ll be plenty of smoking guns to go around before all this is over.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Smoking gun needed? I think we may just have one, thanks to <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/013648.php">other top-notch reporting and analysis</a> by TPM. Not Biskupic, but Iglesias. But hey, with eight (or very likely nine) or nine dead bodies (or at least dead US Attorney careers), there’ll be plenty of smoking guns to go around before all this is over.</p>
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		<title>By: Jackie</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/14/smoking-gun-needed/#comment-624835</link>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://malcontends.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;MAL Contends&lt;/a&gt; -&lt;br /&gt;
(http://malcontends.blogspot.com/)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;has the definitive knockdown on US Atty Biskupic’s Saturday’s statement reacting to news that he is listed on the DoJ hitlist document.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The man is no political monk.&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://malcontends.blogspot.com/">MAL Contends</a> -<br />
(<a href="http://malcontends.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://malcontends.blogspot.com/</a>)</p>
<p>has the definitive knockdown on US Atty Biskupic’s Saturday’s statement reacting to news that he is listed on the DoJ hitlist document.</p>
<p>The man is no political monk.<br />
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		<title>By: David Scherrey</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/14/smoking-gun-needed/#comment-624647</link>
		<dc:creator>David Scherrey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Nothing Improper&lt;br /&gt;
WashingtonPost, by  Alberto R. Gonzales&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sunday, April 15, 2007; B07&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My decision some months ago to privately seek the resignations of a small number of U.S. attorneys has erupted into a public firestorm. First and foremost, I appreciate the public service of these fine lawyers and dedicated professionals, each of whom served his or her full four-year term as U.S. attorney. I apologize to them, their families and the thousands of dedicated professionals at the Justice Department for my role in allowing this matter to spin into an undignified Washington spectacle…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[Mod Note; To help keep the FDL servers running smoothly and to avoid any copyright issues, please post an excerpt and a link instead of a full article. Thank you.]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/14/AR2007041401010.html?hpid=opinionsbox1&quot;&gt;Nothing Improper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing Improper<br />
WashingtonPost, by  Alberto R. Gonzales</p>
<p>Sunday, April 15, 2007; B07</p>
<p>My decision some months ago to privately seek the resignations of a small number of U.S. attorneys has erupted into a public firestorm. First and foremost, I appreciate the public service of these fine lawyers and dedicated professionals, each of whom served his or her full four-year term as U.S. attorney. I apologize to them, their families and the thousands of dedicated professionals at the Justice Department for my role in allowing this matter to spin into an undignified Washington spectacle…</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/14/AR2007041401010.html?hpid=opinionsbox1">Nothing Improper</a></p>
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		<title>By: liz</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/14/smoking-gun-needed/#comment-624583</link>
		<dc:creator>liz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;There is way more to this than what we even know.  SSA Civil Rights Attorneys in Baltimore Maryland have been reported to the Bar possibly covering for as many as FIVE Judges, many at regional or appeals level within that administration. The entire Justice system is being taken down by Gonzo. I am helping prove it because I will not tolerate supreme Americans having more rights and say than I do.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is way more to this than what we even know.  SSA Civil Rights Attorneys in Baltimore Maryland have been reported to the Bar possibly covering for as many as FIVE Judges, many at regional or appeals level within that administration. The entire Justice system is being taken down by Gonzo. I am helping prove it because I will not tolerate supreme Americans having more rights and say than I do.</p>
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		<title>By: egregious</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/14/smoking-gun-needed/#comment-624569</link>
		<dc:creator>egregious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Hey Eli—there’s a haiku with your name on it at 2:08fdl in late nite.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Eli—there’s a haiku with your name on it at 2:08fdl in late nite.</p>
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		<title>By: Big Mitch</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/14/smoking-gun-needed/#comment-624260</link>
		<dc:creator>Big Mitch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-624010&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;jane_jericho @&lt;br /&gt;
                127              &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Question on the restoration of public faith in the rule of law: is there any practical possibility that Patrick Fitzgerald might be asked to head the cleanout of the Augean Stable? And if he were, and he agreed to become AG, would he be able to accomplish it?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It seems as though he’s one of the few with the standing to carry both parties (Bushites excepted).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don’t count of Fitz to do jackshit. He knew or should have known about the destroyed emails for more than a year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Back in February of 2006, I reported on the Plame-gate prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s efforts to resist Scooter Libby’s demand for production of all the documents that Fitzgerald had reviewed, including highly classified documents. Scooter’s lawyers claim to need the documents to fight charges of perjury and lying to the FBI.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A (New York) Daily News article at the time said, “Fitzgerald, who is fighting Libby’s request, said in a letter to Libby’s lawyers that many e-mails from Cheney’s office at the time of the Plame leak in 2003 have been deleted contrary to White House policy.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can read the post at “Nixon blamed his secretary, &lt;a href=&quot;http://schapira.blogspot.com/2006/02/nixon-blamed-his-secretary-rosemary.html&quot;&gt;Rosemary Woods. Who will Cheney blame?” &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please visit the Schapira blog, “&lt;a href=&quot;http://schapira.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;What we know so far …&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“… and tell ’em Big Mitch sent ya!”&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-624010"><em>jane_jericho @<br />
                127              </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Question on the restoration of public faith in the rule of law: is there any practical possibility that Patrick Fitzgerald might be asked to head the cleanout of the Augean Stable? And if he were, and he agreed to become AG, would he be able to accomplish it?</p>
<p>It seems as though he’s one of the few with the standing to carry both parties (Bushites excepted).</p>
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<p>Don’t count of Fitz to do jackshit. He knew or should have known about the destroyed emails for more than a year.</p>
<p>Back in February of 2006, I reported on the Plame-gate prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s efforts to resist Scooter Libby’s demand for production of all the documents that Fitzgerald had reviewed, including highly classified documents. Scooter’s lawyers claim to need the documents to fight charges of perjury and lying to the FBI.</p>
<p>A (New York) Daily News article at the time said, “Fitzgerald, who is fighting Libby’s request, said in a letter to Libby’s lawyers that many e-mails from Cheney’s office at the time of the Plame leak in 2003 have been deleted contrary to White House policy.”</p>
<p>You can read the post at “Nixon blamed his secretary, <a href="http://schapira.blogspot.com/2006/02/nixon-blamed-his-secretary-rosemary.html">Rosemary Woods. Who will Cheney blame?” </a></p>
<p>Please visit the Schapira blog, “<a href="http://schapira.blogspot.com">What we know so far …</a></p>
<p>“… and tell ’em Big Mitch sent ya!”</p>
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		<title>By: Larry K</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/14/smoking-gun-needed/#comment-624250</link>
		<dc:creator>Larry K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;FWIW, the Robert Joseph of the 16 words inserted in the SOTU speech didn’t leave the government until late January of this year. See this bio:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1235&quot;&gt;http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1235&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FWIW, the Robert Joseph of the 16 words inserted in the SOTU speech didn’t leave the government until late January of this year. See this bio:</p>
<p><a href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1235">http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1235</a></p>
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		<title>By: PerryAnn</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/14/smoking-gun-needed/#comment-624099</link>
		<dc:creator>PerryAnn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-623935&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;lolo @ 59 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-623908&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-ck- @ 37 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;When &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.democrats.com/blueprint&quot;&gt;The Texas Blueprint for the Stolen Election&lt;/a&gt; was published in late 2002, I only received one email in response:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 12:52:19 -0500&lt;br /&gt;
From: 	“Rob Joseph” &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Subject: Texas Blueprint for the Stolen Election&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dear Mr. Knutson,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I read your article titled ‘Texas Blueprint for the Stolen Election’ and want to thank you for an excellent synopsis.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am curious though, given that it’s obvious that the illegal RNC tactics cost the DNC the Presidency, what is the DNC doing about it?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; I know you are very busy but I am really concerned about this and if you can carve out a moment to reply, I would be most grateful to you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With deep respect,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rob Joseph
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note the formal and solicitous tone of the email, and the curiosity about the DNC.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This was sent from a simplifyandconnect.com email account; a follow up email 6 months later was from a prepaidlegal.com email account, which is associated with the simplify and connect website.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The significance of this? Robert Joseph was on the NSC staff, and was responsible for the 16 words on Niger yellowcake in the SOTU speech.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I bring this up, because it suggests the Karl Rove Krew used a variety of email accounts, beyond the RNC and gwb43.com.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You mean all these?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.robtex.com/dns/gwb43.com.html&quot;&gt;http://www.robtex.com/dns/gwb43.com.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Robtex link at the bottom of your post is amazing.  This is fertile info. Various sites are really buried in layers. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-623935"><em>lolo @ 59 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="#comment-623908"><em>-ck- @ 37 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>When <a href="http://www.democrats.com/blueprint">The Texas Blueprint for the Stolen Election</a> was published in late 2002, I only received one email in response:</p>
<blockquote><p>Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 12:52:19 -0500<br />
From: 	“Rob Joseph” </p>
<p>Subject: Texas Blueprint for the Stolen Election</p>
<p>Dear Mr. Knutson,</p>
<p>I read your article titled ‘Texas Blueprint for the Stolen Election’ and want to thank you for an excellent synopsis.</p>
<p>I am curious though, given that it’s obvious that the illegal RNC tactics cost the DNC the Presidency, what is the DNC doing about it?</p>
<p> I know you are very busy but I am really concerned about this and if you can carve out a moment to reply, I would be most grateful to you.</p>
<p>With deep respect,</p>
<p>Rob Joseph
</p>
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<p>Note the formal and solicitous tone of the email, and the curiosity about the DNC.</p>
<p>This was sent from a simplifyandconnect.com email account; a follow up email 6 months later was from a prepaidlegal.com email account, which is associated with the simplify and connect website.</p>
<p>The significance of this? Robert Joseph was on the NSC staff, and was responsible for the 16 words on Niger yellowcake in the SOTU speech.</p>
<p>I bring this up, because it suggests the Karl Rove Krew used a variety of email accounts, beyond the RNC and gwb43.com.</p>
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<p>You mean all these?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.robtex.com/dns/gwb43.com.html">http://www.robtex.com/dns/gwb43.com.html</a></p>
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<p>The Robtex link at the bottom of your post is amazing.  This is fertile info. Various sites are really buried in layers. Thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: Bonnie</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/14/smoking-gun-needed/#comment-624072</link>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks, Eli, for helping me understand the loss of techie vote.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think we need to demand that all WH employees who used RNC accounts should return all monies paid to them from taxpayer dollars.  The RNC should pay them since it appears they are working for the RNC rather than for the people of the USofA.  I want my money back.  Just think get those tax dollars back and use it to help the soldiers who have been injured in Iraq.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Eli, for helping me understand the loss of techie vote.</p>
<p>I think we need to demand that all WH employees who used RNC accounts should return all monies paid to them from taxpayer dollars.  The RNC should pay them since it appears they are working for the RNC rather than for the people of the USofA.  I want my money back.  Just think get those tax dollars back and use it to help the soldiers who have been injured in Iraq.</p>
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		<title>By: kirk murphy</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/14/smoking-gun-needed/#comment-624054</link>
		<dc:creator>kirk murphy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-624045&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;ccmask @ 154&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;If Ken Lay is dead I’m santa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ken Lay lives!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;…with Elvis&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-624045"><em>ccmask @ 154</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>If Ken Lay is dead I’m santa.</p>
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<p>Ken Lay lives!</p>
<p>…with Elvis</p>
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