Ummm.... redness in the cheeks...bloodshoot eyes.
Methinks the guy was hammered in this pic.

Resign? Please. Head Bush speechwriter.

No Hart Feelings:

"I told him I was flattered he'd used it. It doesn't damage him in my estimation at all. I'm glad he spread the word."

Look at the other dirty deeds of Jason Blair, per The Onion.

Here's an interesting study on plagiarism:

"While this certainly does not excuse academic misconduct by university officials, my research indicates that, at least at SIU, administrators are too far removed from the students to influence their behavior." From ( H/t )

If not inspired by the Oval Office, he must be punished by DoJ.

The count is up to twenty on the number of plagiarized columns.

Free trips:

Tim Goeglein (liaison to conservative groups) took $30,000 in trips. Among the countries visited: Norway, Latvia, Sweden, Australia.

Who picked up the tab? Dozens of conservative and pro-business groups including the American Enterprise Institute, Southern Baptist Convention, Focus on the Family, the Federalist Society and the National Association of Manufacturers.

The link between the White House, Federalist Society, and the NSA telecoms has been established; and is positively linked to the WH Political office. The House Judiciary Committee, because of the alleged copyright issue on Goeglein's computer, can now ask questions about the seized computer:

- FISA violations When did the Federalist Society coordinate with the telecoms and Goeglein on issues of NSA immunity; how were these coordinating memos archived on Goeglein's computer ; what connection does Goeglein have with the DoD contractors assigned to violate the FISA requirements?

- Geneva What role did the Federalist Society play in issuing public messages through Goeglein to mislead Congress on issues of Geneva, war crimes, and legal counsel attachment to those frivolous legal arguments; when did Goeglein save these memos?

- JAGs To what extent was the Federalist Society using Goeglein to issue statements designed to downplay the Geneva concerns the JAGs raised on issues of prisoner abuse, war crimes, and illegal violations of the Geneva Conventions; what involvement did Goeglein have with the WH e-mail contractors?

- Smith Act How many formerly assigned White House counsel linked with the Federalist Society had an interest in rewarding Goeglein for issuing unattributed media messages designed to mislead the public on issues of war crimes, prisoner abuse, NSA illegal activity, FISA violations;

- To what extent were media messages placed in Iraq, and forwarded through the White House/Goeglein with the intent to mislead the Congress on issues of WMD, Iraq insurgency, and issues warranting Congressional oversight?

FOIAs in re Goeglein. There are other reports which have his name on it, and can be requested.

Here is the guidance which WH Counsel will have to respond within 30 days:

(5) Public availability of reports.

Except as provided in paragraph (a)(6) of this section, the Director of OGE shall make any report filed pursuant to this section available for public inspection and copying within 30 days after the applicable due date or within 30 days after the date OGE actually receives the report, whichever is later.

Here's a key factor in analyzing the funds transfer. Relies on other issues: "Any matter pending".

"(4) The nature and sensitivity of any matter pending at the agency affecting the interests of the non-Federal source;

- Which of the NSA telecoms have paid WH personnel for trips
- What's the relationship between the "request for immunity"; and media messages Goeglein and others, through the public affairs office, have coordinated/issued through the White House?

Those who support the NSA's illegal activity appear to have an intereset in discrediting opponents of the White House's "moral" agena. Look who was discrediting attacks on the White house, while spewing forth non-sense about the NSA. Goeglein's conduct means the attack on Kuo are meaningless From:

Kuo, by the way, has been embraced by the media, welcomed everywhere from 60 Minutes to the Colbert Report. His tale of White House hypocrisy in dealing with religious conservatives is bogus. We know this from the number of religious conservatives in high positions at the White House: Bush himself, Mike Gerson, Karen Hughes, Peter Wehner, Tim Goeglein, and that's just for starters. Colbert asked Kuo why he wrote the book.

After today, citing Goeglein can backfire. These claims have been discredited:

"Today, Democrats would deny the president the tools. They would weaken, if not eliminate, the Patriot Act. They would halt the tough but entirely legal interrogations of terrorist leaders that have proved so successful in uncovering and thwarting plots to strike America a second time and perhaps a third or a fourth. They would constrain the National Security Agency from eavesdropping on terrorist phone calls to and from America."

Again, those who want to discredit attacks on the NSA's illegal activity have a strange fascination with relying on Goeglein for verbal armor.