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SPENCER ADAMS wrote on March 3, 2007 2:20 PM:

Boy, I haven't heard James Comey's name in a while; he's the guy who appointed Fitz to be special prosecutor while Ashcroft was in the hospital; if he's speaking out now, he may know even more about the inner machinations of DOJ than we've heard yet.

JD Brooks wrote on March 3, 2007 4:20 PM:

The mention of Comey's allegedly 'signing off' was pure Solomon, as was the part about Diane Feinstein complaining about Carol Lam (See? She's a hypocrite!).

What a coup for WaPo, that they landed Ace Reporter John Solomon!

FMArouet wrote on March 3, 2007 4:58 PM:

Credulity, thy name is John Solomon--as surely as it was Judith Miller in another context.

The White House is clearly trying to spin high level obstruction of justice--i.e., arguably criminal acts--into merely another politics-as-usual story inside the Beltway.

JD21 wrote on March 3, 2007 7:25 PM:

Should O'Reilly apologize to the kidnapped child and his family? Place your vote if you like: http://prouddemocrat.dailykos.com/

Richard L. Adlof wrote on March 3, 2007 8:32 PM:

Just a little list of 'Misunderstandings' of Republican political machine of the recent past seven years:

1. Purging and caging of voter rills and ballots in ethnically black urban areas.

2. The Iraq War

3. The evacuation of Osama's relatives from USAian soil on 09-11 & 09-12

4. Covering Lady Liberty's breast (symbolically removing nuture and protection from justice)

JD21 wrote on March 3, 2007 10:17 PM:

More "misunderstandings":

Basically, with the assessment of our Director of National Intelligence this week that Iran is not going to develop a nuke before 2015, these joker Republicans running America are ZERO FOR THREE ON THE AXIS OF EVIL:

1. Iraq. Didn't even have a nuke program. Yet we rushed to INVADE because of an IMMINENT THREAT. Okay that was smart.
2. Iran. Our wonderful Republicans basically destroyed our intel on Iran by outing Plame. Then they cried nukes nukes nukes. Now it's no nukes until 2015. Sheesh. We almost went to war again over this crap.
3. North Korea. Again, our genius Republicans cried wolf over a uranium enrichment program that we now know may not have existed. In the process they caused NK to quadruple their plutonium arsenal.

And while they obsessed over the Evil Axis, the Republicans didn’t pay nearly enough attention to eradicating al Qaeda or to all the BS going on in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

These Republicans are the gang that couldn't shoot straight. I can't believe Bush called himself a "Wartime" President. What an embarrassment. It would be a hoot if it weren't so tragic in all the lost lives.

Anonymous wrote on March 4, 2007 1:22 AM:

The prosecutor story is much more serious than even TPM seems to realize. Iglesias was fired because he wouldn't bring criminal prosecutions for political gain. That means that his replacement WILL bring political prosecutions for political - in fact, that may be the litmus case for being appointed US Attorney. If it is, then we are moving far in the direction of a dictatorship - open your mouth against the Dear Leader, and you'll find yourself in prison.

david78209 wrote on March 4, 2007 9:54 AM:

From today's NY Times:

"A furor over the ouster of eight U.S. attorneys has taken the Bush administration by surprise."

Congratulations to TPM Muckraker for its dogged pursuit of this story, which eventually forced the 'mainstream' media to pay attention. I have to wonder if the Bush administration thought this would cruise by under the radar because they'd run it by reporters from the 'main' media outlets without anyone getting interested. Or maybe they just put in the fix with a few editors.

Thank goodness for the internet and TPM Muckraker.

nofltwlt wrote on March 4, 2007 10:02 AM:

Neither I nor anyone I know understand why articles of impeachment have not yet be brought against Bush (and Cheney). The Dems (of which I am one) seem content to allow the cancerous tenacles of this administration to grow until congress will be unable to treat this cancer that targets the freedom of all Americans.

rowdy wrote on March 4, 2007 10:49 AM:

anybody out there know a good bookie? i want to place a few bets on when bush will declare martial law. if i win enough, maybe i will be able to buy my way out of this god forsaken country.

SeeDee wrote on March 4, 2007 5:03 PM:

Congress had better 'de-fund' the military...not just the Iraq debacle...the whole damned military...,before Bush orders HIS military to toss the impotent Senators and Representatives out on their butts.

What a disappointing and alarming dvelopment as a result of ten years of Republican control!... (the last four years of Clinton's terms was spent trying to accomodate Republican proposals to defuse the Republican Noise machine's vendetta).

They've gone a long way in destroying our system of checks and balances in the Federal Government in just one decade.

Hector wrote on March 4, 2007 5:19 PM:

From the Paul Kiel TPMMuckraker post above - March 3, 2007, 10:02 AM:

"On the job less than a year, [deputy attorney general Paul] McNulty consulted his predecessor as deputy attorney general, James B. Comey, about some of the prosecutors before approving the list, officials said. Comey, who did not return a telephone call seeking comment yesterday, praised Iglesias earlier this week as one of the department's best prosecutors.
Comey told the Post earlier in the week, 'David Iglesias was one of our finest and someone I had a lot of confidence in as deputy attorney general.' I guess McNulty didn't ask Comey about him?"
From David Kurtz, TPM, March 04, 2007 -- 01:23 PM EST
"Not so, the Post says today:

In a related matter, administration officials said they were mistaken in saying that Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty consulted his predecessor, James B. Comey, about some of the U.S. attorneys before they were fired. Comey was not consulted, the officials said Saturday."

S wrote on March 4, 2007 9:22 PM:

Does anyone know what might constitute an impeachable offense?

ahem wrote on March 4, 2007 11:33 PM:

Incredible how John Solomon can go from writing 'all smoke and no fire' smear stories about candidates to serving as the White House's stenographer, in the space of a few days.

That's the talent that got him head-hunted by the WaPo.

The stink here is pretty impressive. Now, if TPMmuckraker spends another few weeks pursuing it, Jay Carney might deign to think it interesting.

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