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3G wrote on April 6, 2007 9:17 AM:

RE: US Attorney Steve Biskupic

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This is an article which illustrates US Attorney Steve Biskupic as a loyal Bushie. Playing ball with the Bush Administration in Wisconsin.

http://www.madison.com/bn/index.php?action=this&bn_id=0-128088

Posted by: Tim Rauch
Date: April 5, 2007 11:48 PM
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In arguments court, the charges against Thompson were called unfounded.
"I have to say it strikes me that your evidence is beyond thin," federal Appeals Judge Diane Wood told prosecutors. "I'm not sure what your actual theory in this case is."

Michael O'Hear, a law professor at Marquette University, said the Court of Appeals decision is unusual.
First, he said appeals court judges typically issue decisions weeks or months after hearing oral arguments rather than on the same day. Second, instead of ordering a new trial, which is typically how appeals panels rule in favor of defendants, the judges acquitted Thompson.
"If this was a finding of insufficient evidence, what they're saying is it's unjust that Georgia Thompson has been in prison the last few months," O'Hear said.

"The government charged Thompson with conduct that did not constitute a crime," he said. "It cost Georgia her job, her life savings, her home and her liberty; and it cost Georgia her good name."

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This story should be hammered home by the Dems to get the publics attention. 'Why is the Purgegate so important....If it could happen to her - it sure as hell could happen to you!'
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Anonymous wrote on April 6, 2007 9:38 AM:

The Rove e-mail story is classic disinformation.

What we publicly know is that Rove and many White House staff are (and have been) using private e-mails to subvert a paper trail. An illegal practice.

And they have not truly publicly defended the practice or rebutted the claim.

What happens instead? A joke picture to make the whole thing look like a conspiracy theory. Some jump on it and cover it. Then the RNC can claim the whole thing is a hoax.

The core facts haven't changed. We have evidence that there is use of outside e-mail to subvert the law. Abramoff has his hands in it. Rove's office has its hands in it.

Don't lose sight of the facts.

3G wrote on April 6, 2007 9:45 AM:

And then Rush, Hanity and the rest of the hacks use this disinformation to say that Waxman's RNC server investigation is a witch hunt. An investigation into an April fools joke.

Sadly, that's what the MSM and even NPR will cover.

Arkansan wrote on April 6, 2007 10:02 AM:

If Rove hoped for another Rathergate, he has really lost his touch.

The best the Washington Times could come up with to support their “conspiracy theory” disinformation was a diary at Daily Kos!?! Let’s hope that even the simpletons who rely on the Times for reinforcement of their religious devotion to the administration can see that the claim is pathetic.

C 92 wrote on April 6, 2007 10:17 AM:

Hey, Arkansan --

What do you make of the possible personal issue angle between Tim Griffin and Pryor. Griffin ran the '98 AG campaign for GOP'er Betty Dickey. And Dickey was running against Pryor. Pryor won.

Do you think there's some bad blood between the two? Was Griffin's non-consultative appointment payback for that loss?

And what do you make of Boozman's recommendation of Dickey and two others for the USA slot? Dickey is 68. The other two are in their 30's.

What is Dickey's reputation down in Arkansas? She strikes me as an Alberto Gonzales type - undistinguished, yet regularly rewarded. I think she was appointed to the AR Supreme Court under Huckabee.

Arkansan wrote on April 6, 2007 11:06 AM:

For a while I thought the reason Pryor had a bee in his bonnet about this was because Gonzo disrespected Pryor by not including him in the process. In retrospect, that theory was weak because Pryor has been, and continues to be, shamelessly compliant to any administration need. The man has no pride where the accommodation of an administration whim is concerned.

So the next scenario seems more likely, where Pryor wouldn’t work to protect his constituency, he will apparently work hard to settle a personal grudge. Fortunately for Pryor, he also has all the facts on his side so his true motivation is irrelevant.

As to the other nominees, they are fungible. For what it’s worth we may as well keep Griffin, at least he will be under careful watch during the remainder of his tenure. If confirmed, the proposed candidates would have an air of credibility which would make any of them dangerous. Who knows what Griffin was sent here to do, theories abound, but since each of the nominees are good foot soldiers, any could finish that mystery task.

the truth will out wrote on April 6, 2007 11:19 AM:

Of course if he wants to gonzales could always have another presser.

But the absence of that suggests that they no longer think the press would act like sheep.

It's wonderful to see all the muck being turned up!

Thanks guys!

No thanks to the "muck makers."

But thanks for the truth!

C 92 wrote on April 6, 2007 11:21 AM:

Arkansan --

Thanks. Another thing about Griffin that has me confused is the lack of buzz around his veteran status. I would have certainly thought that the Administration would have gone full bore with Griffin painting him as a distinguished war veteran. That would have been a significant wedge to get him through Senate confirmation, shaming any Members who would possibly position themselves against a veteran.

Yet buzz around Griffin's military experience as a qualification has been significantly muted. So much so commentators are going around trying to figure out if his military prosecutorial memo is as strong as he claims.

Any thoughts on this?

Arkansan wrote on April 6, 2007 12:26 PM:

Speculate no more! Griffin’s claim of prosecutorial experience in the military is a lie. It would not have passed even the most lax scrutiny, proving (if there was any doubt) there was never a plan to have him confirmed.

You are right on target:

“The 38-year-old Griffin claims on his official Web site that he prosecuted 40 criminal cases while at Ft. Campbell, where he was stationed from September 2005 to May 2006. But Army authorities say Ft. Campbell’s records show Griffin only serving as assistant trial counsel on three cases, none of which went to trial.”
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/040307b.html

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“Tim recently completed a year of active duty in the U.S. Army. He is in his 10th year as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps and holds the rank of Major. In September 2005, Tim was mobilized to active duty to serve as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell , Kentucky , the home of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). At Fort Campbell , he prosecuted 40 criminal cases. One of those cases, U.S. v. Mikel, drew national interest after Private Mikel attempted to murder his platoon sergeant and fired upon his unit’s early morning formation. Private Mikel pleaded guilty to attempted murder and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.“

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/are/usa.html

For some reason I still think what is known publicly is the tip of the iceberg. I’ll bet you a dollar that even this new, pitiful, version of his JAG service represents the very best of his military tenure. We’ll see.

It’s Friday, maybe he’ll resign late this afternoon. If he were anywhere else, fabrications of this magnitude would have already cost him his job. Sigh.