Down in Mexico today the president said the US Attorney firings are in fact a “customary practice.” Totally false. We’ll have more in a bit.
According to the president, the whole issue is just “confusion” on the part of folks outside the administration.
To purge or not to purge? Another hole poked in the Justice Department’s claim of “performance related” reasons behind the mass firing.
Exclusive: MoveOn privately demanding that House Speaker Pelosi’s office toughen up bill to end Iraq War.
First Republican senator to call for Alberto Gonzales’ resignation: Sen. John Sununu (R-NH).
More soon.
Update: Here’s the AP story.
The problem wtih having Kyle Sampson as the fall guy — he’s not the only one who knew.
TPMmuckraker’s Paul Kiel will be on Open Source with Christopher Lydon at 7 EST tonight discussing the U.S. attorney purge story.
BREAKING! 9/11 Mastermind who confessed to being mastermind after being captured like five years ago confesses again at Gitmo hearing and now the transcript is released by the Pentagon to get Gonzales off the front pages!
BREAKING!