Bush Aides Helped Respond to Firings, E-Mails Show

BUSH AIDES HELPED RESPOND TO FIRINGS, E-MAILS SHOW
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Dan Eggen]
Then-White House counsel Harriet E. Miers and aides to presidential adviser Karl Rove were deeply enmeshed in debates over how to respond to the firing of a group of U.S. attorneys as early as mid-January, when Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) questioned the spate of prosecutor departures in a Senate floor speech, according to e-mails that the Justice Department turned over to the House and Senate judiciary committees. The e-mails are the latest documents to surface among the thousands of pages provided to Congress in last year's firing of nine U.S. attorneys. Their ouster has prompted a series of investigations and led to a failed effort Monday by Senate Democrats to stage a vote of no confidence in Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales. The new records provide a peek at the actions of the White House, which has repeatedly refused Democratic demands for records and sworn testimony related to the issue.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061202090.html
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