E-Mails Show Machinations to Replace Prosecutor

Washington Post by Dan Eggen, Amy Goldstein | Mar. 23, 2007 (News Report)
Administration Worked for Months to Make Rove Aide U.S. Attorney in Arkansas

Two months before Bud Cummins was fired as U.S. attorney in Little Rock, a protege of presidential adviser Karl Rove was maneuvering with the Justice Department to take his place.

Last April, Tim Griffin, a Rove aide and longtime GOP operative, sent the attorney general's chief of staff a flattering letter about himself written by Cummins, the prosecutor he was trying to replace, internal e-mails released this week show. Rove and Harriet Miers, ... Full Story »

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 by Mary McFadden - Mar. 23, 2007

This story lays out the trail of information as well as the repurcussions of the findings. Without using meaningless modifiers, Eggen and Goldstein give the evidence for the systematic removal of attorneys. The story is too short to cover wider implications or to suggest the administration's focus on itself rather than the good of the country.

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