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No wonder Bush didn't pick Gonzales for SCOTUS, Abu could now be in Fitzgerald's sights. We at KOS knew that as soon as the CIA Leak Investigation was announced, the WH shredders would be doing overtime.
Don't be surprised if Hadley destroyed that e-mail from Rove about the July 11, 2003 conversation with Cooper in which he leaked the name of "Joe Wilson's wife".
Don't be surprised if Andy Card initiated a shredding/e-mail deletion party on the night of Sept. 29th, 2003, after then WH Counsel Gonzales told him at 8 PM that the FBI was starting an investigation of the Plame matter. Gonzalez told Card at 8 PM, went home and issued the formal announcement of the investigation and the admonition not to destroy ANYTHING much later--the next morning actually.
And don't be surprised if the Grand Jury issues Obstruction of Justice indictments to Gonzalez, Hadley, and Card for the above shreddings and deletions.
You see, there's one thing Mr. Fitzgerald really hates.
And that's destruction of documents.
What did they destroy? My tingling Sherlockian Sense tells me documents and e-mails between the WHIG memebers on the needed "Wilson Workup". Those would be really incriminating, as they would have come in June, BEFORE Wilson's Op-Ed in the Times on July 6, 2003. (The WHIG no doubt knew in May or June it was Wilson feeding Kristof of the NY Times info)There's also the Rove-Hadley e-mail on July 11th. That probably got diappeared.
Well, that would take care of the Rove-Card rivalry. They would both go to jail...
Here is a background link:
Bush Aide Learned Early of Leaks Probe
By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 25, 2005; Page A02
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said yesterday that he spoke with White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. immediately after learning that the Justice Department had launched a criminal investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity. But Gonzales, who was White House counsel at the time, waited 12 hours before officially notifying the rest of the staff of the inquiry.
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Gonzales said yesterday on "Fox News Sunday" that he is among the group of top current and former Bush administration officials who have testified to the grand jury about the unmasking of Valerie Plame, a CIA operative. Gonzales, who has recused himself from the case, would not discuss details of his testimony but said he learned about Plame's work from newspaper accounts.
In the New York Times yesterday, columnist Frank Rich cited news reports from 2003 that when Gonzales was notified about the investigation on the evening of Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, he waited 12 hours before telling the White House staff about the inquiry. Official notification to staff is meant to quickly alert anyone who may have pertinent records to make sure they are preserved and safeguarded..
Asked on CBS's "Face the Nation" about the column, Gonzales said the Justice Department had informed his office around 8 p.m. and that White House lawyers said he could wait until the next morning before notifying the staff. He did not say why he called Card.
"I specifically had our lawyers go back to the Department of Justice lawyers and ask them, 'Do you want us to notify the staff now, immediately, or would it be okay to notify the staff early in the morning?' And we were advised, go ahead and notify the staff early in the morning, that would be okay." He said most of the staff had left by the time the Justice Department called and that "no one knew about the investigation."
But he acknowledged telling one person: "the chief of staff. And immediately the next morning, I told the president. And shortly thereafter, there was notification sent out to all the members of the White House staff," Gonzales said.
Bush Aide Learned Early of Leaks Probe
"Would it be OK to notify staff in the morning?"
WTF?!?! Yea, it's OK with those DoJ lawyers, but it's now likely Obstruction of Justice for Gonzalez and Card! Abu knew what he was doing, c'mon! And who did Card tell? Rove? Libby? He must have told someone!
It looks like the whole upper echelon of the White House could be wiped out, not just Rove and Libby. And that means Fitz will get Bush as well.
He always gets the top banana. Go Fitzie! Go Fitzie!