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Senate Committee Requests Testimony of Rove Aide
The list of White House officials that Congress wants to hear from continues to lengthen.
Last night, the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Karl Rove's deputy Scott Jennings, the Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs, asking him to appear before the committee "for interviews, depositions, or hearing testimony." The emails show Jennings right in the thick of the efforts to get Rove's former aide Scott Jennings installed as the U.S. attorney -- and to avoid the unnecessary hurdle of senate confirmation. The committee's already asked to hear from Karl Rove, former White House counsel Harriet Miers and deputy White House counsel William Kelley.
The committee also sent a letter asking to hear from Justice Department official William Moschella. Moschella, McClatchy reported earlier this week, claims responsibility for having pushed a measure slipped into the Patriot Act Reauthorization in late 2005 that made it possible for the attorney general to appoint interim U.S. attorneys for indefinite terms without Senate confirmation. Moschella claims that he advocated the change "without the knowledge or coordination of his
superiors at the Justice Department or anyone at the White House."
Yesterday, the Senate committee authorized issuing subpoenas for Kyle Sampson, Gonzales' chief of staff who quit this week, Michael Elston, top aide to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, Associate Attorney General Bill Mercer, Monica Goodling, Gonzales' senior counsel and White House liaison, and Mike Battle, the departing director of the office that oversees all 93 U.S. attorneys.
Comments (15)
Ken wrote on March 16, 2007 1:39 PM:If White House aides were using RNC email accounts for "official" business does this now raise security issues?
The possibility of "confidential" information being on unsecured email servers raises the risk of leaks and the security of the U.S.A.
In the name of security shouldn't all of these servers, with back-ups etc, be seized and reviewed by the appropiate agencies?
Jacob wrote on March 16, 2007 1:50 PM:Shouldn't this:
The emails show Jennings right in the thick of the efforts to get Rove's former aide Scott Jennings installed as the U.S. attorney -- and to avoid the unnecessary hurdle of senate confirmation.
Have the former Rove aide identified ad Timothy Griffin?
anon wrote on March 16, 2007 2:18 PM:Let's get one thing clear about Will Moschella: in 2004, he was the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs. That's a Senate-confirmed position, just beneath the highest-ranking DOJ officials (Deputy Attorney General and the AG). He's a loyal party man who used to work for Sensenbrenner at House Judiciary.
Any story that he's a "mid-level" lawyer, or that he would have been tinkering with the US Attorney appointment statute without informing the AG, is absurd on its face.
janeaustin wrote on March 16, 2007 2:19 PM:"The emails show Jennings right in the thick of the efforts to get Rove's former aide Scott Jennings installed as the U.S. attorney -- and to avoid the unnecessary hurdle of senate confirmation. "
The second use of "Scott Jennings" isn't correct, I think.
Probably means "Rove's former aide [Griffin] installedas US attorney, no?
William Ockham wrote on March 16, 2007 2:40 PM:Has anybody pointed out that J. Scott Jennings was the Exec. Dir. of the 2004 Bush/Cheney Campaign in New Mexico?
Link here: http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/bush/bushorgnm.html
elemgee wrote on March 16, 2007 4:35 PM:William Ockham, et. al:
Why is it that every, single G-D job in Bush's administration has to be filled by someone who is a former campaign staffer?
Also, what about demanding that "blind-man" Arlen Specter's busy beaver staff member--the one who took Moschella's cute little measure and hid it in the legislation behind his bosses back--has to also testify in front of the committee?
elrapierwit wrote on March 16, 2007 4:50 PM:elengee
It was Tolman, the former deputy chief under Hatch and then Spector for the committee on Crime and Terror who inserted the change in the Patriot Act.
Tolman beat out Sampsons for the UTAH USA job.
Tolman was nominated by Hatch and supported by McConnell, Hatch, spector, and Frist who were pitted against Rove and the WH wanting Sampson
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