US Attorneys: Gonzales Aide Goodling Resigns

Saturday, 7 April 2007, 3:28 pm
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Associated Press: Gonzales Aide Goodling Resigns
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040607U.shtml

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' top aide, who refused to testify before Congress about her role in the politically charged firing of eight US attorneys, abruptly quit her job Friday.

Washington Post: Justice Department In New Fight Over Papers on Firings
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040607H.shtml

The Justice Department is refusing to release hundreds of pages of additional documents related to the firings of eight US attorneys, setting up a fresh clash with Capitol Hill in a controversy that continues to threaten Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales's hold on his position.

Consortium News: Did Rove's Protege Puff Up Resume?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040507D.shtml

Little Rock's interim US Attorney J. Timothy Griffin - already at the center of a firestorm over whether the White House has put politics ahead of prosecutorial integrity - made claims about his experience as an Army lawyer that have been put in doubt by military records.

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