JANUARY 27 20091. Is Eric Holder One of Those People Who Need People?
2. New Bush/Rove Privilege Fight Looms
3. Subpoena Issued to Karl Rove: “Time to talk”
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1. Is Eric Holder One of Those People Who
Need People?
By Al Kaman of the Washington Post
....Meanwhile, convicted former Alabama governor Don Siegelman (D)
wrote, from his Gmail address, urging his supporters to call Sen. Arlen
Specter's office and ask the Pennsylvania Republican to release his
hold on Holder's confirmation.
"As you know, there is much work to be done by the next Attorney
General in investigating the firing of the U.S. Attorneys and Karl
Rove's involvement in my prosecution," Siegelman wrote. "The new
Attorney General will be able to facilitate the House Judiciary
Committee's investigation of the use of the Department of Justice as a
political weapon and those who abused their power."
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2. New Bush/Rove Privilege Fight Looms
by By Jason Leopold of Consortium News
....On Monday, Conyers reissued a subpoena for Rove, a former
White House deputy chief of staff, to testify before Congress about his
role in firing nine federal prosecutors deemed not “loyal Bushies” as
well as the controversial prosecution of Alabama’s former Democratic
Gov. Don Siegelman.
Rove’s attorney, Robert Luskin, told the Washington Post that former
President Bush recently sent a letter to Rove reasserting executive
privilege that would prevent Rove and possibly other ex-White House
officials from testifying. It’s unknown when Bush sent the letter; Luskin
did not return calls or respond to e-mails for further comment about
Bush’s letter.
However, it does appear that Bush is determined to extend his broad
claims of executive privilege beyond his departure from the White
House on Jan. 20.
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3. Subpoena Issued to Karl Rove: “Time to
talk”
by Scott Horton for Harper's
...Last year, Rove defied a congressional subpoena, attending a
conference with post-Soviet oligarchs in the Crimea when he was
required to appear before Congress. Rove argued that he had been
instructed by President Bush not to respond to the subpoena. The
committee determined by a 7-1 vote that the claim of privilege was
invalid. But the Bush Justice Department refused to enforce the
subpoena, requiring Congress to turn to the courts.
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