In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, on May 23, 2007, Goodling stated that she had "crossed the line" and broke civil service laws regulating hiring for civil service positions, and had improperly weighed political factors in assessing applicants.

Civil service positions aren't 'at will', PPJ, and your invocation of Clinton(which seems to always happen when something suggesting the aWol malAdministration is less than perfect enters the discussion) doesn't hold water, as Goodling admitted to illegal acts and was invoking the 5th Amendment, which didn't take place in Travelgate:

Resignation

On March 23, 2007, she took an indefinite leave of absence.[8] On March 26, 2007, Goodling cancelled her upcoming appearance at a Congressional hearing, citing her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.[9][10] In its history, no Department of Justice employee has ever exercised his/her Fifth Amendment rights with respect to official conduct, and remained an employee.[11] On April 6, 2007, Goodling announced her resignation from the Department of Justice, writing to Gonzales, "May God bless you richly as you continue your service to America."[12]

and there is an ongoing investigation, but PPJ seems ready to render a verdict already:

On May 3, 2007, the Washington Post reported that the United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General launched an internal probe into whether or not Goodling "illegally took party affiliation into account in hiring career federal prosecutors" in her work at the Department.[23]

On May 12, the New York Times published an article about Goodling repeatedly engaging in "prohibited personnel practices" while at the Justice Department. "You have a Monica problem" several Justice Department officials told Robin C. Ashton, a criminal prosecutor at the Department of Justice. "She believes you're a Democrat and doesn't feel you can be trusted."[24]

One week after Goodling's testimony before the House, the Department's Office of the Inspector General and Counsel for the Office of Professional Responsibility confirmed in a letter[25] to the Senate Judiciary Committee, that they were expanding their investigation beyond "the removals of United States Attorneys" to also include "DOJ hiring and personnel decisions" by Goodling and other Justice Department employees. [26]

From 10/22/2007 Countdown with Keith Obermann:

And now we have word that another Bush loyalists, those considerably higher up in the food chain may also be in the prosecutorial crosshairs, former attorney general Alberto Gonzales.  He only left Justice last month, but justice may not be done with him.  Former U.S. attorney for Western Washington State John McKay saying in a speech Friday, according to the "Spokesman Review" that the Justice Department's inspector general may recommend prosecuting Gonzales.  Mr.  McKay was one of the fired U.S. attorneys whose purge triggered congressional investigations of Gonzales and his highly politicized management of the Justice Department.  This past June, McKay was questioned by the Inspector's General Office for eight hours about possible reasons for his firing including his decision not to investigate the Democratic Governor Chris Gregoire for alleged voter fraud, a decision supported by career prosecutors in his office as well as by the FBI.  Let's turn to Mr.  McKay right now.  John McKay, former U.S. attorney for the western district of Washington state.  Great thanks for your time tonight, sir.

JOHN MCKAY, FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY:  Glad to be here.

OLBERMANN:  What exactly can you tell us about the Inspector General Glenn Fine's upcoming report, when we get it, what do you think it will say and why?

MCKAY:  I don't have any real inside knowledge of that other than, Keith, that it's about time for that report to be coming out.  We know the inspector general and the Office of Professional Responsibility have been looking at all the facts surrounding the firing of the United States attorneys including myself.  We understand that the inspector general did interview former attorney general Gonzales and that is usually a sign that the report is close to completion.

OLBERMANN:  When the Inspector General's Office spoke with you, and obviously understanding that there are only certain degrees to which you can be specific about something like this, but what lines of inquiry in a broad sense might they have been pursuing regarding Mr. Gonzales or his aides or obviously anybody more directly connected to the White House?

MCKAY:  Well, again, I don't have any inside information regarding the investigation itself.  I was asked a number of questions.  There have been indications, I think, publicly, by some who are familiar with lines of inquiry including some in Congress, but it's a very wide ranging investigation, we do know that.  The inspector general in particular has very broad per view to look at waste, fraud and abuse, claims of mismanagement in the Justice Department.  But also the inspector general has the authority and the ability to refer a matter for prosecution if he feels it's warranted.

OLBERMANN:  In your speech on Friday, you said--let me quote it exactly - "There was a conspiracy to politicize the Justice Department."  Was that a reference just to this purge of U.S. attorneys or was there more to it in your opinion?

MCKAY:  I think the evidence that has come out in Congressional hearings and in some other reports that we have indicate that there were persons at the Justice Department who sought to politicize it in its hiring, not just by firing presidential-appointed United States attorneys such as myself but in hiring line assistance of United States attorney who prosecute case on a daily basis or try cases in Department of Justice.  And those who love the Department of Justice, as I do, are very offended by that and quite certain that the inspector general is looking very hard at the question of politicizing the Department of Justice through hiring.

OLBERMANN:  Give us your assessment of him, of Inspector General Fine in terms of the integrity of the report that you expect, sketch out what we might expect to happen afterwards if he does recommend prosecution, your own feelings of the probity of what's happening at this point for his investigation?

MCKAY:  I think highly of Glenn Fine, I do not know him personally.  He enjoys a very, very good reputation as a straight shooter, as a person of integrity.  The inspector's general throughout the government are, you know, a different breed in the sense that they're inside the Department he is inspector general for the Department of Justice, but his report is directly to the Congress and really to the American people.  And I know he takes that job very, very seriously.  And I believe he will do so in this case.  And he has a lot to work with.  Remember we had a lot of testimony from the former attorney general, much of which on important matters he indicated he didn't recall, I think saying that so many times anyone who watched it would have been concerned about whether or not he was concerned about the search for the truth.  So, it's now on this point the next step is for the inspector general to issue his report.  I do think that it will come down shortly, possibly before thanksgiving.  And you know, we hope that there will be some measure of accountability.  Some indication of a positive change at the Justice Department, many of us have believed--and I certainly do--that there's been a dark cloud over the Justice Department caused by the former attorney general and others at the Department of Justice who sought to politicize it in firing ninety-nine states attorneys may have been only part of it.

OLBERMANN:  The conspiracy to politicize the Justice Department would be about as dark a cloud as we can imagine it to the DOJ.  John McKay, the former U.S. attorney for Western Washington State.  Great thanks for your time tonight, sir.

MCKAY:  You're welcome.