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Digby asks a very pertinent question: (none / 0) (#44)
by scribe on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 09:41:31 AM EST
"Which Attorney General?"

Digby notes that if, as the NYT article suggests, the probe was going on for some time since last year, there is a distinct possibility of the AG who signed off on this having been:

 Abu Gonzo - who didn't resign until a couple hours immediately before Larry Craig's theretofore unnoticed guilty plea came up on the screen;  or

 Peter Keisler - who was, having previously been a Repug fixer and torture proponent, back from working for the telcos to be the "acting AG" for all the autumn before going back to work for more telecom immunity and such;  or

 Mukasey - who we all identified as a Giuliani plant, partisan and all-around coverer-upper.  Remember, Rudy Cue Ball's gotten a lot of money from folks like those UAE people who pushed a lot of money towards KSM and other AQ hangers-on.  Why no money laundering or structuring investigations of him?  Hmmmm?

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If The Reported Timeline (none / 0) (#45)
by squeaky on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 09:46:34 AM EST
Is correct it must be Mukasey.

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IIRC Mukasey didn't become AG (none / 0) (#57)
by scribe on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 10:33:57 AM EST
until December.  Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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That Fits (none / 0) (#68)
by squeaky on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 10:51:01 AM EST
In the timeline.

3. Mike Garcia is a Chertoff crony. Sources familiar with the investigation say that he sent a prosecution memo to DC two months ago asking for authority to indict a public figure (Spitzer). Which means they had their case made long before the wire tap of February 13. Why did they then include this line from that conversation in the complaint?

FDL


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