Is Alberto swirling around the drain?

could be...

The White House suggested two years ago that the Justice Department fire all 93 U.S. attorneys, a proposal that eventually resulted in the dismissals of eight prosecutors last year, according to e-mails and internal documents that the administration will provide to Congress today.

when your chief of staff makes a hasty exit, things aren't looking good...

The aide in charge of the dismissals -- [Alberto Gonzales'] chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson -- resigned yesterday, officials said, after acknowledging that he did not tell key Justice officials about the extent of his communications with the White House, leading them to provide incomplete information to Congress.

josh marshall has this to say about sampson's resignation...

Believe me, his boss won't long outlast him.

and, of course, bush doesn't want anybody to think HIS hands are dirty...

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said that "it doesn't appear the president was told about a list nor shown a list" of U.S. attorneys at any point in the discussions.

ya gotta keep up that front of "plausible deniability..."

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