The DOJ documents not yet dumped

looks like a lot of pertinent material is being held back...

The Justice Department is refusing to release hundreds of pages of additional documents related to the firings of eight U.S. 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.

The Senate Judiciary Committee, whose investigators have been allowed to view, but not obtain copies of, the records in question, is preparing subpoenas for those papers as well as for all e-mails or documents from the Justice Department and the White House connected to the dismissals of the prosecutors.

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Democratic investigators were upset to learn about the additional batch of records in recent visits to the department, according to a Senate aide who requested anonymity to talk freely about the standoff.

why are they holding out...?

Another Justice Department official said the additional documents were not turned over to Capitol Hill because of "privacy issues" related to personnel matters involving some of the U.S. attorneys who were ousted and others who were not.

In particular, the official said, one document, several hundred pages long, was an internal administrative review of one of the fired prosecutors and was so sensitive that it would have been entirely redacted if it had been sent to Capitol Hill.

having worked in human resources, i understand that personnel matters are sensitive and should be kept confidential, but, i do believe congress is capable of that kind of discretion, and this is, after all, a major congressional investigation... plus, if they have already seen the documents, the confidentiality has already been breached...

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