"I don't know what you mean by 'equal justice under the law.' "

huh...? 'scuse me...? would you mind running that by me again...?

From this afternoon's White House press briefing:

Q Scott, is Scooter Libby getting more than equal justice under the law? Is he getting special treatment?

MR. STANZEL: Well, I guess I don't know what you mean by "equal justice under the law." But this is a unique case, there's no doubt about that.

oh, it's unique, all right... unique in its complete and total disregard for our justice system and our proclaimed adherence to the rule of law, both of which bushco pays such lip service to both here and around the world...

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Subpoena the attendance lists for the political briefings

and let's see who was REALLY there and if it was REALLY only political appointees... and, while we're at it, let's see if attendance was voluntary or mandatory...

White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said briefings were held at other federal agencies besides the GSA, for a total of about 20 - most in 2006 and a couple in 2007. They were conducted by White House political director Sara Taylor or Jennings, her deputy. It had been known that other briefings had been held, but not how many. Others were held in previous years as well, but Stanzel said the White House hasn't kept a count of how many.

Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino said no laws were broken and that the White House counsel's office signed off on the effort. "It's not unlawful and it wasn't unusual for informational briefings to be given," Perino said. "There is no prohibition under the Hatch Act of allowing political appointees to talk to other political appointees about the political landscape in which they are trying to advance the president's agenda."

She added: "These briefings were not inappropriate, they were not unlawful, they were not unethical."

oh, dana, you can say whatever you want (or were instructed to say)... pointing out that the white house counsel signed off, given what's come out in recent weeks, might be persuasive if the white house counsel had any credibility whatsoever... but, dana, nobody believes a goddam thing at this point... skip the carefully crafted responses, skip the reassurances, skip the protestations of innocence and appropriateness... the only things that matter now are concrete, provable FACTS, nothing more and nothing less...

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Is there anybody left who believes their lies...?

these people are beyond arrogant and i don't know what word to use to capture their depths of duplicity...

"I can say that historically the White House didn't give enough guidance to staff on how to avoid violating the Hatch Act while following the Records Act. We didn't do a good enough job."

In other words, it was an open secret at the White House that the parallel system was to be used for everything you didn't want coming out later -- an understanding that was most likely never made explicit, but a situation that was carefully preserved by not providing apparently any parameters for what sort of communication should be done via the White House system.

how long can we let these people stay in office...? certainly not until 20 january 2009...

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Absolutely, totally unacceptable, and, quite possibly, criminal

'scuse ME...!?!?! this AIN'T an "oopsie..."

The White House acknowledged yesterday that e-mails dealing with official government business may have been lost because they were improperly sent through private accounts intended to be used for political activities. Democrats have been seeking such missives as part of an investigation into the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.

Administration officials said they could offer no estimate of how many e-mails were lost but indicated that some may involve messages from White House senior adviser Karl Rove, whose role in the firings has been under scrutiny by congressional Democrats.

and, of course, we get the lame excuses...

Briefing reporters yesterday about an initial review of the private e-mail system, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel declined to discuss whether the political aides were driven by a desire to conduct business outside of potential review. "I can't speak to people's individual e-mail practices," he said.

Stanzel conceded that the White House had done a poor job of instructing staff members how to save politically oriented e-mail and said that it has developed new guidance for the more than 20 staffers who have official as well as political e-mail addresses. He also said that the White House is trying to recover the lost e-mails.

that's why, as conyers has requested, forensic images be made of every goddam hard drive, laptop or desktop, whose keyboard has been touched by the fingers of the suspects, particularly karl rove...

[T]he Committee urges the Department to image forensically the work stations, laptops, and/or other personal computers of key custodians at the White House likely to have material regarding the controversy surrounding the dismissals.

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