No new information on it, but as Dan Froomkin said, "this is not the action of someone planning to fold up his tents and go home."


http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/index.html

Here's what Froomkin has to say about this and several other things today. Also posted to the pinned Froomkin thread in the main Cafe forum.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...5041100879.html

I feel some serious chop licking coming on!

Why would anyone want to watch sitcoms and soap operas when they could be watching this story unfold. It is absolutely riveting.

It is SO RIVETING that I've spent the last 3 hours doing this instead of my paperwork!

I am waiting for the movie version. I think Tom Cruise would be good as Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty for Karl Rove, and Adam Sandler as Bush. For cheney, we don't need any name actor, just show his back in a dark cape, like they did for the vampire in Plan 9 From Outer Space.

I hear you. I haven't been this riveted by a story since the post 2000 election coverage where I almost missed buying my X-mas presents because I was oblivious to everything but what I was seeing on TV. Once the Court declared Bush the winner and I started paying attention to the rest of my life I was shocked to find that Xmas was so close.

I hear you both. Everything I've been posting about this during business hours has been done from my workplace. So I've been more than a little distracted by this story as well. I'm hoping my boss doesn't notice the dust collecting on my to-do list and my in-box.

Great Post. Love this one. The Snuff

Jeez, it's addictive! I swore last week that I wouldn't even come here until the 28th, but I feel like a chocaholic looking in a Godiva shop window just before it opens.

Please, Fitzgerald, just put a gun to my head and put me out of my misery! Or get me a Hershey bar! Either will work for me.

And I've been pouting because I have to work and couldn't stay tuned 24/7!!!

Thanks, Snuff!

This is really an exciting time in American politics.

Yes, reminiscent of Watergate.... when America stayed home to watch the hearings on TV...

These days, we watch things happen through the Internet too...

Meow indeed!

i'd missed this one until bill maher mentioned it on his show last night. apparently, at one of his rare press conferences around the time of novak's leak, helen thomas, that wonderful old woman, asked bush why he didn't call all his staff together in one room and simply ask them who did it.

isn't that elegant?

Isn't simplicity wonderful?

Helen should get a Medal of Freedom from the next duly-elected President...

Are you on a productivity system?

I still have a little lingering paperwork from the cindy sheehan stand down

And Dan Rather should get the interview.

As of August 12, 2005, Fitzgerald now reports to David Margolis Associate Deputy Attorney General instead of James B. Comey Deputy Attorney General.

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/document...ust_12_2005.pdf

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David Margolis,
Associate Deputy Attorney General,
United States Department of Justice,
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
Room 4135-Main Building,
Washington, DC 20530-0001

FBI Whistlebowers
http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/wb/right.htm

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Margolis was previously in The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut before his appointment to DOJ. He won a 2002 DOJ Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executives.

Prosecutor Nominated As Justice No. 2
Saturday October 22, 2005 12:46 AM


By MARK SHERMAN

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Paul McNulty, a federal prosecutor in Virginia, was chosen Friday by President Bush to serve as the No. 2 Justice Department official, following the withdrawal of a nominee who faced questions about his business ties.

As the U. S. Attorney in Alexandria, Va., since 2001, McNulty has prosecuted several high-profile terrorism cases. Earlier this year, McNulty's office obtained a guilty plea from Zacarias Moussaoui, who admitted to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers and now could face the death penalty.

His nomination as deputy Attorney General must be confirmed by the Senate, but the White House announcement said he would serve in an acting capacity until then. The post has been vacant since James Comey resigned in August.

Bush's previous nominee for deputy Attorney General, Timothy E. Flanigan, withdrew his nomination in early October, citing uncertainty over when he would be confirmed. Senators complained that Flanigan lacked prosecutorial experience and also questioned his dealings with indicted Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

McNulty, 47, is well-known on Capitol Hill. He served as spokesman for House Judiciary Committee Republicans during the impeachment of President Clinton. He later directed the Bush transition team for the Justice Department and worked in the deputy's office until Bush appointed him to the prosecutor's job in Virginia.

In the administration of President George H.W. Bush, McNulty served as the department's director of policy and communication.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/stor...5361404,00.html