The White House political director was clearly at the center of the partisan plot to fire U.S. attorneys, despite the administration's clumsy attempts to pretend otherwise.

Sidney Blumenthal piece today in Salon here.

Sununu calls for Bush to fire Gonzales here.

Conservative reaction: Forget Impeachment, Grab Tar and Feathers here.

GonzoGate resources, updated 3/15/07, here.

March Impeachment Watch, updated 3/15/07, here.

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Ticia

Today, Halliburton announced that it is moving its headquarters from Houston to Dubai.  Coincidentally, Chuck Baldwin addresses today the implications of the guilty verdict of Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby.  His article "Should President Bush Be Impeached?" appears in the Conservative Voice.  

The American people and history may forgive a leader for an erroneous decision predicated upon bad intelligence. However, neither the American people nor history will forgive a leader for deliberately manipulating evidence and lying to Congress in order to satisfy a personal bloodlust.

Therefore, Congress should immediately commission an independent counsel to investigate whether President Bush and Vice President Cheney did indeed manipulate evidence and deliberately lie to the American people. If that investigation proves that President Bush acted in good faith and with no ulterior motives, his decision to invade Iraq will go down in history as a colossal lapse in judgment. If, on the other hand, the investigation proves that he manipulated evidence and lied to the American people, his actions most definitely rise to the constitutional standard for impeachment. We need a thorough investigation to find the truth.

Questions are blowing in the wind.  And the wind may soon blow in unforeseeable directions.  

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Ticia

March Impeachment Watch, updated 3/11/07, may be found here.

Chuck Baldwin update: Forget Impeachment Grab Tar and Feather here.

"Impeach Gonzo?"

With thanks to Joan McCarter, Contributing Editor over at Daily Kos, for e-mail correspondence and permission to quote from her diary, today I begin a new section of Impeachment Watch: GonzoGate.  

Notes: Congressional attention is shifting to Rove, as the prosecutor purge saga unravels.  If Paul Krugman, via Jurassicpork is to be believed, there is hope, at long last -- for the first time in six years -- that all of the facts about a Bush administration scandal will come out in Congressional hearings, or, if necessary, in the impeachment trial of Alberto R. Gonzales. 

I begin a list of resources for study and comment, in anticipation of any breakthroughs on the impeachment trail. 

Resource List for Impeachment Watch: GonzoGate

Videos

Gonzales says, "No expressed right of Habeas Corpus in the Constitution."

Schumer calls for AG to step down.

Olbermann & Josh on US Attorney Firings 

News Coverage

3/15/07:  AG lied to Congress

3/14/07: Sununu Calls for Bush to Fire AG

WAPO 3/14/07: AG says his future depends on Bush

Transcript of 3/13/07 Press Conference with AG

CNN.com

New York Times: Gonzales Says Mistakes Were Made in Firing of Prosecutors

WAPO: Case Against Alberto Gonzales, Part I

WAPO: Alberto Gonzales, Presidential Enabler, Part II

Top US Aide to AG Resigns Today

E-Mail Shows Loyalty to Bush and Gonzales was a Factor in Firing Prosecutors 

E-mails detail plans for firing US Attorneys

Blogs

3/15/07: All Roads Lead to Rove

3/14/07: Rift between White House and Attorney General

DOJ Claimed "No Role" in Rove Aide's Hiring

Rove Deputy Worked to Get Former  Aide Spot

Gonzales Dismayed

mcjoan Daily Kos: Impeach Gonzales

Jurassicpork/Paul Krugman

Edwards Calls on AG to Step Down

Rudy: No Comment on Attorney Purge

Edwards, Clinton Call for Gonzales' Resignation

Archives

New York Times: Alberto Gonzales

News Dot to Dots:

• Libby convicted of obstruction of justice, giving false statements to the F.B.I. and perjuring himself.
• Inspector General Glenn A. Fine documents widespread FBI misuse of national security and exigency letters to collect personal data on citizens without seeking court orders or following Justice Department guidelines.
• Halliburton announced that it is moving its headquarters from Houston to Dubai. 
• Waxman is preparing to investigate the press leak of Valerie Plame's status as a member of the CIA.
• 35 Vermont towns want Congress to begin impeachment of Bush and Cheney.
• Waxman wants to interrogate Cheney about contracts in Iraq awarded to Halliburton here.

"Do Not Read About Alberto" Decoy Department:

•   9-11 Confession in Guantanamo     

As always, I welcome your comments and contributions.

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Ticia

March Impeachment Watch, updated 3/15/07, may be found here.

Republican Sen. John Sununu of New Hampshire called for Gonzales' dismissal.

All Roads Lead to Rove

Gonzales in Trouble as Tide Turns Against Team Texas

GonzoGate, updated 3/15/07, here.

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Ticia

It's a veto-buster! The measure drew bipartisan support. It was among the White House-opposed bills passed by the House that would widen access to government information and protect government whistleblowers.

"Today, Congress took an important step toward restoring openness and transparency in government," House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman said.

Full article here.

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Ticia

Part I: Scholars and experts such as Barbara Olshansky, David Lindorff, Michael Ratner, John Dean, and Elizabeth Holtzman have written about the legal grounds for impeachment arising from the president's misrepresentations about the grounds for an unprovoked invasion of Iraq.

According to federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, writing as a private citizen in United States v. George W. Bush et al,  there is probable cause to believe that Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and Powell violated Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, which prohibits conspiracies to defraud the United States.

Publisher-editor Tom Dispatch says that today United States v. George W. Bush et al. remains in the realm of fiction, but tomorrow, if you lend a hand… who knows?  

Here you will find Part I.

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My Impeachment Watch, updated 3/13/07, provides websites, articles, and resources on impeachment. Stop by to browse when you have a few moments.