Oh yea, …we just used the word recondite.
It means little known, or obscure, which describes one time Washington power broker Karl Rove.
Actually it doesn’t describe Rove himself… it describes his obscure role in the in the highly controversial 2006 firing of multiple federal prosecutors… obscure, that is until now.
Alright, so it wasn’t that mysterious, but we really wanted to use ‘recondite.’
To the point… once-secret grand jury testimony and messages on those 2006 firings have now gone public … revealing some juicy info.
They reveal that Karl Rove and other Bush aides played a much larger role in the firing than what was initially thought. For all those who may need a refresher, between 2005-2006, nine U.S. attorneys were fired in suspicious and controversial circumstances. By 2007, a similar controversy blew up again… this time involving Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Here’s a rundown on the latest, I’m sure more is to come:
First, the basics, as proved by the NYTimes:
Thousands of pages of once-secret grand jury testimony and e-mail messages released on Tuesday showed that Karl Rove and other senior aides in the Bush White House played an earlier and more active role than previously known in the 2006 firings of a number of federal prosecutors.
Politico gives us some harsh words spoken by Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.):
After all the delay and despite all the obfuscation, lies and spin, this basic truth can no longer be denied: Karl Rove and his cohorts at the Bush White House were the driving force behind several of these firings, which were done for improper reasons.
The press release can be found over at TalkingPointsMemo, which can be found here.The release includes:
2005 White House “Decision” to fire David Iglesias – It has previously been known that New Mexico Republicans pressed for Iglesias to be removed because they did not like his decisions on vote fraud cases.
Well, that’s the rundown for now. This is still relatively breaking, so the pundit discussions shouldn’t be far behind. But in the mean time, what do you think?
