Kyle Sampson Points Finger At Gonzales and Miers

   Oh yes, the plot thickens!

   Kyle Sampson told the Senate Judiciary Committee today that A. G. Alberto Gonzales and Harriet Miers both approved of the firings of eight federal prosecutors.   Source

    Kyle Sampson:  "I and others made staff recommendations but they were approved and signed off on by the principals.   The decision makers in this case were the attorney general and the counsel to the president."

    That would be Gonzales and Miers.

    Sampson also said that both of these characters were deeply involved over which prosecutors to fire for two years during the discussions.

"The distinction between 'political' and 'performance-related' reasons for removing a United States attorney is, in my view, largely artificial.      Some were asked to resign because they were not carrying out the president's and the attorney general's priorities. In some sense that may be described as political by some people."        Read More

   This band of Republicans may be the worst political crooks in some time but even they understand that lying for Mr.Bush and his top hoods isn't worth doing time for.  I'm sure that there will be a few who will attempt to stretch the truth or lie outright when they are subpoenaed to testify.

   Karl Rove is one member of the crime family who comes to mind as does Condi Rice.

   The investigating committees will just have to keep working their ways up the ladder until Bush can be brought to some sort of real justice.

   Maybe then, Bush will understand that it is still " We, the people ".

               IMPEACH! INDICT! IMPRISON!!

 

Tags: Kyle Sampson Harriet Miers Alberto Gonzales

 

Saudi Arabia Backing Away From Bushco

      The Saudis are returning to their true form it would seem.

New York Times

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 28 — King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia told Arab leaders on Wednesday that the American occupation of Iraq was illegal and warned that unless Arab governments settled their differences, foreign powers like the United States would continue to dictate the region’s politics.

The king’s speech, at the opening of the Arab League meeting here, underscored growing differences between Saudi Arabia and the Bush administration as the Saudis take on a greater leadership role in the Middle East, partly at American urging.

The Saudis seem to be emphasizing that they will not be beholden to the policies of their longtime ally.

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       Douglas Farah makes note that

Saudi Arabia has recently reasserted itself by brokering the Fatah-Hamas, hosting the Iranian president and threatening to arm the Sunni insurgents in Iraq.

This seems to me to be a reversion to true Saudi form, as their hearts have never been in the U.S.-led, sporadic efforts to encourage confrontation with jihadists and the wahhabi clergy. The governing system is simply too intertwined with the wahhabist stream of insular, aggressive and violent Islam to make a break and survive.

Saudi Arabia has also apparently moved to rehabilitate even the few terrorist financiers it agreed to designate, notably Wael Julaidan, an al Qaeda founder. He is apparently now under no restrictions at all, and is free to work, speak and write as he sees fit.

 

Saudi Arabia Iraq U.S. Bush administration  King Abdullah