BREAKING: Gonzales gave Andy Card heads-up re. DOJ Plame probe [View All]

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Atty. Gen. Gonzales Responds to Frank Rich's '12-Hour Gap' Charges
By E&P Staff


Published: July 24, 2005 11:20 AM ET

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Asked about this by Schieffer today, Gonzales said, “It has always been my practice to work closely with investigators.” After getting notification from the Justice Department about 8 p.m. that night, he asked if he could inform staffers at the White House early in the morning , and that was okayed.

Schieffer then asked if he at least informed anyone at the White House that first night to “get ready” for the order.

Yes, Gonzales said, he told the president’s chief of staff that night, and then the president himself “first thing” the next day.

He then explained that he hadn't launched an internal probe just in case a criminal investigation was in the works.

This is the BIG breaking Treasongate news of the day!

Background: read today's Times OpEd by Frank Rich. Lambert at Corrente points out the pivotal issue -- 12 hours between then-W House Counsel Alberto Gonzales learning that the DoJ was investigating the Plame leak at 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2003 and Gonz's "official" notification the next morning.

This morning, Gonz admitted to Bob Schieffer that he alerted Andy Card THE NIGHT OF THE 29th!

I hear another frog march in the distance! Remember, the cover-up is usually worse than the crime!

What did they shred -- and when did they shred it?