http://rove.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for Rove en Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:56:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2044466 unknown@Netscape.com The White House's former political director was furious at Justice Department officials for disclosing to Congress that the administration had forced out the U.S. attorney in Little Rock, Ark., to make way for a protege of Karl Rove, President Bush's political adviser, according to documents released late Tuesday. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:56:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2044466KarlRovePoliticsU.S.attorneysjusticeDepartmentbushadministrationJuNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2038030 unknown@Netscape.com The White House on Sunday dismissed Senate plans to hold a no-confidence vote on the attorney general and said the outcome will not undermine Bush's resolve to keep Alberto Gonzales at the Justice Department. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:50:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038030AlbertoGonzalesKarlRoveprosecutorsmonicaGoodlingbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033126 unknown@Netscape.com He's cashing in on 9/11, working with Karl Rove's henchmen and in cahoots with a Swift Boat-style attack on Hillary. By all accounts, he's a perfect choice to uphold the legacy of George W. Bush. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:13:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033126Giulianibush911RoveelectionsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2021960 unknown@Netscape.com Alabama's former Democratic governor, Don Siegelman, stands convicted of bribery and conspiracy charges and faces a sentence of up to 30 years in prison. Siegelman has long claimed that his prosecution was driven by politically motivated, Republican-appointed U.S. attorneys. Now Karl Rove has been implicated in the controversy. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:49:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2021960AlabamaKarlRoveBriberyconspiracypoliticallymotivatedinvestigationsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2019813 unknown@Netscape.com One of the candidates put forward by Boozman is former Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court Betty C. Dickey. Dickey has longstanding ties to Griffin Thu, 31 May 2007 17:16:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2019813RoveGriffinusattorneyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2018306 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. Justice Department has notified Arkansas's congressional delegation that Interim Eastern District U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin is resigning effective Friday, June 1. Thu, 31 May 2007 03:35:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2018306RoveGriffinattorneyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2004327 unknown@Netscape.com Susan Ralston, the former executive assistant to top White House adviser Karl Rove, invoked her rights against self-incrimination while she was being asked to answer questions by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Committee's Chairman, Rep. Henry Waxman, announced in a memo Tuesday. Tue, 22 May 2007 22:43:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2004327AbramoffRalstonRovescandalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1965191 unknown@Netscape.com The lawyers said any conversations Cheney and the officials had about Plame with one another or with reporters were part of their normal duties because they were discussing foreign policy and engaging in an appropriate "policy dispute. Sun, 20 May 2007 02:19:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1965191ScooterlibbychenyRoveValeriePlamejosephWilsonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1962716 unknown@Netscape.com Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says his long friendship with President Bush makes it easier to say "no" to him on sticky legal issues. His critics, however, say Gonzales is far more likely to say "yes" ââ;¬" leaving the Justice Department vulnerable to a politically determined White House. Sat, 19 May 2007 15:33:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1962716AlbertoGonzalesKarlRoveprosecutorsnoconfidenceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1931115 unknown@Netscape.com Rove's former assistant, Susan Ralston, is currently seeking immunity to testify before Waxman's committee. Ralston is a former assistant to Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Washington super-lobbyist and Republican fund-raiser. Thu, 17 May 2007 06:41:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1931115SusanRalstonKarlRovebushadministrationJackAbramoffimmunityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1913136 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush's Justice Department has made voter fraud such a priority that the president and adviser Karl Rove made sure to mention it to state officials during a campaign swing through Las Vegas just months before the contested 2004 election. The only problem: Their U.S. attorney, Daniel Bogden, didn't have many voter fraud cases to pursue. Wed, 16 May 2007 10:55:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1913136KarlRovebushadministrationU.S.attorneysdanielbogdennevadaPoliticsjusticeDepartmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1899106 unknown@Netscape.com Last week, in an interview with the Albuquerque Tribune, purged U.S. Attorney David Iglesias said, "I think all roads lead to Rove. I think that's why the president is circling some pretty major wagons around him to keep him from testifying under oath, which subjects him to criminal prosecution." Tue, 15 May 2007 03:48:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1899106RoveNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1882903 unknown@Netscape.com Nearly half the U.S. attorneys slated for removal by the administration last year were targets of Republican complaints that they were lax on voter fraud, including efforts by presidential adviser Karl Rove to encourage more prosecutions of election- law violations, according to new documents and interviews. Mon, 14 May 2007 11:05:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1882903KarlRoveU.S.attorneysvoterfraudPoliticsjusticeDepartmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1861772 unknown@Netscape.com A former West Virginia federal prosecutor said Friday the White House fired him in 2005 in the middle of a corruption and vote-buying investigation but never told him why. Karl K. "Kasey" Warner said he has "concerns" and sees parallels between himself and eight other ousted U.S. attorneys. Sat, 12 May 2007 21:18:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1861772AlbertoGonzalesprosecutorFiringschargesRoveNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1856572 unknown@Netscape.com We can't count on the U.S. Constitution to protect the election process. The Constitution does not explicitly protect the right to vote, and the conservative majority on the Rehnquist and Roberts courts has proved friendly to anti-turnout measures. Sat, 12 May 2007 11:08:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1856572RoveelectionsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1827258 unknown@Netscape.com The Bush administration has withheld a series of e-mails from Congress showing that senior White House and Justice Department officials worked together to conceal the role of Karl Rove in installing Timothy Griffin, a protÃ;©gÃ;© of Rove's, as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Thu, 10 May 2007 20:29:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1827258KarlRovejusticeDepartmentU.S.attorneysbushadministrationPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1762398 unknown@Netscape.com Politicization of the federal government has been illegal for decades. The 1939 Hatch Act specifically prohibits partisan campaign or electoral activities on federal government property, including federal agencies. Sat, 05 May 2007 22:14:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1762398governmentcorruptionKarlRoveNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1739250 unknown@Netscape.com Two months ago, he helped coach Justice Department officials on how to testify about the U.S. attorneys' firings. Was that a harmless part of his job, or an inappropriate attempt to mislead Congress? Fri, 04 May 2007 13:00:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1739250KarlRovejusticeDepartmentU.S.attorneysPoliticsbushadministrationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1708516 unknown@Netscape.com Senators subpoenaed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Wednesday, ordering him to provide all e-mails related to presidential adviser Karl Rove and the firings of eight federal prosecutors. Wed, 02 May 2007 23:53:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1708516emailsKarlRoveAlbertoGonzalesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1661043 unknown@Netscape.com A small group of student protesters, including one wearing a black hood and an orange jumpsuit, heckled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as he posed with old classmates Saturday during their 25-year Harvard Law School reunion. Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:57:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1661043AlbertoGonzalesKarlRoveprosecutorsemailsreunionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1616935 unknown@Netscape.com Mr Rove, who masterminded Mr Bush's "appointment" in 2000 and election theft in 2004, will be a central focus of an inquiry by a task force set up by the US Office of Special Counsel, an obscure government body. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:21:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1616935NewsRovefederalInquiryjustice http://web2announcer.com/go/1587647 unknown@Netscape.com the Office of Special Counsel is preparing to jump into one of the most sensitive and potentially explosive issues in Washington, launching a broad investigation into key elements of the White House political operations that for more than six years have been headed by chief strategist Karl Rove. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:47:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1587647KarlRovewhitehousebushadministrationofficeofspecialcounselPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1564453 unknown@Netscape.com Karl Rove's debate with singer Sheryl Crow and producer Laurie David about global warming heated the atmosphere at a black-tie Washington dinner. On the eve of Earth Day, Crow and "Inconvenient Truth" producer David walked over to the presidential adviser's table at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night at t Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:29:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1564453globalwarmingKarlRoveCherylCrowlauriedavidInconvenienttruthNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1529598 unknown@Netscape.com It has been a disastrous morning for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. The major problem with his testimony is that Gonzales maintains, in essence, that he doesn't know why he fired at least some of the eight dismissed U.S. attorneys. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:43:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1529598AlbertoGonzalesbushRoveNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1456164 unknown@Netscape.com Karl Rove and other White House employees were cautioned in employee manuals, memos and briefings to carefully save any e-mails that might discuss official matters even if those messages came from private e-mail accounts, the White House disclosed Friday. Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:55:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1456164KarlRoveemailsU.S.attorneysPoliticsbushadministrationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1429971 unknown@Netscape.com Karl Rove 's lawyer on Friday dismissed the notion that President Bush 's chief political adviser intentionally deleted his own e-mails from a Republican -sponsored server, saying Rove believed the communications were being preserved in accordance with the law. Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:08:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1429971lawyerRovedidntmeanTodeleteemailNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1420408 unknown@Netscape.com Countless e-mails to and from many key White House staffers have been deleted due to a brazen violation of internal White House policy that was allowed to continue for more than 6 years. The leading culprit appears to be Karl Rove, who reportedly used his RNC-provided Blackberry and e-mail accounts for most of his electronic communication. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:55:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1420408whitehousedeletedemailsKarlRovebushpresidentialrecordsacNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1412173 unknown@Netscape.com HUMOR - Rove and Cheney cleared of Duckf@#king in the Duck University Duckf!@cking case! Hilarious! Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:35:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1412173ducksDukeuniversityRovecheneybushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1277244 unknown@Netscape.com Rather than confront the administration's assertion of quasi-monarchial privilege and assert the constitutionally mandated power of congressional oversight, the Democrats have, predictably, demonstrated once again their cowardice and indifference to democratic principles by offering a "compromise" on Bush's terms. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:25:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1277244charlesschumerRovebushusattorneysNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1245617 unknown@Netscape.com Karl went out and hired his own politically wired nameserver company. Of course, Karl would never give business to any company that hadn't sworn fealty to the authoritarian agenda. Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:18:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1245617RoveemailNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1236669 unknown@Netscape.com The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today requested that former Special Assistant to the President Susan Ralston present a deposition on April 5 as part of the committee's ongoing investigation into the connection between the White House and lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:45:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1236669SusanRalstonJackAbramoffwhitehouseKarlRovePoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1212035 unknown@Netscape.com Did Karl Rove have a hand in replacing the fired U.S. attorney in New Mexico? An overlooked e-mail may provide a clue. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:59:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1212035KarlRovejusticeDepartmentPeteDomeniciU.S.attorneysPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1178074 unknown@Netscape.com My new book, "The American Dream," is a punch in the nose to George W. Bush and Karl Rove. They smirk while others die. They are getting away with murder. They are robbing us blind. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:09:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1178074bushRovewartaxespalecekNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1177114 unknown@Netscape.com Americans overwhelmingly support a congressional investigation into White House involvement in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, and they say President Bush and his aides should answer questions about it without invoking executive privilege. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:55:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1177114bushusattorneysKarlRoveSubpoenasexecutiveprivilegeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1153375 unknown@Netscape.com Karl Rove "may have forfeited potential claims of executive privilege over the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys -- if he communicated about the matter outside the White House e-mail system, using his Republican National Committee e-mail account or RNC equipment," says Alexis Simendinger in the National Journal. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:56:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1153375usattorneysRoveexecutiveprivilegeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1153372 unknown@Netscape.com There have been many great diaries about the recent discovery of the gwb43.com e-mail system. Karl Rove does 95% of his e-mailing over that server. Nice. And end run around the Presidential Records Act. And a political move to hide what could be incriminating records. What hasn't been mentioned is the likely huge national security breach... Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:32:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1153372PoliticsKarlRoveattorneygateelectronicespionagenationalSecurityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1140290 unknown@Netscape.com Rove has testified under oath before investigative bodies twice, and in neither case was the truth well served. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:27:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1140290RoveNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1133290 unknown@Netscape.com In the new March 22 column, Novak can't seem to let go of a favorite right-wing myth - that Plame wasn't a "covert" CIA officer overseeing a sensitive network of spies informing the United States about weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:37:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1133290ValeriePlameciaRoveScooterlibbycheneyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1118697 unknown@Netscape.com "It does not have constitutional oversight responsibility over the White House, which is why by our reaching out, we're doing something that we're not compelled to do by the Constitution, but we think common sense suggests that we ought to get the whole story out, which is what we're doing." Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:52:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1118697AlbertoGonzalesoversightKarlRovefederalprosecutorschecksandbalancesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1107438 unknown@Netscape.com A Senate panel, following the House's lead, has authorized subpoenas for White House political adviser Karl Rove and other top aides involved in the firing of federal prosecutors. The Senate Judiciary Committee decided by voice vote to approve the subpoenas as Republicans and Democrats sparred over whether to press a showdown with President Bush ov Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:54:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1107438AlbertoGonzalesSubpoenaspatriotACTfederalprosecutorsKarlRoveNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1100154 unknown@Netscape.com In the U.S. attorney scandal, Alberto Gonzales gave orders, but he also took them -- from Karl Rove, who plotted to turn the federal criminal justice system into the Republican Holy Office of the Inquisition. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:26:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1100154AlbertoGonzalesbushusattorneyFiringsscandalKarlRoveNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1088867 unknown@Netscape.com A House panel on Wednesday defied the White House and authorized subpoenas for President Bush's political adviser, Karl Rove and other top aides, setting up a constitutional showdown over the firings of eight federal prosecutors. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:57:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1088867AlbertoGonzalesSubpoenaspatriotACTfederalprosecutorsKarlRoveNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1077412 unknown@Netscape.com The White House offered Tuesday to make political strategist Karl Rove and former counsel Harriet Miers available for congressional interviews--but not testimony under oath--in the investigation of the firing of eight federal prosecutors. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:32:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1077412KarlRoveU.S.attorneysNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1088560 unknown@Netscape.com So they'll be happy to answer questions...as long as there's no transcript and it's not under oath. That means they're willing, as long as they don't have to tell the truth or be held accountable for what they said later. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:33:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1088560congressRoveschumersubpoenaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1057724 unknown@Netscape.com As more Republicans called last week on Alberto R. Gonzales to resign, President Bush's aides began to look beyond the attorney general and focus on preventing the controversy over the firing of federal prosecutors from spreading - and endangering Karl Rove, the president's top political advisor. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:51:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1057724AlbertoGonzaleslawbushusattorneysRoveNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1047251 unknown@Netscape.com The House Judiciary Committee could vote as early as Tuesday to subpoena Karl Rove, White House deputy chief of staff, and Harriet Miers, former White House counsel, as part of the panel's probe into their role in the recent firing of eight U.S. Attorney Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:05:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1047251KarlRoveharrietMiershousejudiciaryusattorneyFiringsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1041228 unknown@Netscape.com Another important question is why is Karl Rove in the White House? Rove no longer has a policy function in the administration. So why should American taxpayers pay for a political operative to help the GOP from inside the White House? Especially one that is directing the dismissal of Justice Dept prosecutors pursuing cases against other Republicans Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:16:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1041228KarlRovebushfederalprosecutorsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1032288 unknown@Netscape.com More than two weeks after a New Mexico U.S. attorney alleged he was fired for not prosecuting Democrats, the White House and the Justice Department are still struggling to explain the roles of President Bush, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and other key officials in the dismissals of eight federal prosecutors last year. Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:30:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1032288usattorneysharrietMiersRoveDOJNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1032596 unknown@Netscape.com Valerie Plame, the former CIA officer at the heart of a four-year political furor over the Bush administration's leak of her identity, lashed out at the White House yesterday, testifying in Congress that the president's aides destroyed a career she loved and slipped her name to reporters for "purely political motives." Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:27:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1032596ValeriePlameciaRoveScooterlibbycheneyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1009739 unknown@Netscape.com New unreleased e-mails from top administration officials show the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys was raised by White House adviser Karl Rove in early January 2005, indicating Rove was more involved in the plan than previously acknowledged by the White House. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:05:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1009739usattorneyFiringsKarlRoveAlbertoGonzalesharrietMiersscandalNews