Here’s a little roundup of articles relating to the US Attorney firings scandal. Actually, this has gone beyond GonzoGate…..it’s Emailgate, it’s BushGate, Rovegate, JusticeDepartmentgate, RepublicanGate…….it’s a snowball charging down the hill, picking up speed and growing rapidly.

From an editorial in the ShepherdExpressconcerning Wisconsin US Attorney Biskupic :

But now, after weeks of news about Alberto Gonzales- Justice Department, we may have an answer to our questions. Feeling the political pressure, Biskupic first tried to find the massive voter fraud that the Republican Party and the Journal Sentinel, along with their talk-radio friends, screamed was rampant in the city of Milwaukee. They even provided hundreds of names of “illegal voters” that Biskupic attempted to track down. After spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars, he found that there was no rampant voter fraud.

So Biskupic, in an attempt to satisfy his bosses, then went after Georgia Thompson. To destroy an innocent woman’s life was no problem for Biskupic if it could be used to help defeat Gov. Doyle. Once Georgia Thompson was charged, the Republican Party, the Journal Sentinel and the right-wing talk’show hosts used this indictment to try to make Doyle look corrupt.

Now Biskupic is at it again. He has indicted Dennis Troha for illegally channeling donations to Doyle. Once again, the political target of Biskupic is being tried in the press, on the front pages of the Journal Sentinel, which has already decided that Doyle is corrupt and just needs the right case-or perhaps the right prosecutor-to prove it.

The real question is why Biskupic hasn-t investigated Troha family contributions of tens of thousands of dollars to U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan and President Bush. Rep. Ryan received more than $50,000 in campaign contributions from the Troha family. The only difference is that Paul Ryan actually introduced special-interest legislation for Troha, signed by Bush, that substantially increased the value of Troha’s business. Ryan provided a clear quid pro quo and he should be investigated and perhaps indicted. Ryan, of course, denied he knew this was happening; however, when a congressman introduces special-interest legislation for a major contributor, what is he thinking about? If Biskupic is really trying to ferret out corruption, why isn-t he investigating Ryan, where there is actually a smoking gun of corruption? But, wait a second, isn-t Paul Ryan a Republican?

From the NYTImes concerning the missing emails:

WASHINGTON, April 12-The White House said Thursday that missing e-mail messages sent on Republican Party accounts may include some relating to the firing of eight United States attorneys.

The disclosure became a fresh political problem for the White House, as Democrats stepped up their inquiry into whether Karl Rove and other top aides to President Bush used the e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee to circumvent record-keeping requirements.

It also exposed the dual electronic lives led by Mr. Rove and 21 other White House officials who maintain separate e-mail accounts for government business and work on political campaigns - and raised serious questions, in the eyes of Democrats, about whether political accounts were used to conduct official work without leaving a paper trail.

Also, the Senate interviewed top Gonzales aide, Bill Mercer, on Wednesday.

From ZNet: How this scandal relates to voter’s rights.

Center for Progressive Action looks at the problems this has caused inside US Attorney’s offices.

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