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Gappily Ever After

5 comments March 21st, 2007at 11:33am Posted by Eli

I think it’s safe to assume that the 18-day gap in the DOJ document dump was intended to cover up something damning. As Josh points out, the gap almost precisely covers the pivotal timeframe between when the US Attorneys were originally to be fired, and when they were actually fired. Perhaps some last-minute adjustments before the final “product rollout”?

I wonder how the White House and DOJ will respond to this. They have to either claim it was just an innocent oversight (“I left them in my other server”) and cough the missing docs up, or else claim that that entire timeframe is somehow covered by Executive Privilege, which is the same as admitting to a coverup.

My guess is an “Oops, my bad,” followed by a very selective release of material from that timeframe. It’ll probably just be administrative housekeeping, lunch invites, and Carol Lam jokes.

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