Memogate

Memogate

What a stupid name. Can't the media even PRETEND to have some imagination?

'Memogate' report delayed as new witness steps forward=The Hill.com=

Miranda said the affidavit corroborated his assertions that the Democratic documents were available to Republicans because of the negligence of Democratic technology staff, not GOP hacking.

Miranda also called on the Senate to make the entire report public. He learned in a meeting with investigators last week that Republican and Democratic lawmakers wanted to redact significant portions of the report, presumably to protect other staff members.

In recent days, the Sergeant at Arms’ investigation has focused on the Bush administration and whether the White House obtained the internal Democratic documents from GOP aides on the Hill to prepare for the defense of the president’s controversial nominees, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

The probe’s latest turn seems to reflect concerns voiced by Senate Democrats over the administration’s level of involvement in what some Democrats now refer to as “Memogate.”

Also yesterday, four Democratic senators — Leahy, Edward Kennedy (Mass.), Dick Durbin (Ill.) and Charles Schumer (N.Y.) — released a letter sent Friday to Attorney General John Ashcroft demanding to know whether the Justice Department was aware that GOP staffers had accessed Democratic files or were privy to information contained in those files.

Democrats sent a similar letter Wednesday to White House Counsel Alberto Gonzalez.

Yet no one says a WORD about the content of these memos. The BLATANT, UNABASHED, HATE-FILLED PARTISAN POLITICS that Dems used to turn this vital committee into a dangerous personal ambition.