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I got as an email from a friend. ummm.. more tax $$ to protect the slimeballs!
----- Original Message ----- From: xxxx Date: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 11:40 am Subject: bush lawyers-up To: xxxxx
> Bush is bracing for new scrutiny
> White House hiring lawyers in expectation of Democratic probes > By Julie Hirschfeld Davis > Baltimore Sun reporter > Originally published December 26, 2006
> WASHINGTON // President Bush is bracing for what could be an > onslaught of investigations by the new Democratic-led Congress by > hiring lawyers to fill key White House posts and preparing to play > defense on countless document requests and possible subpoenas. > Bush is moving quickly to fill vacancies within his stable of > lawyers, though White House officials say there are no plans to > drastically expand the legal staff to deal with a flood of oversight. > > > "No, at this point, no," Tony Snow, the White House spokesman, said > recently. "We'll have to see what happens." > > Snow rebutted the notion that Bush is casting about for legal advice > in the wake of his party's loss of control of the Congress. > > "We don't have a war room set up where we're ... dialing the 800 > numbers of law firms," he said.
> Still, in the days after the elections, the White House announced > that Bush had hired two replacements to plug holes in his counsel's > office, including one lawyer, Christopher G. Oprison, who is a > specialist in handling white-collar investigations. A third hire was > securities law specialist Paul R. Eckert, whose duties include dealing > with the Office of the Special Counsel. Bush is in the process of > hiring a fourth associate counsel, said Emily A. Lawrimore, a White > House spokeswoman. .........
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