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	<title>Gonzales Watch - Blawging the Ex-Attorney General</title>
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	<description>Blawging Alberto Gonzales, Bush's Longtime Lawyer</description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Texas Mafia&#8221; Waves Bye-Bye</title>
		<link>http://www.gonzaleswatch.com/2007/08/28/the-texas-mafia-waves-bye-bye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ALawyer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alberto Gonzales]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Gonzales Resignation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New York Times Washington correspondent Philip Shenon has a terrific video piece on Attorney General Gonzales&#8217; resignation from the &#8220;Texas Mafia.&#8221;
Shenon explains that this described &#8220;the small group of aides that Bush brought with him to Washington from Texas.&#8221; In addition to Gonzales, that group also included another Texas lawyer: former White House Counsel Harriet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miers&#8217; Lawyer Says Former White House Counsel Has &#8220;Absolute Immunity&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.gonzaleswatch.com/2007/07/12/miers-lawyer-says-former-white-house-counsel-has-absolute-immunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[George T. Manning (inset, left), a lawyer representing former White House Counsel Harriet Miers in Congress&#8217; attempt to enforce a subpoena for her knowledge of, and communications concerning the firing of U.S. Attorneys, said that President Bush&#8217;s claim of executive privilege gives her &#8220;absolute immunity&#8221; from being made to testify before the Senate. 
On June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House Counsel: Executive Privilege Protects Against Subpoenas</title>
		<link>http://www.gonzaleswatch.com/2007/07/09/white-house-counsel-executive-privilege-protects-against-subpoenas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gonzaleswatch.com/2007/07/09/white-house-counsel-executive-privilege-protects-against-subpoenas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ALawyer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[White House Counsel Fred Fielding rejected subpoenas from Congress seeking documents and testimony from former White House aides to President Bush in the Justice Department&#8217;s U.S. Attorney firings scandal .
The full text of Fielding&#8217;s letter can be read below.
On June 13th, the Senate and House subpoenaed former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House Counsel Rejects Senate Subpoenas</title>
		<link>http://www.gonzaleswatch.com/2007/06/28/white-house-counsel-rejects-senate-subpoenas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gonzaleswatch.com/2007/06/28/white-house-counsel-rejects-senate-subpoenas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[White House Counsel Fred Fielding rejected the Senate Judiciary Committee&#8217;s subpoenas served yesterday demanding information about the legal rationale and justifications behind the White House&#8217;s warrantless domestic surveillance program, or what President Bush calls the &#8220;Terrorist Surveillance Program.&#8221;
As anticipated, Fielding is claiming that Executive Privilege exempts the White House from having to comply with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The White House&#8217;s Rejection Of Senate Subpoenas Over Eavesdropping Program</title>
		<link>http://www.gonzaleswatch.com/2007/06/28/the-white-houses-rejection-of-senate-subpoenas-over-eavesdropping-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gonzaleswatch.com/2007/06/28/the-white-houses-rejection-of-senate-subpoenas-over-eavesdropping-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ALawyer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the response was predictable.
The subpoenas that the Senate Judiciary Committee served on the White House, Dick Cheney, National Security Council, and Dept. of Justice were rejected by the White House within less than twenty-four hours.
The Committee&#8217;s latest subpoenas were preceded by similar subpoenas that it served on former White House and Justice Department officials:
 [...]]]></description>
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