Welcome to Gonzales Watch - Blawging the Ex-Attorney General

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (Dem. - Vt.) is on a roll.

He just fired off a follow-up request to White House Counsel Fred Fielding “to provide relevant documents and access to White House staff who played significant roles in” firing U.S. attorneys in a political and legal controversy.

Leahy seeks documents involving, and interviews with: White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, White House Political Director Sara Taylor, Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, Scott Jennings, and former Deputy White House Counsel William Kelly.

Yesterday Leahy and Ranking Committee Member Arlen Specter followed up on their May 2, 2007 subpoena of Attorney General Gonzales, holding him accountable for his failure to either respond, or explain why he could not respond, to the Committee’s demand for e-mail correspondence and attachments involving White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove.

Here is his latest demand:

The Wall Street Journal has put together a terrific ‘Who’s Who’ list of the U.S. Attorneys who were terminated, the key Justice Department officials, and White House officials involved in the ongoing investigation.

Every player has a brief bio and picture.  You can read it here.