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I see no evidence that Sampson is being particularly candid. He almost stepped in it when he started to explain why he recommended Fitzgerald for firing. Then he "recovered" by saying he couldn't remember why. Of course he remembered. He just didn't want to reveal how despicable he is. And as for Miers and the others, I'm sure he's covering for them. They no doubt rendered an opinion but he's not going to say. They probably had enough sense to also cover themselves by pointing out the obvious -- firing Patrick Fitzgerald would have created a huge firestorm that the WH did not need on top of the Scooter Libby case. Sampson and so many other people in this administration have been drunk with power and they wanted to flex that power by smashing all the people they felt weren't loyal enough. I'm not positive that the firing of the 8 attorneys amounts to legal wrongdoing, but I do think it exposes the Bushies for what they really are - morally corrupt, elitist and power hungry. Government to them is an excuse to plunder and pillage and wreck political payback.
