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Title: It's falling apart. Rove aide Griffin resigns when documents supoenaed
Source: truthout.com
URL Source: http://www.truthout.com
Published: Jun 1, 2007
Author: Greg Palast
Post Date: 2007-06-01 14:29:52 by Mekons4
Keywords: None
Views: 1277
Comments: 19

Tim Griffin, formerly right hand man to Karl Rove, resigned Thursday as US Attorney for Arkansas hours after BBC Television ‘Newsnight’ reported that Congressman John Conyers requested the network’s evidence on Griffin’s involvement in ‘caging voters.’ Greg Palast, reporting for BBC Newsnight, obtained a series of confidential emails from the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign. In these emails, Griffin, then the GOP Deputy Communications Director, transmitted so-called ‘caging lists’ of voters to state party leaders.

Experts have concluded the caging lists were designed for a mass challenge of voters’ right to cast ballots. The caging lists were heavily weighted with minority voters including homeless individuals, students and soldiers sent overseas.

Conyers, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee investigating the firing of US Attorneys, met Thursday evening in New York with Palast. After reviewing key documents, Conyers stated that, despite Griffin’s resignation, “We’re not through with him by any means.”

Conyers indicated to the BBC that he thought it unlikely that Griffin could carry out this massive ‘caging’ operation without the knowledge of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Rove.

Griffin has not responded to requests by BBC to explain this 'caging' operation. However, in emails subpoenaed by Conyers' committee, Griffin complains to Monica Goodling, an assistant to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, about the BBC reporter's reproduction of caging lists in Palast's book, "Armed Madhouse."

In the email dated February 5 of this year, Griffin stated that the purpose of 'caging' was to identify "fraudulent" voters. This contradicts one explanation of the Bush campaign to BBC that the lists were of potential donors and not in any way created to challenge voters.

Griffin confidentially wrote: "The real story is this: There were thousands of reported illegal/fake voter registrations around the country, so some of the Republican State Parties mailed letters welcoming new voters to the newly registered voters. … The Republican State Parties ultimately wanted to show that thousands of fraudulent registrations had been completed."

Last Wednesday, Goodling testified under a grant of immunity before the House Judiciary Committee that Gonzales' Deputy Paul McNulty, "failed to disclose that he had some knowledge of allegations that Tim Griffin had been involved in vote 'caging' during his work on the President's 2004 campaign."

Goodling's testimony prompted Conyers' request to the BBC for the Griffin emails.

Last night Palast showed Conyers a Griffin email from August 2004 indicating that Griffin not only knew of 'caging,' but directed the operation.

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#1. To: Mekons4 (#0)

Palast should get a Pulitzer for this.

BTP Holdings  posted on  2007-06-01   14:46:22 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: BTP Holdings (#1)

Griffin's career was already toast --even the GOP in Arkansas hates the punk-- but this is just humiliating. And of course, he's involved in the whole Gonzo mess. This is starting to look like Watergate, only even better.

Mekons4  posted on  2007-06-01   14:57:21 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Mekons4, BTP Holdings (#2)

Griffin seems to be getting into the Fred Thompson campaign

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003728982_thompson31.html

But there is considerable mystery about who will fill Thompson's fledgling campaign staff.

Tim Griffin, a Karl Rove protégé who was appointed by President Bush to replace the ousted U.S. attorney in Arkansas, declined to comment on reports that he is talking to the campaign about a top-level post. The Justice Department announced late Wednesday that he will be resigning his current position Friday. Griffin served as research director for the Republican National Committee in 2004.

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#8. To: j.sulli, Eoghan (#5)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003728982_thompson31.html

On the fundraising call Tuesday, donors were instructed to begin submitting checks dated June 4 to the campaign. Each was asked to collect $4,600 from 10 couples — $2,300 per person is the maximum allowed under federal law. The call was first reported by the Weekly Standard's Web site.

The fact that Kristol's Weekly Standard picked up on this first tells me the Zionist fix may be in.

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