Ex-Bush Aide Won’t Discuss Dismissals
By DAVID STOUT and JIM RUTENBERG
Published: July 11, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/11/washington/11cnd-attorneys.html?hp
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Ms. Taylor, 32, expressed contrition when Ms. Feinstein brought up an e-mail message that Ms. Taylor sent in February to D. Kyle Sampson, the former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, in which Ms. Taylor said H. E. Cummins III was being removed as United States attorney in Arkansas because he was “lazy.”
“What led you to conclude that Mr. Cummins was lazy?” Ms. Feinstein asked.
“That was an unnecessary comment,” Ms. Taylor replied, “and I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to Mr. Cummins. It was unkind, and it was unnecessary.” She added that she had heard that Mr. Cummins was lazy. “That may not be fair,” she went on, apologizing again for any embarrassment she had caused.
The dismissal of Mr. Cummins has been of considerable interest to senators, since he was replaced by J. Timothy Griffin, a former aide to Karl Rove, President Bush’s top political adviser. Ms. Taylor described Mr. Griffin as a lawyer of impeccable credentials and integrity.
Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the panel’s ranking Republican, pressed Ms. Taylor on whether, in fact, Mr. Cummins was forced out to make room for Mr. Griffin. The witness said she was not certain.
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Insult to injury, I think Mr. Cummins should sue her for defamation of character.
And replaced by a former aid to Rove................WTF!
Lazy............you mean like taking more time off and on vacation more than any other US president in history?
They are experts on "Lazy", I'll give them that much.