Salon: "The U.S. Attorneys Scandal Gets Dirty"

Salon.com uncovered another issue to add to Attorneygate: adult pornography

April 19, 2007 | Facing a torrent of criticism that the Department of Justicehas been tainted by partisan politics, Alberto Gonzales is poised for thedefense argument of his life. The attorney general must explain to Congress anaccumulation of embarrassing partisan e-mails and inaccurate statements by topBush officials, which have helped transform the quiet firing of eight U.S.attorneys last year into an explosive Washington scandal.

Gonzales will be grilled about alleged Republican meddling on issues fromcorruption to cronyism, widely documented in the four months since the purge.But a Salon investigation has uncovered another partisan issue dirtying the U.S.attorneys scandal: adult pornography.

Thearticle is worth reading. I'm keeping this post to a minimum to get readyfor the live blogging of the Gonzales hearing TheBlue State will be hosting at 9:30 AM EST / 6:30 AM EST.