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• A Vindication for Iglesias?

  Michael Isikoff 8/11/2009 12:00:00 AM

  The former federal prosecutor at the center of the controversy over the 2006 U.S. attorney firings said today that he feels fully vindicated by newly disclosed e-mails from the Bush White House showing that Karl Rove and his deputies were actively involved in arranging his dismissal from the Justice Department. "This confirms my worst nightmares," David Iglesias, the former U.S. attorney in New Mexico, said in an interview with NEWSWEEK. "There were improper and potentially illegal—as in criminally illegal—reasons for my removal."

• POLITICS

  Let's Make a Deal

  Michael Isikoff 3/4/2009 12:00:00 AM

  President Obama's White House lawyers played a critical behind-the-scenes role in brokering an agreement that requires George W. Bush's former aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers to testify before Congress about the mass firings of U.S. attorneys, according to congressional and White House sources.

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  POLITICS

  A Long-Lived Privilege?

  Michael Isikoff 1/29/2009 12:00:00 AM

  Just four days before he left office, President Bush instructed former White House aide Karl Rove to refuse to cooperate with future congressional inquiries into alleged misconduct during his administration.

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  NATIONAL AFFAIRS

  Failure To Cooperate

  Michael Isikoff 9/29/2008 12:00:00 AM

  Karl Rove shows up most nights these days as a commentator on Fox News and offers up political insights in columns for the Wall Street Journal and NEWSWEEK. But when Justice Department investigators tried to ask him about his role in the mass firings of U.S. attorneys, the former White House political chief would say nothing, refusing to be questioned at all.

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  THE WHITE HOUSE

  Traitor or Truthteller?

  Daniel Stone 5/31/2008 12:00:00 AM

  Scott McClellan didn't make a lot of new friends this week. While the left lauded the candidness of his memoir "What Happened," many complained that the former White House spokesman should have spoken up sooner. On the right, McClellan has been called a "betrayer" and "opportunist." NEWSWEEK's Daniel Stone spoke with McClellan about the fallout and his plans. Excerpts:

• Buckeye Blues

  7/26/2006 12:00:00 AM

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