TPM: A few more quick thoughts on John Ashcroft's recusal in the Plame in

[grytpype]

I don't usually link to blogs, but this is especially good:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2003_12_28.html#002356

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But there's another possibility: that is, that this decision isn't the result of the general progress of the investigation or the accumulation of evidence, but something specific. Or more to the point, a specific person. And that something has just taken place.

Obviously these are general scenarios, which may, in reality, overlap quite a bit. But what strikes me about this announcement today was its timing. And the timing leads me to think the third scenario is the most likely.

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[Scaramouche]

1. Josh , the hand model...

is a credible link!

What he doesn't say is that Ashcroft delayed as long as possible to let the story die a media death. Consider the timing. The holiday dead time, media speaking of course...

And don't forget the Orange alert...

If this was a DOJ priority, it wouldn't take 6 months to recuse one's self...

On the other hand, maybe Ashcroft is the first rat to desert...