Tim Griffin/Articles & Commentary

The following are articles & commentary related to the main article on Tim Griffin.

Also see related Bush administration U.S. attorney firings controversy and Bush administration phony 'voter fraud'.

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2000

• Peter Marshall, "Digging the Dirt," BBC, Sunday October 22, 2000. Also see BBC typed transcript.

2003

• Howard Kurtz, "Oppo Man On the Attack. The GOP's Tim Griffin, Slamming the Democrats," Washington Post, February 16, 2003.

2004

• Joshua Green, "Playing Dirty. This year's presidential campaign is already shaping up to be even more negative than the last. That's no accident. Our correspondent looks at the cloak-and-dagger world of opposition research—the updated version of 'dirty tricks'," The Atlantic, June 2004.
• "Caging," Riffle Blogspot, October 26, 2004.

2006

• Profile: "From Pembroke to the White House. Tim Griffin (1990)," The Pembrokian, April 2006.
• "The Front Lines of the Class War from 1927 to Today," (Interview by Amy Goodman with Greg Palast) Democracy Now!, June 14, 2006.
• "Tim Griffin possible US Attorney?" The Truth In Arkansas Politics Blogspot, August 30, 2006.
• Aaron Sadler, "Former Bush aide named to U.S. attorney post," Arkansas News Bureau, December 16, 2006.
• Warwick Sabin, "Senators question U.S. attorney appointment," Arkansas Times, December 28, 2006.

2007

January

• Paul Kiel, "Did Specter Give WH Power to Replace Prosecutors?" TPM Muckraker, January 17, 2007.

February

• Cho, Roxy & Standingup, "Alberto Gonzales: Gaming the System Again in Arizona?" ePluribus Media, February 1, 2007.
• Kevin Johnson, "Prosecutor fired so ex-Rove aide could get his job," USA TODAY, February 6, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Specter: Measure Was News To Me, Too," TPM Muckraker, February 6, 2007.
• Marisa Taylor, "Appointee for U.S. attorney vacancy won't seek a permanent post," McClatchy Newspapers, February 16, 2007.
• "Prosecutor Griffin now rejects post," Arkansas Democrat Gazette, February 16, 2007.
• Dan Egggen, "Interim Ark. U.S. Attorney Won't Seek Job. Former Rove Aide Says Senate Democrats Would Block Permanent Nomination," Washington Post, February 17, 2007.
• Adam Lambert, "Spotlight on H.E. Cummins, Eastern Arkansas," ePluribus Media, February 28, 2007.

March

• Kathryn Jean Lopez, "Profile in Poisonous Partisanship. The targeting of a fine lawyer and patriot," National Review Online, March 1, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "Did White House Pull Nomination To Avoid Questions Over 2004 Minority Voter Suppression?" Think Progress, March 2, 2007.
• Dan Eggen and John Solomon, "Firings Had Genesis in White House. Ex-Counsel Miers First Suggested Dismissing Prosecutors 2 Years Ago, Documents Show," Washington Post, March 13, 2007.
• "Schumer Reveals Five New Questions Raised By DOJ Documents - Asks for Full Explanation From White House," Office of Sen. Chuck Schumer, March 14, 2007.
• Aaron Sadler, "Documents shed new light on Griffin appointment," Arkansas News Bureau, March 14, 2007.
• Press Release: "Pryor Calls for Attorney General Gonzales to Resign," Office of Sen. Mark Pryor, March 15, 2007.
• "E-mails show Cummins rated weak by bosses," Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, March 15, 2007.
• "Tim Griffin's Resume," Hotline Blog/National Journal, March 16, 2007.
• Max Brantley, "Running out the clock -- UPDATE," Arkansas Blog, March 16, 2007.
• "From the Document Dump," The Anonymous Liberal, March 19, 2007.
• Chitra Ragavan, "Documents Reveal Personal Side of Showdown With U.S. Attorneys," U.S. News & World Report, March 20, 2007. See page 3.
• Pete Yost and Lara Jakes Jordan, "Gonzales' Hold on Job Grows Uncertain," Associated Press (San Francisco Chronicle), March 20, 2007.
• "The Administration's Tim Griffin Problem," The Anonymous Liberal, March 20, 2007.
• "US Attorneys: Bush Holds the Smoking Gun," Bang the Drum Blog, March 21, 2007.
• "Former Rove aide 'aggressively sought' US Attorney post," The Raw Story, March 23, 2007.
• Greg Palast, "Bush’s New US Attorney a Criminal?" GregPalast.com, March 28, 2007: "BBC Television had exposed 2004 voter attack scheme by appointee Griffin, a Rove aide. Black soldiers and the homeless targeted."
• Mary Lu Carnevale, "More Emails, More Details," Washington Wire Blog/Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2007.
• Richard L. Fricker, "Rise of a Very 'Loyal Bushie'," Consortiumnews, March 28, 2007.
• Laurie Kellman, "Democrats reject as 'highly improper' reasons given by Gonzales aide for firing prosecutors," Associated Press (San Diego Union-Tribune), March 29, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Specter Questions Sampson on Avoiding the Senate," TPMmuckraker, March 29, 2007.
• Zach Edwards, "Document Dump - John Nowacki," Mister Apologist Blogspot, March 30, 2007.

April

• Transcript: Meet the Press, MSNBC, April 1, 2007 (page 2, interview with Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)).
• digby, "Digging the Dirt," Hullabaloo! Blogspot, April 1, 2007.
• T.R. Goldman and Emma Schwartz, "DOJ Official Brings Storm by Taking the Fifth in Gonzales Flap," Legal Times, April 2, 2007.
• Richard L. Fricker, "Did Rove's Protégé Puff Up Résumé?" Consortiumnews, April 3, 2007: "Little Rock’s interim U.S. Attorney J. Timothy Griffin – already at the center of a firestorm over whether the White House has put politics ahead of prosecutorial integrity – made claims about his experience as an Army lawyer that have been put in doubt by military records."
• Greg Palast, "The Talented Mr. Griffin. The senators grilling Alberto Gonzales should ask him about Arkansas’ new U.S. attorney—and his history of suppressing minority voters," In These Times, April 16, 2007.
• Richard L. Fricker, "GOP Senators Misled on Prosecutor," Consortiumnews, April 18, 2007.
• Scott Horton, "The Talented Mr. Griffin," Harper's Magazine, April 18, 2007.
• Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), "Is Tim Griffin Going to Leave?" The Next Hurrah Blog, April 28, 2007.
• Murray Waas, "Secret Order by Gonzales Delegated Extraordinary Powers to Aides," National Journal, April 30, 2007.

May

• Ari Shapiro, "Fired U.S. Prosecutors Slam Former Bosses," All Things Considered / NPR, May 2, 2007.
• Brad Friedman, "High-Level White House/DoJ Operative Thor Hearne Hired a High-Level White House/DoJ Operative to Put out Fire in Missouri Investigation Leading to Dismissal of U.S. Attorney," Brad Blog, May 2, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "DoJ Official to Cummins: Circumventing Senate Was 'White House Plan'," TPMmuckraker, May 2, 2007.
• Aaron Sadler, "Cummins: White House behind replacement plan," Arkansas News Bureau, May 3, 2007.
• Greg Palast, "RFK: Rove And Rove’s Brain, ‘Should Be In Jail,’ Not In Office," GregPalast.com, May 7, 2007.
• 4Freedom, "Breaking: RF Kennedy, Jr. Says USA Griffin Under Investigation," Daily Kos, May 4, 2007.
• Murray Waas, "Administration Withheld E-Mails About Rove," National Journal (Common Dreams), May 10, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "NJ: Withheld Emails Show White House Signed Off on False Statements," TPMmuckraker, May 10, 2007.
• Michael Winship, "Keep Out the Vote," TomPaine.com, May 15, 2007.
• Greg Palast, "An Army of Rove-Bots -- Captain Iglesias, Obstruction of Justice, and the Theft of 2008," BuzzFlash, May 16, 2007.
• Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), "Gumming It to Death," Firedoglake Blog, May 17, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "Gonzales Allows Karl Rove-Protege To Remain As U.S. Attorney, Even Though His Term Has Expired," Think Progress, May 17, 2007.
• clammyc, "Election Fraud. Or as Rove says, 'THE Math'," ePluribus Media, May 18, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "New Documents Confirm Gonzales Lied To Senator About Plan To Install Rove Protege As U.S. Attorney," Think Progres, May 22, 2007.
• Marcy Wheeler, "Bad faith at the justice department. Karl Rove's protege became the US attorney in Arkansas under shady circumstances. But when will he leave?" comment is free.../The Guardian (UK), May 22, 2007.
• clammyc, "The story that should bring down the republican party," ePluribus Media, May 22, 2007.
• Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel), "Did Sara Taylor Harriet Miers Appoint Tim Griffin USA on December 15, 2006?" The Next Hurrah Blog, May 23, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "Justice Department Officials Confirm White House Instigated Plan To Bypass Senate On U.S. Attorney" and "Goodling Dismisses Voter Supression Tactic Of ‘Caging’ As Just ‘A Direct-Mail Term’," Think Progress, May 23, 2007.
• Connecticut Man1, "Tim Griffin, the Caging Lists and GONEzales," ePluribus Media, May 23, 2007.
• Greg Palast, "Journalist with BBC Has Rove Office Emails," OpEdNews, May 23, 2007; "Palast Exclusive: The Goods on Goodling and the Keys to the Kingdom. And The No Longer 'Missing' Rove Emails Revealing the Cagey Scheme to Steal 2008...," Brad Blog, May 24, 2007.
• F. Vyan Walton, "Caging; It's Voter Suppression, Stupid!" OpEdNews, May 24, 2007.
• "Again ignoring U.S. attorney scandal, CBS Evening News did not report on Goodling's testimony," Media Matters for America, May 24, 2007.
• Peter Grier, "New questions after testimony by Gonzales aide," Christian Science Monitor, May 25, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "Post Reporter: 'So What Is This Caging Thing?'" Think Progress, May 25, 2007.
• Michael Roston, "Conyers worries about 'false testimony' from Justice Department staff," The Raw Story, May 25, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "Email Raises More Questions about Rove's Role in U.S. Attorney Appointment," TPMmuckraker, May 25, 2007.
• Nancy Scola, "Howdja Get that Great Government Job?" SPARK/Air America Radio, May 29, 2007.
• Max Brantley, "It's Official," Arkansas Blog, May 30, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "Rove-Protege Tim Griffin Resigns As U.S. Attorney," Think Progress, May 30, 2007.
• Michael Roston, "Arkansas Senator happy to see top Rove aide end term as US Attorney," The Raw Story, May 30, 2007.
• Peggy Harris, "Griffin to resign Friday, congressional sources say," Associated Press (Arkansas Online), May 30, 2007.
• Paul Kiel, "WSJ: Former Rove Aide in Talks with Thompson Campaign," TPMmuckraker, May 30, 2007.
• Murray Waas, "The Scales Of Justice," National Journal, May 31, 2007.
• Scott Horton, "U.S. Attorneys Scandal—Little Rock," Harper's Magazine, May 31, 2007.
• Max Brantley, "Tim Griffin's statement," Arkansas Blog, May 31, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "New U.S. Attorney Nominee’s 1998 Campaign Was Run By Rove-Protege Tim Griffin," Think Progress, May 31, 2007.
• "EIGHT YEARS LATER! David Brooks insulted Gore. At long last, Times readers pushed back," The Daily Howler, May 31, 2007. re RNC 2000 talking points on Al Gore
• "Evidence Suggests U.S. Attorney Firings May Have Been Part of White House Scheme to Help Game 2008 Election," Election Fraud Blog, May 31, 2007.
• Brad Friedman, "Slate Becomes First 'MSM-ish' Outlet to Pick Up on Monica Goodling's 'Vote Caging' Admissions Concerning Now-Former U.S. Attorney and Karl Rove Aide, Tim Griffin Admits MSM, Congress Inexcusably Clueless About 'Vote Caging', Draws Bead on White House, Gives Palast His Due. Says 'Last week was the first time most of us heard about vote caging. It shouldn't be the last'," Brad Blog, May 31, 2007.
• Brad Friedman, "Resignation of Former Rove Aide, Arkansas US Attorney Griffin, Came After Conyers Requested 'Vote Caging' Evidence from BBC. House Judiciary Chair Tells Palast in Interview: 'We're Not Through With Griffin by Any Means'. Indicates Caging Operation Could Not Have Been Done Without Knowledge of Rove, According to Palast Team...," Brad Blog, May 31, 2007.
• Guest Blogger, "Thompson campaign may hire Rove's protégé," AlterNet Blogs, May 31, 2007: "Melissa McEwan: Tim Griffin, Rove's handpicked US attorney has just resigned, and apparently having your name tainted in the 'Attorneygate' scandal makes you the perfect addition to Fred Thompson's team."

June

• Pelican1, "Griffin To Resign As U.S. Attorney, Arkansas," Independents Unbound Blogspot, June 1, 2007.
• "Rove Protege Tim Griffin Can't Find a Job," Think Progress, June 5, 2007.

2008

• Murray Waas, "U.S. Attorney Scandal Probe Enters White House Circle," Huffington Post, August 7, 2008.