Andrew Card and Val

WaPo is pointing fingers at Andrew Card. It seems Alberto Gonzales notified Card of the DOJ investigation into Val's plight 12 hours before notifying the rest of the WH staff.

"Official notification to staff is meant to quickly alert anyone who may have pertinent records to make sure they are preserved and safeguarded."

The tacit implication being that Card was busy at the shredder, gave advance notice to anyone else at the WH, or pulled a Sandy Burglar and stuffed some classified docs down his pants.

Just One Minute points out:
"First, this referral was delivered from Justice to Gonzalez on the evening of Monday, Sept. 29. However, NBC News reported late on Friday, Sept 26 that a criminal referral was imminent, and the Sunday, Sept 28 WaPo front-paged the story that broke this case open.
Inquiring minds have wondered why the Justice Dept waited until the evening of the 29th to tell Gonzalez the obvious, but any criminal conspirators had plenty of warning."

LynZee