Leahy, Specter Demand Gonzales Turn Over Rove Documents

Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, are demanding that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales turn over documents, including e-mails from Karl Rove, by Friday or explain why he is not doing so.

In a letter today to Gonzales, the two senior senators criticized Gonzales for his failure to comply with their subpoena, which seeks documents related to the mass firing of U.S. attorneys last year.

"Please provide the documents compelled by the subpoena to the Committee immediately and without further delay," Leahy and Specter wrote. "You should at least have provided in writing the specific reasons for not producing any responsive documents, including any objections to the subpoena or privileges claimed by the Department. You failed in that obligation, as well.  f you have anything to offer in these regards please do so by May 18 at 10 a.m."

Here's the link to read the rest of the Leahy-Specter letter, and I'm sure that I will have more to say on this later today: http://www.politico.com/pdf/PPM44_5-15-07_pjl_as_ltr_to_ag_on_subp..pdf