Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy documents

The various documents obtained by request or subpoena during dismissal of U.S attorneys controversy by both the United States House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary, originally produced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) or White House have been made available to the public and press via the two congressional judiciary committees' web sites. The documents received a great deal of attention in the United States press from March 2007 onward, and have been repeatedly cited or excerpted in news reports, editorials and analyses. The documents largely include copies of memoranda and email among leadership and key individuals within the United States Department of Justice, as well as key members of the Executive Office of the President, commonly termed White House.
Below is an extended set of references, and includes committee hearing transcripts, which were usually produced by Congressional Quarterly, and published by the Washington Post. Most documents listed were re-published at the Washington Post's web site, and some are linked from the two congressional judiciary committees' web sites. Some Op-Ed articles and editorials by key participants in the controversy are also listed below.
Congressional committees
Access to Congressional Judiciary Committee calendars and documents:
*House Committee on the Judiciary:
*Senate Committee on the Judiciary:
Hearings transcripts and prepared statements
January 18, 2007
* Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice Senate Judiciary Committee.
:Witness:
::*Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General,
February 6, 2007
* Prepared opening statement, before Senate Judiciary Committee by Paul McNulty
* Access to other witnesses' opening statements
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070530213933/http://judiciary.house.gov/Media/PDFS/OAG1238-1281.pdf (DOJ Documents with February 6, 2007 Transcript) ] Transcript starts at page OAG-1255. Federal News Service, Inc..
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070530213839/http://judiciary.house.gov/Media/PDFS/OAG1282-1320.pdf (DOJ Documents with February 6, 2007 Transcript) ] Transcript continues through page OAG-1316. Federal News Service, Inc.
: Witnesses:
::*Senator Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas)
::*The Honorable Paul J. McNulty, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
::*Mary Jo White, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York, NY
::*Laurie Levenson, Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA
::*Stuart M. Gerson, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green, Washington, DC
March 6, 2007
* Statement from Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.)
* Statement from Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.)
* Statement from Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.)
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:Witnesses for both the Senate and House on March 6:
::* William Moschella, principal associate deputy attorney general, Department of Justice
::* Carol Lam, former U.S. Attorney
::* David Iglesias, former U.S. Attorney
::* Bud Cummins, former U.S. Attorney
::* John McKay, former U.S. Attorney
::* Daniel Bogden, former U.S. Attorney
::* Paul Charlton, former U.S. Attorney
::* John Smietanka, former U.S. Attorney
::* Representative Darrell Issa, R-California
::* Former representative Asa HutchinsonFormer Deputy Attorney General George Terwilliger
March 29, 2007
* Prepared Text of D. Kyle Sampson's Opening Statement to Senate Judiciary Committee
* Transcript of Sampson's Opening Statement to Judiciary Committee (As Delivered)
* Prepared Text of Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy's Opening Remarks
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:Witnesses:
::* D. Kyle Sampson, former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Gonzales
::* Bradford Berenson, Attorney for D. Kyle Sampson
April 19, 2007
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May 3, 2007
* House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
:Witness: Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey
May 11, 2007
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May 15, 2007:
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: Witness: Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey
May 23, 2007
* Goodling Testifies Before The House Judiciary Committee Congressional Quarterly via The Washington Post
:Witness: Monica K. Goodling
* Transcript of opening remarks of Conyers and Goodling
* Prepared Remarks of Monica Goodling before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives
Dismissed U.S. Attorneys answers to interrogatories
* Questions and Answers from U.S. Attorneys After the March 6, 2007 hearing, supplemental responses by dismissed U.S. Attorneys to House Committee
Documents
Released March 8 and 9, 2007
* House Judiciary Committee Letter to Former White House Counsel Miers
* House Judiciary Committee Letter to White House Counsel Fielding
* House Judiciary Committee Letter to Attorney General Gonzales
Released March 13, 2007
Correspondence from Dept. of Justice and White House staff detailing the political considerations made by administration personnel:
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Released March 19, 2007
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Released March 20, 2007
* White House Counsel Fred Fielding's Letter to Congress (via FindLaw)
Released March 23, 2007
* DOJ Letter to Sen. Schumer
* DOJ Letter to Rep. Conyers
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* DOJ Criminal Caseload Statistics
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Released March 26, 2007
* Statement from attorney for Monica Goodling, counsel to Attorney General Gonzales
Released March 28, 2007
* DOJ letter to Reps. Conyers and Sanchez
* DOJ letter to Sens. Leahy and Schumer
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Released April 4, 2007
* Letter to House Democrats Reiterating Monica Goodling's Intent Not to Cooperate in Probe
Released April 10, 2007
* House Judiciary Committee Correspondence with the DOJ
* House Judiciary Committee Subpoena for Documents
Released April 13, 2007
* DOJ Document Sets April 13 release, (via House Judiciary Committee)
* Letter From Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Arlen Specter to the White House
* Response to the Senate Judiciary Committee from the White House
Released April 26, 2007
* Office of the Attorney General
* Office of the Deputy Attorney General
* Office of the Deputy Attorney General
* Office of Legislative Affairs
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Released May 2, 2007
* Subpoena Issued to Attorney General for Karl Rove's E-mails Senate Judiciary Committee
Released May 15, 2007
* White House edits civil liberties documents
Released May 21, 2007
* DOJ Document Sets (via House Judiciary Committee)
Released June 6, 2007
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Released June 13, 2007
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June 21, 2007
* Documents in the possession of Monica Goodling, reviewed and released by the DOJ (House Judiciary Committee)
June 27, 2007
* Solicitor General's letter to Pres. Bush claiming Executive Privilege excuses compliance with Congressional subpoenas (via GonzalesWatch.com)
June 28, 2007
* White House Counsel Fred Fielding's rejection of subpoenas from Congress (via GonzalesWatch.com)
September 2007
* Bradley Schlozman's supplemental answers to interrogatories
Editorials and articles by leading participants
* Alberto Gonzales Nothing Improper The Washington Post, April 15, 2007. (Op-Ed)
* Alberto Gonzales They lost my confidence USA Today, March 6, 2007. (Op-Ed)
* David Iglesias Why I was fired by David Iglesias New York Times, March 21, 2007. (Op-Ed)
* David Iglesias [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-iglesias23may23,1,7904903.story?ctrack1&csettrue 'Cowboy up,' Alberto Gonzales: A fired U.S. attorney calls on the attorney general to serve the people, not politics.] Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2007. (Op-Ed)
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