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Four senators suspect that the Justice Department have failed to turn over all relevant documents related to the dismissals of eight United States attorneys.
Justice said they turned over all relevant materials, but held back sensitive personnel information about most prosecutors other than those who were removed.

The signers of the letter were one Republican, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, and three Democrats, Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the Judiciary Committee chairman; Dianne Feinstein of California; and Charles E. Schumer of New York.

Among the missing documents the senators mentioned was a chart cited in a Feb. 12, 2007, e-mail message from Monica Goodling, a former aide to Mr. Gonzales, to other department officials.

The senators suggested that other documents had been withheld, like biographies of each of the 93 prosecutors in briefing books provided for Mr. Gonzales in December in preparation for a meeting of United States attorneys. here
A top aide to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales resigned, in the aftermath of last year’s dismissals of eight United States attorneys. The aide, Monica Goodling, had said that she would invoke her constitutional right not to testify because she did not expect fair treatment in the current climate of political hostility. here