Emails Show Bush White House Staffers Joked About Following Orders Like Nazis

Newly released emails from the House Judiciary Committee show Bush staffers Scott Jennings and Jane Cherry poking fun at one another in the wake of a Washington Post article revealing the political firing of U.S. Attorneys.

In one instance, Jennings claimed he simply "followed orders," which prompted Cherry to ask: "Isn't that what the Nazis claimed?"

An excerpt of the exchange is below:

[Emails Released By House Judiciary Committee, accessed 8/11/09; emails rearranged to appear in sequential order]