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]