Sob, I’m still upset that the man behind this effort isn’t president. Once again he proves that he’s a roll up your sleeves and get to work kind of fighter.

One month ago, I hand-delivered a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request to the Department of Justice on behalf of Governor Dean and the tens of thousands of you who added your names to it. The FOIA attempted to get beyond the stonewalling, contradictions and misleading statements given surrounding the firing of the U.S. Attorneys by requesting:

all documents in the possession, custody or control of the Office of Attorney General, Office of the Deputy Attorney General and Office of the Associate Attorney General, prepared on or after November 1, 2004, constituting, reflecting or referring to communications to or from or to any officer or employee of the Republican National Committee or any state or local Republican Party committee, referring, relating to or discussing (1) any prospective or ongoing investigation or prosecution? (2) initiating any investigation or prosecution? or (3) the appointment or termination of any United States Attorney? or (4) the performance, work or activity of any United States Attorney or Office of United States Attorney?

Since then, the Republican National Committee claims they have lost emails from Karl Rove’s email RNC account during an 18-week gap. In addition, some of the White House staffers using RNC email addresses may have been used to communicate with the Justice Department about the firings.

Now it’s 30 days since the FOIA request and we’ve filed a lawsuit in an effort to obtain the RNC-Justice Department communications. The stonewalling continues, but this time it’s affecting a request by tens of thousands of you.

You can read our complaint against the Justice Department here. Also, you can read the original FOIA letter here, which was signed by Governor Dean.

One lawsuit at a time, kids. This is how it’s done, and I’m glad that beyond all the rhetoric of Reid, someone in the Democratic party is actually taking legal steps to unearth the incriminating emails which will prove all sort of malfeasance on the part of Rove and the Regency. Because you know there is.