***UPDATE****Possible BOGUS alert on the new Gonzales memo*******SEE BELOW*******MORE TO COME

Must be Friday, time for the “Shocker Headline”. CNN has just a blurb:

“Kyle Sampson, former chief of staff to the attorney general and a senior figure in the growing controversy over the firings of U.S. attorneys, agrees to testify under oath before Congress next week.”

Just yesterday Sampson via his lawyer was asking for more time to go over the 3000 or so documents first. Must have been really nothing to see there as Sampson now appears ready to just get it over with so he and his wife can get onto that vacation they have planned.

More when it’s available.

UPDATE: This is an example of a “loaded headline”:

“Documents: Gonzales OK‚Äôd firing attorneys – Attorney general had been said not to have been closely involved”

Ok, so the story?

“Attorney General Alberto Gonzales approved plans to fire several U.S. attorneys in a November meeting, according to documents released Friday that contradict earlier claims that he was not closely involved in the dismissals.

The Nov. 27 meeting, in which the attorney general and at least five top Justice Department officials participated, focused on a five-step plan for carrying out the firings of the prosecutors, Justice Department officials said late Friday.

There, Gonzales signed off on the plan, which was crafted by his chief of staff, Kyle Sampson. Sampson resigned last week amid a political firestorm surrounding the firings.

The documents indicated that the hour-long morning discussion, held in the attorney general’s conference room, was the only time Gonzales met with top aides who decided which prosecutors to fire and how to do it.

Justice spokeswoman Tasia Scolinos said it was not immediately clear whether Gonzales gave his final approval to begin the firings at that meeting. Scolinos also said Gonzales was not involved in the process of selecting which prosecutors would be asked to resign.

On March 13, in explaining the firings, Gonzales told reporters he was aware that some of the dismissals were being discussed but was not involved in them.

“I knew my chief of staff was involved in the process of determining who were the weak performers ‚Äî where were the districts around the country where we could do better for the people in that district, and that’s what I knew,” Gonzales said last week. “But that is in essence what I knew about the process; was not involved in seeing any memos, was not involved in any discussions about what was going on. That’s basically what I knew as the attorney general.”

You know, if this is the new definition of “scandal” then under it Clinton could have hung for his crimes.

UPDATE II: From above, the story came off the Drudge Report about five minutes ago.

UPDATE III: Story back up minus sirens, bells and whistles.