Curious little bits on the US Attorneys story

Remember how Arlen Specter claimed he had no idea how the appointment without confirmation section got in the Patriot Act reauthorization under his name?

Well, come to find out, the change had been requested by the DOJ by Brett Tolman who was since been appointed without confirmation as a US Attorney.

As he explained, "I then contacted my very able chief counsel, Michael O'Neill, to find out exactly what had happened. And Mr. O'Neill advised me that the requested change had come from the Department of Justice, that it had been handled by Brett Tolman, who is now the U.S. attorney for Utah, and that the change had been requested by the Department of Justice...

Also: In Froomkin's blog/column, there's this very curious bit about Karl Rove's aid sending one of the emails included in the document dump yesterday from a RNC's GWB43.com email address. (About 2/3 of the way down under the heading GWB43.com)

This would certainly seem to imply RNC politics being mixed with DOJ business. A tiny point, but interesting.