Rove

This is one of those things we all kinda knew, but it's nice to have some backing proof for those suspicions.

Political adviser Karl Rove and other high-ranking figures in the Bush White House played a greater role than previously understood in the firing of federal prosecutors almost three years ago, according to e-mails obtained by The Washington Post, in a scandal that led to mass Justice Department resignations and an ongoing criminal probe.

And, yes, it should be notable that the top political figure was pushing to fire US Attorneys for not pursuing politically beneficial cases.

There's a lot of detail in this article, mostly Rove's version, and there's still an assistant US Attorney circling this.

Later: After watching the Plame scandal so closely, this all so familiar. Rove testifies before a closed room and then he and Luskin try to blanket the press to get their version out to dampen any possible leaks from the investigation. The NYTimes version is an even clearer example.