1. Karl Rove

J. Scott Jennings, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs

• key role in U.S. Attorney firings
• 4/07 subpoenaed by Senate Judiciary Committee

Sara M. Taylor, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs

• 4/07 expected subpoena by Senate Judiciary Committee

Susan Ralston

• on leave since 2005
• former asst to Jack Abramoff before he recommended her to Rove

Ken Mehlman, former RNC chairman

• provided Bushies with RNC email accounts

Harriet Miers, former White House Counsel

• Bush's scrubber-in-chief since he entered Texas politics in 1994

2. Vice President Dick Cheney

Scooter Libby, former Chief of Staff

• convicted of 4 counts of perjury & obstruction of justice during investigation of the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame

David Addington, Chief of Staff

• author of key legal opinions on torture and unitary executive

Stephen Hadley, National Security Advisor

3. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Bob Gates 

Stephen Cambone

• Authorized torture by Defense Intelligence Agency

4. Director of National Intelligence

NSA Director 

CIA Director 

5. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

William E. Moschella, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General

• key role in U.S. Attorney firings
• 4/07 subpoenaed by Senate Judiciary Committee