Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Vermont Democrat, chimed in on Monica Goodling's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee today.

The subtext of Mr. Leahy's statement is that Miss Goodling's lack of knowledge as to Karl Rove's involvement in the matter means they really need to get Mr. Rove himself in front of the committee.

"It is curious that yet another senior Justice Department official claims to have limited involvement in compiling the list that led to the firings of several well-performing federal prosecutors. What we have heard today seems to reinforce the mounting evidence that the White House was pulling the strings on this project to target certain prosecutors in different parts of the country," Mr. Leahy said.

"It is abundantly clear that we must do all we can to get to the truth behind this matter and the role White House played in it," he said.

-- Jon Ward, White House correspondent, The Washington Times