All the resignations at the White House must have left the Secret Service with nothing better to do than chase after the the kids who made a mess of Karl Rove’s speech at American University in April. Everyone involved thought it was behind when the school issued its own disciplinary sentences: 35 hours of community service to the students who splayed their bodies in front of Rove’s Jag (subject of more recent hijinx) and 40 to Joel Gardner, the ambitious young gentleman who stopped by the the protest on his way home from class and displayed his supple butt cheeks (they really are quite supple) to the president’s Deputy Chief of Staff who was waiting ever so impatiently for all the kids to get dragged off by the cops. No one was charged with anything at the time.

As we so causally mentioned yesterday, six students (we’re withholding the names) were notified by AU’s Dean of Students that the Secret Service had issued arrest warrants for disorderly conduct and crossing a police barrier, months after the fact. Laura Taylor, a fellow AU Student and unindicted co-conspirator in the plot that so perilously endangered Rove’s health and wellbeing as well as the national security, has helped secure legal counsel for the six. Our sleuthing further determined the identity of the lawyer, a leading civil rights attorney in DC interested in the case because of how long the Secret Service took to press charges. (Again though, we’ve been asked not to spill the beans quite yet on who the lawyer is until an agreement has been formalized, but we’re just dying to tell you. For now, just know that we know and soon you’ll know too). Mayhaps the President’s manual on how to deal with protesters can yield some clues.

Dave Montgomery of the Washington Post is looking to make a story of the situation making use of the bare-assed angle (and who can blame him?). The reporter wanted to interview Gardner this afternoon, photographer is tow. He also contacted Taylor for the name and phone numbers of the students involved. He didn’t get them, but perhaps we can expect wider coverage in the next couple of days. Both Taylor and Gardner took their prospective lawyer’s advice to stay away from the press.

Also, and we’re sure this doesn’t have anything to do with anything, but we did seem to get quite a few hits from the Department of Justice today.

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