Notes that Ms Miers sent to Mr Bush in the late 1990s, when he was Texas governor and she was his personal lawyer and the head of the state lottery commission, range from deferential to fawning.

• 就在国会和民众对布希颇多微词且抗议者接连群集在最高法院门外的情况下，一批由迈尔斯写给布希的私人信件又被曝光，信中内容表明瞭二人的不寻常关系。