The Reason Gonzales Wasn't Nominated

Here is a fun new bit in the Plame case. When the Justice Department started the investigation they first told Gonzales, who was White House counsel at the time, at 8pm. Gonzales told White House chief of staff Andy Card immediately but with the Justice Department's permission waited until the next morning (12 hours) before telling anyone else.

This could be a simple, end of business day thing (anyone know what the standard procedure would be?) or could be an 18 1/2 minute gap thing. Either way, it's clear Gonzales will go through some investigation on this, and that certainly would have delayed any confirmation the Senate would have been doing.