Am I wrong or was this sweep something that the Bush administration actually initiated in the first place?
You should listen to that Lanny Davis interview. They absolutely hammered him about his participation in absolute dissembling in order to get a prisoner's death row sentence removed (he partially succeeded - case was remanded for a further inquiry).
Lanny Davis was extremely snippy and unhappy with direct questioning about the FACTS of the case. Apparently Lanny Davis was extremely vulgar to the producer of the show after the interview.
Not in any way a friendly interview. I don't know what's in the archive, but I heard the interview live.