Comments on: Former U.S. Attorney: Why I Was Fired

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[jbinthe757]

karlimhof, hey, whats up bud? greetings from kosovo. have you seen that crazy Lars008 around here latley?

Gore 08'

[dallison7]

"No longer prosecuting al Qaeda suspects or drug smugglers for the U.S. government, McKay's now teaching law to students who may get a crash course in Bush administration politics."


He should call the class 'How to create a fascist state 101'.

[elz523]

Clinton replaced every prosecutor after he took office. Such is presidential perogative and is standard when the presidency changes parties. He fired just one, in the middle of his presidency, for cause.

George Bush and Karl Rove have attempted to murder law through courtroom politics. Ask yourself is that REALLY what we want?

[karlimhof]

Even one case - just one - which shows that any of these men or women were fired because they did not follow political directives, is enough to prove this Administration has, again, abused it power and damaged our Constitution.

Speedy must go !

[stoeast]

Who are we to believe...Honesty is a travesty.
Politics has again proven itself to be only a power trip.

[trueprogress]

THe NYT reported all of Clinton's were fired. No big deal then, why now ?

[hds1234]

Remember, it%u2019s common to replace all US attorneys when a new president takes office. These attorneys are political appointees. Yes, Clinton did it as well as Reagan and Sr. Bush. However, it is very unusual to fire a US attorney in the middle of a presidential administration. The issue is that all the US attorneys were fired because they did not aggressively pursue indictments against Democrats in their region. Also, for misleading Congress as to why they were fired. All of Republican US attorneys that were fired had stellar performance reviews.

[rileye1a]

aa36042, you need to get your facts straight. Clinton fired one prosecutor when he was in office. As did Carter and Bush Sr. What this current administration has done is unprecedented. I don't think you're taking crazy pills; you're just uninformed.

[sero5]

These US Attorneys were fired for performance problems, as we are told. I guess firing the above prosecutor for securing a conviction against the "millennium bomber", an Al Qaeda operative, is a "performance problem" in the eyes of the Bush White House.

[aa36042]

clinton fired EVERY US prosecutor when he was in office. this is a natural process...that has turned into a zoo because liberals do not want to talk about issues and would rather demonize one man..isnt this getting old? does anyone care that clinton fired EVERY one and this is the result when this admin fires 8 or so..sometimes i feel like im taking crazy pills.