House Panel Subpoenas Gonzales Documents

Judiciary Committee Seeks New Documents Related To U.S. Attorney Firings

(CBS/AP)  Democrats subpoenaed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for more documents, escalating their fight with the Bush administration over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.

The subpoena, issued a week before Gonzales is to testify under oath before Congress about the dismissals, seeks hundreds of documents either withheld or heavily blacked out by his department. The subpoena sets a Monday deadline for Gonzales to produce the documents.

The chief counsel for the House Judiciary Committee personally delivered the subpoena to the Justice Department, reports CBS News' Stephanie Lambidakis. The subpoena comes after weeks of wrangling over unredacted documents the Committee wants turned over. Investigators are especially interested in information about vulnerable U.S. attorneys who held on to their jobs.

"We have been patient in allowing the department to work through its concerns regarding the sensitive nature of some of these materials," House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., wrote Gonzales in a letter accompanying the subpoena. "Unfortunately, the department has not indicated any meaningful willingness to find a way to meet our legitimate needs."

He characterized the subpoena as a last resort after weeks of negotiations with Justice over documents and e-mails the committee wants in its pursuit of whether any of the firings were improper.

Responding, Justice spokesman Brian Roehrkasse stopped short of saying the department would fight the subpoena. But he said legal concerns about violating privacy rights of people mentioned in the documents have kept the Justice Department from releasing them.

"Much of the information that the Congress seeks pertains to individuals other than the U.S. attorneys who resigned," Roehrkasse said. "Because there are individuals' privacy interests implicated by publicly releasing this information, it is unfortunate that Congress would choose this option."

He added: "In light of these concerns, we will continue to work closely with congressional staff and we still hope and expect that we will be able to reach an accommodation with the Congress."

Roehrkasse also said that many of the documents that lawmakers now seek "have already been available to them for review" but declined to say how or where.

Conyers' counterpart, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy, D-Vt., also asked Gonzales in a letter for documents on the firings that have been retained by the Justice Department. Such letters are sometimes preludes to a subpoena, which Leahy's committee is expected to authorize this week.

Leahy's committee also asked Gonzales for documents on a prosecution in Wisconsin that was overturned by a federal appeals court for lack of evidence. The defendant, state worker Georgia Thompson, had been accused of bid-rigging by favoring a company with ties to Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle.

Leahy and five other Democratic senators said they were "concerned whether or not politics may have played a role" in the case against Thompson.

Together, the developments made clear that Democrats would make life for Gonzales and the Bush administration no easier in the week leading up to his long-awaited testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 17.

[farmerbb]

Ask the fired attorneys if they object to having their "performance" problems brought into full daylight... I bet they will welcome such a move, thus removing any objection from the Justice Dept. that the contents are "private". The more light you shine on this, the more clear the picture becomes.

[inventagod]

Oh my - my favorite combination of words:

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS WITH SUBPOENAS

[frankly6]

The former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales contradicted Gonzales's assertion that he had not been involved in deliberations about firing eight US attorneys, and testified that White House political adviser Karl Rove had personally asked Gonzales to fire several US attorneys.

[taddles-2009]

"DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS WITH SUBPOENAS
Posted by inventagod at 02:00 PM : Apr 10, 2007"


Make ya all warm and fuzzy inside, kinda like "IMPEACHMENT"....I'm gonna get that done up in a tattoo.

[truthword]

Why does the mass media ignore the story about Gonazales refusing to prosecute his friends running that texas youth home that was systematically molesting teenage boys? Not a peep out of the mass media about this.... The mass media have proven themselves to be every bit as much of traitors as the traitors in the government, they refuse to tell americans the truth about the NAMBLA administration.

[condumism]

Watcha gonna do, GOPigs, when a supboena comes for you, too?

[tuckerndfw]

Better late than never.

Neither Ashcroft nor Gonzo are qualified to be attorneys general. The GOP rubber stamp congress should have never approved them.

Or, most of Bush's other unqualified, incompetent nonimeees.

Time for Gonzo to be impeached if he refuses to resign. Same with Bush & Cheney.

[tuckerndfw]

Why does the mass media ignore the story about Gonazales refusing to prosecute his friends running that texas youth home that was systematically molesting teenage boys?

Posted by truthword at 02:26 PM : Apr 10, 2007

Same reason the mass media ignores George Bush's homosexuality and pedophilia.

It would ruin his image as a strong leader and devout Christian, devoted father and husband if the media presented pictures of him and Karl Rove molesting some migrant worker's kid at the Bush estate in Texas.

[frankly6]

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, connecting the dots:

The day after Carol Lam, U.S. attourney in San Diego, notified the Justice Department that her office would issue search warrants in an investigation involving Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis, (CA) a co-conspirator in the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal, Gonzales aid Kyle Sampson sent an email to the White House mentioning a "real problem" with Carol Lam and that she should be replaced sooner than later. She was soon fired.

In testimony before Congress, Samson said that "the problem" was with her lack of success on imigration cases. However, she was ranked as the third most successful prosecutor of immigration cases in the entire country. Her coviction rate on these cases was 100%. She also received a commendation from the director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency for her performance on immigration cases.

Asked if Lam was notified of "the problem" before being abruptly fired, Samson said no.

Dan Dzwilewski, FBI special agent-in-charge in San Diego, said of Lam's dismissal, "I guarantee politics was involved."

[forthepeopl1]

A declassified Pentagon report released Thursday concludes that there was no
direct cooperation between Saddam Hussein's regime and al Qeada. But *** Cheney,
apparently, remains convinced there was. ONLY IN HIS AND BUSHES HEAD!!!! ALSO
RUMSFELDS HEAD..THEY SHOULD BE HANGED FOR TREASON AGAIST OUR COUNTRY...FOR THE
MURDERS OF OUR KIDS.

The Washington Post on Friday said the report, which had been issued in summary
form in February, drew on "captured Iraqi documents" and "interrogations of
Saddam Hussein and two former aides" which "all confirmed" that Saddam and al
Qaeda were not working together prior to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. THERE
HAVE BEEN ALOT OF US SAYING THIS EXECT THING FOR A LONG TIME NOW, SO WERE ARE
THE ONES THAT LOVE THERE BUSH CRIME FAMILY.THIS SHOULD KILL THEM..SEEING CHENEY
WINEING LIKE A BABY.

WHY NOT LET ALL AMERICA KNOW ALL THIS, THIS SHOULD BE IN ALL PAPERS AND NEWS FOR
DAY ON DAYS UNTIL OUR ELECTED DO THE RIGHT THING. IMPEACH AND CHARGE THEM ALL
WITH WAR CRIMES...

WAKE UP AMERICANS AND FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY. DONT LET OUR CONGRESS GET AWAY WITH MURDER
Posted by forthepeopl1 at 07:42 AM : Apr 10, 2007

go ahead and explain this all you bush love birds......they will be tried for treason...thats death by hanging in a military and being commander and chief he will

[marcodele]

What did people expect? Gonzales' predecessor spent most of his term covering up the genitals on statues.

[forthepeopl1]

The Justice Department is working on a formal response to the subpoena,in other words they are haveing a shredding party right now....

[forthepeopl1]

congress better do what is right

A declassified Pentagon report released Thursday concludes that there was no
direct cooperation between Saddam Hussein's regime and al Qeada. But *** Cheney,
apparently, remains convinced there was. ONLY IN HIS AND BUSHES HEAD!!!! ALSO
RUMSFELDS HEAD..THEY SHOULD BE HANGED FOR TREASON AGAIST OUR COUNTRY...FOR THE
MURDERS OF OUR KIDS.

The Washington Post on Friday said the report, which had been issued in summary
form in February, drew on "captured Iraqi documents" and "interrogations of
Saddam Hussein and two former aides" which "all confirmed" that Saddam and al
Qaeda were not working together prior to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. THERE
HAVE BEEN ALOT OF US SAYING THIS EXECT THING FOR A LONG TIME NOW, SO WERE ARE
THE ONES THAT LOVE THERE BUSH CRIME FAMILY.THIS SHOULD KILL THEM..SEEING CHENEY
WINEING LIKE A BABY.

WHY NOT LET ALL AMERICA KNOW ALL THIS, THIS SHOULD BE IN ALL PAPERS AND NEWS FOR
DAY ON DAYS UNTIL OUR ELECTED DO THE RIGHT THING. IMPEACH AND CHARGE THEM ALL
WITH WAR CRIMES...

WAKE UP AMERICANS AND FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY. DONT LET OUR CONGRESS GET AWAY WITH MURDER
Posted by forthepeopl1 at 07:42 AM : Apr 10, 2007

go ahead and explain this all you bush love birds......they will be tried for treason...thats death by hanging in a military and being commander and chief he will

[frankly6]

The Justice Department responded by releasing more than 3,000 documents, including internal communications between agency officials, White House aides and some of the fired prosecutors. But substantial portions of the documents released were blacked out, or redacted including all emails from the two weeks before the firings.

[frankly6]

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, connecting the dots:

The day after Carol Lam, U.S. attourney in San Diego, notified the Justice Department that her office would issue search warrants in an investigation involving Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis, (CA) a co-conspirator in the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal, Gonzales aid Kyle Sampson sent an email to the White House mentioning a "real problem" with Carol Lam and that she should be replaced sooner than later. She was soon fired.

In testimony before Congress, Samson said that "the problem" was with her lack of success on imigration cases. However, she was ranked as the third most successful prosecutor of immigration cases in the entire country. Her coviction rate on these cases was 100%. She also received a commendation from the director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency for her performance on immigration cases.

Asked if Lam was notified of "the problem" before being abruptly fired, Samson said "uh......no".

Dan Dzwilewski, FBI special agent-in-charge in San Diego, said of Lam's dismissal, "I guarantee politics was involved." Dzwilewski was subsequently oredered to stop talking to the media.

[frankly6]

The former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales contradicted Gonzales's assertion that he had not been involved in deliberations about firing eight US attorneys, and testified that White House political adviser Karl Rove had personally asked Gonzales to fire several US attorneys.

[shortestfuse]

Our "lawmakers" at work. Spending weeks to debate and pass (or not) meaningless resolutions. Encumbering funding bills with garbage that they know will be vetoed. Subpoenaing documents to appear that they are investigating. And some think this is progress?

[j4401]

Ms. Lam is a real hero in my book. I honor such integrity.

[forthepeopl1]

if the government meaning, the justice dept,cia,fbi,and the pentagon can munipulate all of congress and the americans dont you think they are going to try to do this to congress again.. i wouldn't beleive any thing that some one would tell me in washington. nothing.

i dont beleive anything in the news either. they all lie

[truthword]

Gonzales is covering up for his pedophile buddies at a texas youth home who were systematically molesting boys, Gonzo refuses to prosecute. The Bush family has a long history of molesting boys, do an internet search for the Franklin Affair, you can probably still find the movie "Conspiracy of Silence" on video.google.com... the democrats and the mass pravda style media refuses to say anything about these sickos so tell everyone you know.....

[frankly6]

shortestmemory

Yes, after 6 years of absolutely no oversight, a white house totaly out of control, a Congress obsessed with gay marrying flag burners, pork barrel spending us into record deficits and giving tax breaks to billionares, this is progress.

This is going to get SO good. I cant wait to see gonzo under oath, now that he flunked his test questions. Get the popcorn, Mabel...this is going to be better than Watergate!!!

[frankly6]

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, connecting the dots:



The day after Carol Lam, U.S. attourney in San Diego, notified the Justice Department that her office would issue search warrants in an investigation involving Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis, (CA) a co-conspirator in the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal, Gonzales aid Kyle Sampson sent an email to the White House mentioning a "real problem" with Carol Lam and that she should be replaced sooner than later. She was soon fired.


In testimony before Congress, Samson said that "the problem" was with her lack of success on imigration cases. However, she was ranked as the third most successful prosecutor of immigration cases in the entire country. Her coviction rate on these cases was 100%. She also received a commendation from the director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency for her performance on immigration cases.


Asked if Lam was notified of "the problem" before being abruptly fired, Samson said "uh......no".



Dan Dzwilewski, FBI special agent-in-charge in San Diego, said of Lam's dismissal, "I guarantee politics was involved." Dzwilewski was subsequently oredered to stop talking to the media.

[shortestfuse]

flunkly6, I hope that the Rats keep this up. They will be in for a rude awakening in 2008.

[david1737]

In the wake of "wire tapping", "data mining", and the overall lack of respect for privacy issues, the excuse for blacking out info in these released documents is as follows:

"Assistant Attorney General Richard Hertling wrote that the agency blocked information that raised privacy concerns."

"We are seeking to preserve the privacy and professional viability of those who are continuing to serve," Hertling wrote."

Shame, Shame, Shame!!!

[micma-2009]

Where are all the Republicons? They used to love to spin this story. They must still be waiting for their talking points.

[formrusmcsgt]

"Unfortunately, the department has not indicated any meaningful willingness to find a way to meet our legitimate needs."

Diplomacy required avoiding the use of the term "stonewalling", apparently.

Gonzales is all for the government having access to any and all of our personal data but doesn't show the same fervor when it comes to his data, does he?

[us_infidel]

Boo Hoo Hoo......you libs are like a bunch of 13 year old school girls. "Yeah, me too!!! Yeah, I hope he gets what's coming to him! Yeah! Yeah, cancer on the presidency. Yeah....better than watergate!"

All talk....no proof....no evidence.....just waht you hear Rosie O'Lardass say. Pahhhhhthetic!

[formrusmcsgt]

All talk....no proof....no evidence.....just waht you hear Rosie O'Lardass say. Pahhhhhthetic!
Posted by us_infidel at 04:49 PM : Apr 10, 2007

You're being a might premature on pronouncing Gonzales innocent, don't you think? Considering that Justice blacked out a good portion of the 3,000 pages sent in, it might be wise to get those blanks filled in first before pronouncing innocence.

[dallison7]

All talk....no proof....no evidence.....just waht you hear Rosie O'Lardass say. Pahhhhhthetic!
Posted by us_infidel

You don't really expect us to believe you are that dumb, do you?

This administration is refusing to supply the documents!! (The truth)

What is it going to take for you to admit that these people are criminals??

We all know you can't be that stupid!!

For God's sake, you can spell...

[us_infidel]

Everything's a scandal with you folks....it's hard to take you seriously anymore. But I know where you're coming from. I was just like you back in the 90's when Cilintax was president.....only there were only BBS's at he time.....not internet or blogs to vent in! :)

Everything Clinton did was a scandal...."we have him now! He's going DOWN!" And it all turned out to be a whole lot of nothing. Partisan politics. That's it. (Well, except for the Monica thing.)

That's why it pains me to see you all getting your panties in a big ole WAD over nothing. Let's put it this way, nothing will come of it.

[formrusmcsgt]

That's why it pains me to see you all getting your panties in a big ole WAD over nothing. Let's put it this way, nothing will come of it.
Posted by us_infidel at 05:19 PM : Apr 10, 2007

Willing to put some cash on that position, are you?

Bottom line. If these US attorneys were fired in an attempt stiffle investigations, that is OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. The same crime nixon was going to go down for. Of course we cant dismiss all the other PNAC bush/cheney crimes like: 1. Lying the country onto war with forged documents via Downing Street Memos. 2. Outing a NOC CIA agent and cover Brewster Jennings. 3. Dereliction of Oath of Office by not protecting and defending the Constitution.= TREASON= IMPEACHMENT...or does Jeff gannon have to produce a stained suit first?

[canyoutellme-2009]

USinfidel, this is for you...

So.. the President of the US, your Idol... at BEST has made a TON of mistakes... not just 1 or two, but it seems everything he does is a mistake. We democrats (progressives/liberals or whatever you want to call us) have been saying he's lying and this and that... but the CONS keep saying "no, he just made a mistake" or "misspoke" or "he had unreliable sources, it's not his fault" etc..etc... So ok, let's say we dems all said "You're right! the president didn't lie"... would you be OK with a president making such huge mistakes over and over and over and over and over and over again? This is somehow OK with you? I'm curious to understand why you believe that.

Similar question goes to those i hear on Hannity's radio show on my way home from work (I do listen to the other side sometimes)... i hear all the time how we have to support the president no matter what to protect the office of the president... ok, by your logic, if the president commits a crime against the country... NOTE: i'm not saying he DID do a crime, just hypothetically speaking.. .IF he did... would you still support him? Let's say oh... if he murdered someone...

P.S., i do think he has committed MANY crimes against this great nation but that's just my opinion which is entirely based on factual evidence and documentation, but that's neither here nor there

[toldyouso21]

Note to Bush and Gonzales--stop the fvcking games and give up the documents. No man and no government is above the law and that includes you two. Bring your people in to testify, provide the documents unredacted and uncensored and stop trying to hide ***** or try to get people to take either of you at your word!!!

Practically everyone in the world knows Bush is a big fat liar, so a no transcript, no oath in a closet deal should NOT happen. As for Gonzales he is a liar too. Congress is supposed to have clearance to see most documents that do not have anything to do with national security and many have clearance for that also--and while you are at it, BRING IN THOSE BACK DOOR SECRET CRIMINAL LAPTOPS THAT HAVE SECRET ABRAMOFF MEETINGS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ON THEM. You people do NOT own the government--cooperate or take the first plane out to Dubai or Paraguay and don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!

[toldyouso21]

Ask the fired attorneys if they object to having their "performance" problems brought into full daylight... I bet they will welcome such a move, thus removing any objection from the Justice Dept. that the contents are "private". The more light you shine on this, the more clear the picture becomes.
Posted by Farmerbb at 01:52 PM : Apr 10, 2007


reread the post. They are not supposedly withholding documents of these firings but have redacted and are withholding documents that involved other personnel. They are lying. They are withholding documents that catalog and indicate a criminal intent. We all know that is the only reason someone would stall and play the game differently--the question is, just what will Congress do if they refuse and then the Bush Supreme court backs them up? Call for impeachment of the Justices, the President, and the DOJ--because it looks like that is what it may take. if my 6th sense for these kind of issues is correct (and it usually is) what Bush is hiding could destroy his party and send him to Prison, he will DO ANYTHING TO STOP the Democrats from digging deeper in that cesspool.

[tbradhansen]

Response to TOLDYOUSO: Your post implictly assumes that the democratic congress has the sac to stand up. That is false. They are weasels and willing accomplices to the neocons crimes. The term for a democrat with one testicle is: "Alpha Dog." Time to stop voting for evil - ANY evil, be it greener evil, smellier evil or "lesser" evil and START VOTING OUR CONSCIENCE. This would break the back of the one party system now in place. I for one will NEVER waste my vote on anyone who does not turn me on. I don't vote my fears; I vote my hopes. That's what being an American means to me. It is the cowards who WILLING vote for evil, just because they like the adjective "lesser," who give us this deplorable state of affairs. If you vote for democrats, you have no right to complain about the neutered accomplices and the ongoing, unchecked criminality of the neocons.

[firststate]

After over 6 years, the DOJ under dicknbush has finally expressed concern about individuals' privacy. Naturally, it's the administration's appointees, whose privacy they're concerned about. When does someone at DOJ express the same concerns about regular citizens' privacy from Big Brother's snooping?

[gkc99]

"Gonzo, you're doing a heck of a job"--Bonzo Bushit.

Time to run that turkey out of town on a rail! And subpoena Ed Meese while you're at it!

Repubbies must think that subpoenas have something to do with ********--no no sparky, that subpoena, not subpenis!

[condumism]

payed GOPig poster badaxmofo blurted:

With this type of ineffectual Demotool effort - GOP sweeps in 2008 are all but GUARANTEED!

Hey Fox News hound, aka: FASCIST: YOur worthless GOPigs of 1995-2006 will never get the majority of US Congress again in our lifetimes. As a matter of fact, here's some real news that you can choke on while you're getting drunk tonite:

Republican Senators up for Reelection in 08. Ask them how much Israel influences their vote on Iraq? These sell out America for Israel traitors are listed below:

Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)

[king77shaw]

Gonzales, Ashcroft, Chertoff ... what are you hiding about 9/11 ? www.911revisited.com ...

[nothappyatall]

The Bush regime's token Mexican is running scared now, being forced to explain the blacked out documents and other krap. OUT WITH YOU CORUPT NEOCON IDIOTS!!!

[frankly6]

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, connecting the dots:

The day after Carol Lam, U.S. attourney in San Diego, notified the Justice Department that her office would issue search warrants in an investigation involving Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis, (CA) a co-conspirator in the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal, Gonzales aid Kyle Sampson sent an email to the White House mentioning a "real problem" with Carol Lam and that she should be replaced sooner than later. She was soon fired.

In testimony before Congress, Samson said that "the problem" was with her lack of success on imigration cases. However, she was ranked as the third most successful prosecutor of immigration cases in the entire country. Her coviction rate on these cases was 100%. She also received a commendation from the director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency for her performance on immigration cases.

Asked if Lam was notified of "the problem" before being abruptly fired, Samson said "uh......no".

Dan Dzwilewski, FBI special agent-in-charge in San Diego, said of Lam's dismissal, "I guarantee politics was involved." Dzwilewski was subsequently oredered to stop talking to the media.

[abbe7]

For those interested ...

http://judiciary.house.gov/Media/PDFS/AGSubpoena070410.pdf

[us_infidel]

ok, by your logic, if the president commits a crime against the country... NOTE: i'm not saying he DID do a crime, just hypothetically speaking.. .IF he did... would you still support him? Let's say oh... if he murdered someone...
Posted by canyoutellme at 06:16 PM : Apr 10, 2007

Hate to break it to you, but he is NOT my idol. His positions on immigration and the appointments of generals to manage the execution of the war have been VERY disappointing.

And I would not support anyone who was tried and convicted of being a criminal. Ya'll's problem is you think EVERYTHING he does is "criminal" and that he doesen't deserve a trial....just convict him.

One more thing, I read where Clintax fired all the US Attorneys, even while one or two were investigating his Whitewater dealings. I'm sure you were just as irate over that, weren't you????

[mcvet]

More 'non action' from our new Demotool Congress - 120+ days and counting - NO PROGRESS on any REAL issues!

With this type of ineffectual Demotool effort - GOP sweeps in 2008 are all but GUARANTEED!
Posted by badaxmofo at 07:41 PM : Apr 10, 2007

ROFLMAO YOU have GOT to get a new Magic Swastika there Sparky! ROFLMAO I guess it is rough being a Nazi these days though so we should have some compassion for these losers.... NOT!! LMAO Sieg Heil and have a good day! ROFLMAO

[mcvet]

One more thing, I read where Clintax fired all the US Attorneys, even while one or two were investigating his Whitewater dealings. I'm sure you were just as irate over that, weren't you????
Posted by us_infidel at 08:24 AM : Apr 11, 2007

Well relax there Swastika Breath. If there is no wrong doing, it there's nothing to hide why all the blackened out parts? Why Blank Pages? I mean people who have nothing to hide do those things? Hummm???? MAYBE you shouldn't buy so much of that Reich Propaganda because in the REAL World this garbage doesn't happen. Sieg Heil Y'all.

[skyk-2009]

This whole mess is starting to be revealed and I for one do not like what I'm seeing. When our Justice Department stops looking for the best and brightest in the legal field and instead starts paying off Champaign Contributors with jobs for FOURTH Rate Attorneys with NO experience from the Religious Reich... that's just totally out of bounds and MORE heads than Gonzo's needs to roll here. This thing STINKS very badly and the stench grows with every passing minute.

[nyckate]

skyk - one of the US Attorneys was fired with the pathetic excuse that he wasn't spending enough time on the job - see, he's a Reservists who in this time of war was off training, fulfilling his obligations as a reservist - something this administration would have no knowledge or experience. Oh - and nobody in his jurisdiction - not the judges or the other prosecutors complained that he wasn't getting the job done - the only ones that wanted him gone were the Bushies - seems he wasn't showing his primary loyalty to george w.

[skyk-2009]

NYCKATE, I hadn't heard that one but I did hear about the 3 professional's in MN that took demotion because of this rabid Religious Nut Case they put in charge of that office. When we as a people can no longer trust our justice system we are truly in trouble. We certainly do not want a system like the one in Texas. When Bush was Govenor of Texas, anyone who dared oppose him saw investigations and charges to no end.