Another Lawyer In Atty. Firings Flap Quits

Justice Department Official Was Named To Replace Fired Prosecutor, Once Associate Counsel To Bush

(AP)  A Justice Department official who was considered as a possible replacement for one of several fired U.S. attorneys announced her resignation Friday.

Rachel Brand, the assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Policy, will step down July 9, the department said in a statement. The statement did not give a reason for her departure, but Brand is expecting a baby soon.

Brand was a member of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' leadership team. When officials were planning to fire U.S. attorneys in San Diego, San Francisco, Michigan and Arkansas, Brand was named as a possible replacement for Margaret Chiari in Michigan, according to documents released as part of a congressional inquiry.

The firings have led to congressional investigations, an internal Justice Department probe and calls from Capitol Hill for the resignation of Gonzales on the grounds that he politicized his office.

Brand previously served as associate counsel to President George W. Bush and helped shepherd Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito through Senate confirmation.

"Her considerable knowledge of legal policy is rivaled only by her passion for the issues and projects on which she worked during her tenure here at the department," Gonzales said in a statement. "I will miss her significant contributions as an adviser to me."

Brand recently testified before the House Judiciary Committee about the Justice Department's opposition to a bill that would shield reporters from being forced by prosecutors to reveal their sources.

[jihad_joe1]

CBS is still whining about Pedro Gonzales, I see. That's ok.....the more the dems go after Pedro, the lower their approval ratings get.

Keep up the good work. :)

[mudrose-2009]

Kids are dying in Iraq so Bush and Cheney's friends at Exxon and Chevron can control Iraq's oil for the next 30 years. The facts support this conclusion. You would have to be blind and or dumb not to see it.
Posted by sjc_1

This argument is so dumb and worn out it really begs to die in its own stupidity. As far as the the U.S. Attorney's leaving in droves so to speak, you can thank the Senate Judicial Committee for hauling their azzes down there to prove they are superior to the executive branch and are going to get to the bottom of nothing as soon as they possibly can. I guess now the President can hire some more AGs. Seems to me that firing the few really is opening up the Justice Department to fresh new faces.

[david1737]

S_Temper,


"The Waco slaughter was much more serious than a few Democrats losing their jobs!"

If you're talking about the fired U.S. attorneys referred to in this particular case, they were all Republicans. Perhaps you should do some research on this case and get back to us.

[sjc_1]

Kids are dying in Iraq so Bush and Cheney's friends at Exxon and Chevron can control Iraq's oil for the next 30 years. The facts support this conclusion. You would have to be blind and or dumb not to see it.

[gkc99]

So was Brand another graduate of Pat Robertson law school? Another watergirl for El supremo chimpo? Any qualifications at all beyond a willingness to do dirt for The Deceiver?

Maybe she thinks by quitting she has washed her hands. Now she can get a fat job with the Heritage Foundation, the Hoover Institute, or one of the other welfare organizations for Righties in trouble.

[sjc_1]

As if quitting somehow says well, I am done with all this mess now, I want to put this all behind me.

NOOOOO....you made the mess now you have to be held accountable for it. That is how the game is played in the REAL adult world called reality.

[robertr121]

May we never see the likes of them EVEN again.
God bless America..
Posted by sjc_1 at 04:21 PM : Jun 30, 2007

If another Republican gets elected expect more of the same.

[rfield9]

MCVet - Since she was so highly touted as a
replacement U.S. attorney, Brand obviously had
the confidence of BushCo to maliciously prosecute
Democratic operatives and not prosecute Republican
ones. That was the end game here, to rig the
prosecutorial functions of the U.S. government,
gestapo-style.

Of course Fox News will insist she only left to
have a baby...

;-)

[sjc_1]

"If this isn't the most disgusting Administration in US Hist(or)y, I'd like to know who's was..."

There may have been worse administrations, but never in a time when so much damage can be done so quickly. From nuclear bunker busters, to torturing innocent people, these guys are by FAR the worst.

May we never see the likes of them EVEN again.
God bless America..

[donnie900]

I'm not schizophrenic, my country is.

[donnie900]

You liberals depend too much on the law. Did you know I'm a soldier of fortune? Have you ever seen me in my battle dress uniform? No.. The Law? Is fer wimps.

[likeitis5050]

You gotta hand it to this administration...they have a story and they're stickin to it! Too bad it's just a party of 3...Baby Bush, Chunky Cheney, and Giddyup Gonzales. The rest just can't take the heat. They need to do more recruiting from the school of 'if you can't run with the big dogs keep your yapper on the porch'.

[radiob-2009]

From the London Times

Cyber-bullies who plague internet chat rooms with obscene and insulting comments will be banned under the first national scheme to strip them of their anonymity.

People going online will be forced to provide their real names and social security numbers under a new law that makes internet portals responsible for policing message boards and weblogs.

The law has been introduced in South Korea, and is certain to be closely monitored by other countries where there is concern over online abuse.

The move, which is decried by some as an overly fierce infringement of online liberties, aims to curb the most damaging excesses of so-called %u201Ckeyboard warriors%u201D %u2013 people who concoct ***-scandals, fraud allegations and other libels that chiefly target figures in the public eye


Welcome to "1984"

[brianbwb-2009]

to IOWEIGN,

He has already answered it, he is in the Gilles de Rais branch.

[randalds]

When is Attorney General Alberto Gonzales going to answer the question - Is Cheney in the Executive branch or Legislative branch? He was asked in January of 2007.

Posted by IOWEIGN at 09:57 PM : Jun 29, 2007

Der Fuhrer Bush hasn't told him what he's supposed to think yet. Of course that's only because that disgusting fat tub of pig guts, Richard "Herr Goering" Cheney hasn't told Bush yet.

[randalds]

I wonder if she's one of the loons that came out of Pat Robertson's "Law school". You know the one were the teach the law according to the bible? There are more then 300 of them working in and around the White House from his "college", which to me suggests more of a cult then an administration. After years of brainwashing in his "educational" institute one would think they'd be perfect republicans. They're already indoctrinated in lying, cheating and stealing, as long as someone tells them it's all in Jesus' name, so they'd be perfect Bush devotees. Sort of like a new Bush Youth like Hitler had in the 30's.

[thismachine]

yes, she is single. here's her post on the singles site: "d.c. transvestite seeks multiple partners to assist in *** (the american people and way of life beyond recognition)."

[walt1944-2009]

It has just been discovered that because of the rising number of Justice Department officials leaving the department, that Alberto Gonzalez intends to replace all Justice department employees with clones. As a result of several secret meetings protected by "executive privilege" between himself, Darth Vader Cheney, and the Sith Lord, Emperor Bush, Gonzalez has received the green light to have his employees replaced with clones OF HIMSELF! They will be identical duplicates, will look, eat, sleep, walk, talk, and think just like the original Gonzo and will only be identified by numbers tattooed in invisible ink on their backsides.

It is hoped by the Emperor Sith Lord that this will solve the manpower problem in the Justice Department and cause enough confusion in Congress to force the legislative branch to throw up its hands in disgust!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!

[johnshaft4]

Is Rachel single? Yummy...

[thismachine]

How do you get as many traitors as possible in one spot at the same time. Elect the same commies (at least, the big brother, sovreign nation invading type we were taught to fear in the 80's) who run the corporations that control the resources our way of life can't exist without. It's nice to see the rats swimming away from the sinking USS Neocon.