The US Attorney Purge
The firing of Carol Lam, who was investigating the corrupt Congressman Republican Randy Cunningham, was a sign of something very amiss:
Lam's investigation (and allied ones her probe spawned) were uncovering a) serious criminal wrongdoing by major Republican power players on Capitol Hill, b) corruption at the CIA -- which reached back to the Hill, c) and as yet still largely hidden corrupt dealings at the heart of the intelligence operations in the Rumsfeld Pentagon.
posted by spooked at 8:16 AM
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I hate to disagree with someone that has such an obviously good mind and high character, but Spooked, the firing of all those Attorney Generals is, in my opinion, nothing more than politics as usual.
One of the many risks inherent in our form of Government is the ability of those in power to act in a manner that many people consider to be reckless abuse of power.
Respectfully, I think it is a little more than politics as usual. I don't think anything with this president is politics as usual. At minimum "politics as usual" has been taken to the Nth degree with this administration.
The refusal to bring election fraud charges in the Washington governor's race and other elections is politics as "usual," though very corrupt. This Cunningham case could be something deeper.
the firing of all those Attorney Generals is, in my opinion, nothing more than politics as usual.
how so? because clinton/reno fired all attorney's in march '93? can you please clarify your point?
as i understand it, presidents appoint attorneys at the beginning of their 4 year term and those attorney serve until the next president. bush however replaced 8 specific prosecutors in the middle of his second term-- this is the issue.
great breakdown of the inane 'clinton did it too' defense
documents regarding department of justice firings from the speaker
Gonzales Chief Of Staff Rebuts Rove Claim That Clinton Purged Prosecutors Too
the linked email above from sampson, gonzales former chief of staff, reads in part:
In recent memory, during the Reagan and Clinton Administrations, Presidents Reagan and Clinton did not seek to remove and replace U.S. Attorney's that had appointed whose four-year term had expired, but instead permitted such U.S. Attorneys to serve indefinitely under the holder provision
i don't think you can claim it's 'politics as usual' if no other administration canned AGs midterm. maybe i missed your point.
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