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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 12:07 AM
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WP:Justice Department Fires 8th U.S. Attorney
Dispute Over Death Penalty Cited
An eighth U.S. attorney announced her resignation yesterday, the latest in a wave of forced departures of federal prosecutors who have clashed with the Justice Department over the death penalty and other issues.

Margaret Chiara, the 63-year-old U.S. attorney in Grand Rapids, Mich., told her staff that she was leaving her post after more than five years, officials said. Sources familiar with the case confirmed that she was among a larger group of prosecutors who were first asked to resign Dec. 7.

Chiara is the second female U.S. attorney to be dismissed. The other is Carol Lam of San Diego. Before the firings, 15 of 93 U.S. attorneys were women, department records show.

The firings have been criticized by lawmakers in both parties and have prompted proposals in Congress to restrict the ability of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to appoint interim prosecutors indefinitely

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/23/AR2007022301675.html
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 12:16 AM
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1. This is just SO wrong (the firings).
That Al Gonzales is such a creep! He smiles and giggles as he pees on the Constitution. So twisted.
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 12:29 AM
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2. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
And the Democrat Congress ain' gon' do nuttin' 'bout it!

Sincerely,

George W. Bush
"W" for "Who's yer daddy, Democrat Party?"

(I think that Cheney could use baby as skeet on the White House lawn and the Congress would wring their hands on C-Span for 5-minutes before running off to a soiree with Sir Rupert.)

(OK, I had a rough week)
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PSPS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 12:36 AM
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3. Time to cue another stanza in "Empty Rhetoric" by Nancy Pelosi.
It's been two months since the "shiny, new and improved" congress has been sworn in. It must be "hard work" keeping all that powder dry after six years.

I'm still waiting for the first substantive result. So far, the crime spree proceeds unabated in any way whatsoever.
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illinoisprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 12:54 AM
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4. I thought the dems were stopping this shit.
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