Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
The Purge
Were you aware that the U.S. Justice Department has quietly been purging prosecutors who are investigating Republicans?
Okay, so we already know that the White House has now taken the unprecedented step of firing at least four and likely seven US Attorneys in the middle of their terms of office -- at least some of whom are in the midst of corruption investigations of Bush administration officials and key Republican lawmakers. We also know that they're taking advantage of a handy provision of the USA Patriot Act that allows the White House to replace these fired USAs with appointees who don't need to be approved by the senate.

Given that these new USAs are being plopped into offices currently investigating Republicans and other administration officials and others into states with 2008 presidential candidates, there's certainly ample opportunity for mischief.
Go read the entire post to get a flavor of who they're appointing (hint: they're not exactly "independent")
Written at 1:25 PM by Greyhair.
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