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US Attorneys Fired for Being Soft on Porn

Gonzales demanded hard line on hardcore

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 19, 2007 11:40 AM CDT

(Newser) – Several of the U.S. attorneys axed by Alberto Gonzales may have been forced out because they failed to crack down on pornography, Salon reveals. Gonzales and his staff pressured attorneys to pursue adult obscenity cases, even if it meant yanking prosecutors away from, say,... Read full story »

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