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Scandal hits the nation's highest law-enforcement body. Will justice be served?
The Justice Department’s decision to replace eight US Attorneys at the end of 2006 could have slipped quietly into the bureaucratic annals. Instead, it exploded into scandal when critics—including several of the fired attorneys themselves—charged that the firings had been politically motivated. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales dismissed the affair as little more than “an overblown personnel matter,” but the Democratic Congress seized on Attorneygate, subpoenaing Justice and administration players and forcing a messy confrontation on the issue of executive privilege. Meanwhile, calls for the AG to resign continue to trickle in from both sides of the aisle—leaving the Bush loyalist's future decidedly uncertain.
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New York Times | Apr 24, 07 7:06 AM CDT
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Time | Mar 14, 07
After weeks of conflicting explanations for last December's firing of eight federal prosecutors, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has finally taken personal responsibility for the burgeoning scandal, announcing at the Justice Department that "mistakes were made here." But his belated admission has done little to quiet the outcry on Capitol Hill, where several leading Democrats continue to call for his resignation and even key Republicans are joining the criticism and calls for further investigation into whether the mass dismissals of the U.S. attorneys was politically motivated.
CNN | Mar 14, 07
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday "mistakes were made" regarding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and he accepts responsibility for the ordeal.
Time | Mar 13, 07
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has characterized the controversial firing of eight U.S. attorneys as an "overblown personnel matter." If so, it is a personnel matter that appears to have involved the White House. A spokeswoman for the President revealed the White House's deep involvement in the decision to dismiss the prosecutors, a step that involved former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, Presidential adviser Karl Rove and, apparently, even Bush himself.
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How the Firings Went Down: A Timeline Through May 2007 US News & World Report
A guide to the scandal, from the first internal e-mails to their reverberating aftermath
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US Attorneys Job Description U.S. Department of Justice
The United States Attorneys serve as the nation's principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General. There are 93 United States Attorneys stationed throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. United States Attorneys are appointed...
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Department of Justice: US Attorneys U.S. Department of Justice
Archive for the 'U.S. Attorney Firings' Category from Firedoglake Firedoglake
From the left: TPMuckracker's archive on the firings and their aftermath Talking Points Memo
FireAlbertoGonzales blog: Dedicated exclusively to the cause Fire Alberto Gonzalez
Law profs blog on Gonzo White Collar Crime Prof Blog
From the right: Power Line's thoughts on the topic (via Google) Google