Administration threatens purged attorneys.
By on Mar 5th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Administration threatens purged attorneys.
“A high-ranking Justice Department official told one of the U.S. attorneys fired by the Bush administration that if any of them continued to criticize the administration for their ousters, previously undisclosed details about the reasons they were fired might be released, two of the ousted prosecutors told McClatchy Newspapers.”
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I really think the Justice Dept doesn’t want to go this route.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:43 pmIt will backfire.
Oh boy now the Bush Regime makes threats to shut-up people who speak out against corruption.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:45 pmLooks like the thugs at Justice are starting to sweat. Gonzales ranks #4 on my wish list of people I’d like to see sent to prison.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:49 pmIf there are reasons why these people were fired, then why didn’t these come out in their performance reviews? According to what I’ve read about this story, at least one or two of the attorneys in question received very positive performance reviews from their superiors not long before they were fired. If they were supposedly fired for cause, why did they receive such good reviews — and if they received such good reviews, where’s the cause for firing them? Something doesn’t add up here — not that I’m surprised. At this point, I wouldn’t put it past the Bush administration to create false evidence in order to make it appear that the firings were legitimate…I truly wouldn’t.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:50 pmI guess that’s a pretty fair indication of just how scared the White House is. They’re backed into a corner. But, they’re already so weakened by this stuff, the more they struggle, the deeper the hole they find themselves in.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:53 pmThe Bush administration is getting sweaty and sloppy. I think they’re cracking. It’s coming apart.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:55 pmThere in Damage Control Mode. They can’t spin this any more than they can spin what happened at Walter Reed Army Hospital. A good indication, like Chimpeach said that they’re scared. Something like this could snowball completely out of control for the White House.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:01 pmI hope it happens. I would love to smell the fear coming out of there.
Wow, those are the same tactics my older brother used on me when were kids. That’s the Bush Administration for you- it’s all about children.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:13 pmYes, # 7. I agree.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:15 pmAt this moment:
-Walter Reed
-Pentagon report on Global warming as bigger security threat than war on terror
-Prosecutor firings and investigation
- Stock Market falling
- Grassroots Impeachment gaining speed in many states
- Iraq spinning more out of control daily
- Cheny’s leg blood clot
- People asking more and more questions about how 9/11 happend—–how it really happened.
- Webb’s new bill on how to stop the war.
- The Generals threatening resignation if Iran is attacked
- Haliburton involved in privatization of Walter Reed
ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ………
Makes you wonder, the way they are handling this, is there something even stinkier they are trying to hide that no one has even imagined?
March 5th, 2007 at 11:16 pm#10 I honestly think they were caught with their ***** out this time. They think they are invulnerable. Teflon.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:19 pmI wouldn’t just purge ‘em…I would hang ‘em high for treason. We are at war people. Guess what? Terrorists want to kill liberals too, no matter how much you appease them. We have to do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.
Ponder that for a while.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:22 pm#11 JPark
Turns out they are more like syrup.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:23 pm#11 JPark
It looks like the Teflon is turning into Velcro.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:24 pm#13 I don’t know. It has taken a whole hell of a lot to get to this point. Even teflon has a half-life.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:26 pmAnd what treason would that be firehead? You mean the treason commited by the Bushies? I do hope that is the treason that you’re talking about.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:26 pmWe have to do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.
Ponder that for a while.
Comment by firehead
They weren’t investigating alleged terrorists, asshat.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:28 pm#12 firehead
I wouldn’t just purge ‘em…I would hang ‘em high for treason.
You really owe it to yourself to move to North Korea. It’s what you’re really looking for: a government that you can’t trust and that trusts you even less, very little freedom or privacy, living in constant fear. Sounds like paradise, doesn’t it?
March 5th, 2007 at 11:29 pmsince when are these tactics at all legal under US employment law? talk about asking for a lawsuit, they best be joking about exposing the reasons for discharging anyone. simple employment law, folks, even in an at-will state.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:33 pm#19 Unfortunately the US Attorneys are not subject to employment law. For the most part they serve at the pleasure of the president.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:50 pm8.Wow, those are the same tactics my older brother used on me when were kids. That’s the Bush Administration for you- it’s all about children.
Comment by clb72
And they’re the same tactics used by pedophiles against the children they abuse. Wonder where they got all the practice?
March 5th, 2007 at 11:54 pm12. firehead – Is that you Chicken Little? Ooooh “The sky is falling, the sky is falling!”
March 6th, 2007 at 12:04 amFYI terrorists don’t scare me as much as Americans like you willing do give up hard won liberties. What is the word for an administration that disregards the Bill of Rights? Terrorist works for me.
Unfortunately the US Attorneys are not subject to employment law. For the most part they serve at the pleasure of the president.
Why am I hating this country more every single day?
March 6th, 2007 at 12:06 am#23 Because it gets easier everyday with our current administration. And it has been a whole lot of days since these crooks took office.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:13 amMy bet is the dirt they have on these people isnt work related.. probably stuff about extramartial affairs or other non government non relevant indisretions…
March 6th, 2007 at 12:51 am#25 Nah, I don’t think they have anything on them. They came out pretty quick.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:55 amDoes this mean they’ll finally come out and say the attorneys were fired because they were too ethical for the Bush Administration?
Of course, there’s a greater message here. If they’re willing to drag some of the country’s finest attorneys through the mud for making the Bush Administration look bad, what will they do to rank-and-file workers?
March 6th, 2007 at 1:30 amOf course, there’s a greater message here. If they’re willing to drag some of the country’s finest attorneys through the mud for making the Bush Administration look bad, what will they do to rank-and-file workers?
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
What would they do to a covert CIA agent?
March 6th, 2007 at 2:06 amOh, we already know that……..
#26… hmm.. I dunno..its pretty easy to dig up SOME sort of dirt on people, especially if your the government and have “patriot act” style access to phone records, email, etc etc. almost everyone has some sort of skeleton in their closet. i guess we shall see..
March 6th, 2007 at 2:06 amIf Shrub et al gets too desperate and really does start believing that the neocon agenda is in jeopardy then we can bet they will speed up their timeline and bomb Iran real soon. That will also allow them to declare martial law as soon as the protests start. Then it will all be over.
March 6th, 2007 at 2:55 amHow did they get the info? by listening illegally via NSA?
March 6th, 2007 at 3:51 amWell I’d love to know why they were fired by the way.
Then it will all be over.
Comment by nostrafarious
It depends on what your definition of the word -it- is.
Ala Bill Clinton.
Loser.
March 6th, 2007 at 4:45 amIf George Bush trully loved His America he would want to be impeached
March 6th, 2007 at 4:57 amCorrect me if I am wrong, but wasn’t it George Bush who, during the campaign for Al Gore’s job in 2000, said that if elected President he would “return honor and dignity to the White House?” I know, given the point I raised, the catch word is “if elected” which he hasn’t been yet. Still, I could have sworn he was going to bring lots of honor and dignity. Continuing to use reich-wing intimidation techniques on people doesn’t seem to me to be very honorable or dignified. Of course, I’m just a democrat so what do I know about honor and dignity, right?
March 6th, 2007 at 5:40 amCall it what it IS:
BLACKMAIL
March 6th, 2007 at 7:28 amOld Bushies also said that it would be easier for him to be a dictator than a President.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:14 am#23 – ann
Let’s all just move to Australia. Or Britian even, they wised up and got out.
#33 – Tobey Trail
March 6th, 2007 at 8:22 am…and here I thought we were all living in Bushland. Or least Chimpy wants us to think that.
#4 — “At this point, I wouldn’t put it past the Bush administration to create false evidence in order to make it appear that the firings were legitimate…I truly wouldn’t.”
BINGO! We already know they would create false evidence — I call your attention to Iraq’s alleged WMD — which they didn’t have.
March 6th, 2007 at 9:27 amWow, the Department of Justice is now practicing the same tactics as organized crime in a we have become them fashion. Without doubt, this comes directly from Alberto Gonzales himself. Gonzales is of the same stripe as John Mitchell and Edwin Meese, previously the top two slime balls to serve as Attorney General. Surely America’s legal system produces better people than this. It is time to stop bottom feeding.
March 6th, 2007 at 9:28 amIt’s pretty easy to dig up SOME sort of dirt on people, especially if your the government and have “patriot act†style access to phone records, email, etc etc. almost everyone has some sort of skeleton in their closet. i guess we shall see.. — Valiant Penus
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True…except that if “everyone” has skeletons in their closet for which they could potentially be fired, then shouldn’t “everyone” be subjected to the same degree of scrutiny? If you’re only investigating certain people or subjecting certain people to a much deeper level of scrutiny than some others — especially if those people just happen to be people whose political views conflict with yours and/or just happen to be in charge of prosecuting public figures for corruption — then it becomes fairly clear that there is a hidden agenda behind the investigations and firings, that they are politically motivated.
March 6th, 2007 at 10:32 amI guess the “injustice department” under Inquisitor General Alberto VO5 Gonzales BELIEVES that COERSION THROUGH BLACKMAIL is PERFECTLY LEGAL, a COMMON VIEW HELD BY NAZI-FASCIST DICTATORSHIPS and TIN-POT DESPOT BANANA REPUBLICS–SO WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED AT THEIR ODIOUS, ILLEGAL and DOWNRIGHT CRIMINAL TACTICS? TIME TO CLEAN THE HOUSE OF AMERICA OF THESE NOXIOUS, PERNICIOUS VERMIN like Gonzales and THE REST OF Bushland Uber Allies, INCLUDING CHIMPya/Cheney/Rove/Rice ET CETERA AD NAUSEUM!!!!!
March 6th, 2007 at 3:44 pm