GOP lawmaker told of plan to fire attorney.
By on Apr 28th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
GOP lawmaker told of plan to fire attorney.
“”The White House told a Republican member of Congress last summer about its plans to fire a U.S. attorney in Arkansas and replace him with a former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove, but it did not tell Democratic lawmakers, according to a new Justice Department e-mail released yesterday.”
The White House called Rep. John Boozman (R-Ark.) “and pretty much told him what they are doing with this appointment and how they are going about it,” according to a July 6 e-mail from Bud Cummins, then the U.S. attorney in Little Rock. [...]
The message indicates that Bush administration officials told Boozman about their plans to fire Cummins at the same time that Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and other Democrats say they were being stonewalled.
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Worse than Watergate.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:07 pmPerfectly normal operating procedure for the Bush administration.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:07 pmClinton did it, too. So did Pelosi.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:07 pmFor the latest news, document dumps, email archives, hearing transcripts and other essential materials in the firings of U.S. attorneys, see:
April 28th, 2007 at 1:10 pm“The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”
does anyone find the endless deceit to be surprising anymore?
April 28th, 2007 at 1:13 pmIt is unfortunate that qualifications are no longer is the utmost criteria for high governt jobs but rather the political,friendship,donations to parties became the main reason to hire someone in high govermental posts…
April 28th, 2007 at 1:13 pmI think Congressman Boozeman needs to expalin himself if he wants to save his career.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:16 pmBoozeman sings…..and indicts George W. Bush! I love it! Guess there’s at least ONE honest Republican left in the party.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:19 pmBut, herein lies the rub for dear old Boozeman: Why did he wait this long to tell the truth? Why didn’t he go to Congress with this until now? The worm turns….and in so doing….indicts himself. Maybe he’ll get immunity for his testimony like Goodling? Clearly, he will take this presidency down even before Goodling gets her day in court.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:21 pmHey Angry One: Thanks for the document dump site. I’ve been sifting through it a bit and have one question…..on the last group, the heading mentions the “amendment” which entitles the AG to make interim appointments….
Now…since no one seems to know precisely HOW this amendment was slipped into the Patriot Act Renewal and fingers have pointed to Specter, who seemed incredulous at the hearing of Kyle Sampson about it….what gives here? Do we know if this was a “defacto insertion” into the Patriot Act?
If this was a “defacto insertion” into the Patriot Act, then it is illegal and was NOT in the original act which was voted on.
If it was deviously inserted by Specter, why is he acting like he doesn’t know anything about it?
I think I heard that Specter, when asked about his office inserting the secretive clause, said that someone in his office did it – implying that he didn’t know anything about it.
What the people to know is this:
1) Did the original copies which were provided at the hearing to be voted on contain this new clause which enabled interim appointments to not have to pass muster in Congress?
2) If it was in the originals given to each Congressman, then who inserted it? The person responsible should have made clear to everyone that this was a change to the original Act.
3) If, in fact, Specter’s office inserted this clause, then we need to know the NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL who did this.
4) If Arlen Specter inserted this new clause into the Act, then he needs to be subpoenaed before Congress to testify as to why it was not highlighted and brought to discussion before the full Congress as an “addition”.
This stinks to high heaven and, in hindsight, the Bush Administration will rue the day it ever concocted the dynamics for this sneaky insertion into the Patriot Act. This “bogus insertion” will bring down Bush’s White House in the near future.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pmThis bunch of “fundie idiots” running this country make Nixon look like your average shoplifter.
How they even stay in power is beyond me. Where is the outrage? Why aren’t people marching on DC and demanding that we get our government back?
I am an american first, before I am a democrat, independent or republican. These criminals work for US–not the other way around.
These creeps wouldn’t know the truth if it bit them in the ass.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:32 pmLoyal Bushie = Bush Crime Family
Supported by the lowest level of intelligence in the USA the bottom dwelling 28% made up of knuckle dwelling troglodytes that have no ability to reason.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:03 pmDon’t you think that Americans have become desensitized to the constant and endless list of obscene political crimes committed by these so called elected super criminals ?
April 28th, 2007 at 3:51 pmThey throw so much criminal shit{lies,theft and abuse} at the public that you get used to the stench,like living in a sewer…..’What smell ?’
These criminals must be brought to justice somehow, I am a Canadian and cannot understand why you brothers to south do not mob Washington and hang these super criminals on live TV…
But I suppose these elite nazis have a plan to deal with protecting themselves against the will of the people,they already have the camps built to hold the “free” citizens that will not put up with being abused so regularly.
This is an actual real nightmare designed by the new nazis in power.