Politics a Factor in DOJ Dismissals

Joe Hodnicki writes “Documents submitted to the House Judiciary Committee reveal that politics was a factor in the dismissal of federal prosecutors. See Law Librarian Blog for details and links.” Also of note is the deleted emails story, which Jay Leno described as the “we’re incompetent, not corrupt” excuse.

April 15, 2007 by John Uncategorized 8

kmccook says:

April 15, 2007 at 5:44 pm

Disinformation Used as a Political Tool
The Bush doctrine of Disinformation should be fought by all librarians.

http://lisnews.org/~kmccook/journal/5488

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mdoneil says:

April 16, 2007 at 2:13 am

No Sh*t
I guess that is why they are political appointments. Any President can remove any of his appointees at any time for any reason. They know that when they take the job.

Thanks for stating the obvious. Politics were involved, geez I never could have figured that one out Columbo.

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Fang-Face says:

April 16, 2007 at 4:39 am

Re:No Sh*t
It should be painfully obvious even to you that you don’t go firing a whole slew of your appointees in the middle of a term just because they won’t kiss your ass. That is not politics so much as it is tyranny.

So, let’s see, . . . Sybil Edmonds, Valerie Plame, U.S. attorneys. . . . Who’s next do you suppose?

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mdoneil says:

April 16, 2007 at 6:58 pm

Re:No Sh*t
If that is your definition of tyranny I feel sorry for you. There is a whole world out there and you are upset because eight people have to look for work.

Open your eyes to the suffering and inhumanity true tyrants cause daily and stop worrying about a few unemployed lawyers.

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Chuck says:

April 16, 2007 at 7:13 pm

Re:No Sh*t
When the law is not king, then you already have tyranny.

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Fang-Face says:

April 17, 2007 at 2:23 am

Re:No Sh*t
LOL

Yeah, I think it’s terribly unjust that your neo-fascist George thinks he’s an absolute monarch. And I find it rather telling that you don’t give a shit about the 600,000 Iraqi innocents dead at his command, and the almost 4,000 American servicemen he sent to their deaths, in the same way you think it is perfectly alright for George to dismiss those who won’t kiss his ass.

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Anonymous Patron says:

April 17, 2007 at 5:16 pm

Re:No Sh*t
But the law says these are political appointees, and they can be fired at will. Clinton sacked a bunch more than Bush has.

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Fang-Face says:

April 17, 2007 at 5:43 pm

Re:No Sh*t
Under what conditions, exactly? Did Clinton fire his attorneys for not being bloodlusting enough in misapplying the death penalty? For not promoting his personal political agendum ahead of the rights of We the People?

The ultra-right wing nut smear machine spent the eight years of Clinton’s term making up lies about him because they couldn’t find any real justification for attacking him. Bush, however, is exactly the kind of corrupt and bankrupt president they falsely accused Clinton of being. Corruption, treason, crimes against humanity, perverts in positions of authority, providing funding for terrorist groups; . . .

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