[Sosfbay-discuss] AG Gonzales on the way out?

[Wes Rolley]

The degree to which the US Attorney General's office has been 
politicized has not been seen since the days of John Mitchell.  Maybe it 
is coming to an end.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR2007030101368.html?referrer=email 


*House Panel Subpoenas Fired U.S. Attorneys
*By Dan Eggen and Paul Kane
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, March 2, 2007; A04

Democrats issued their first major subpoenas yesterday since taking 
control of Congress, as a House subcommittee voted to compel testimony 
from four former U.S. attorneys who were part of a wave of firings by 
the Justice Department.

The Judiciary subcommittee on commercial and administrative law approved 
the subpoenas for former prosecutors in Arkansas, New Mexico, Seattle 
and San Diego -- all of whom will be required to appear for testimony at 
a hearing Tuesday. The Senate Judiciary Committee announced plans for a 
similar hearing on the same day.

The moves mark the latest escalation in the battle between congressional 
Democrats and the Justice Department over the controversial dismissals 
of eight U.S. attorneys, at least five of whom were presiding over 
public corruption probes when they were fired.

"Are these people being removed for doing their job and for it doing it 
too well?" asked Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the 
panel, who called the subpoenas "a last resort."

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Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Being willing is not enough; 
We must do. –Leonardo DaVinci
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