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The NY Times is keeping the pressure on Attorney General Gonzales. <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/washington/13attorneys.html?_r=2&th=&emc=th&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/washington/13attorneys.html?_r=2&th=&emc=th&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin</a><br>
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<div class="timestamp">March 13, 2007</div>
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White House Said to Prompt Firing of Prosecutors
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<div class="byline">By <a
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/david_johnston/index.html?inline=nyt-per"
title="More Articles by David Johnston">DAVID JOHNSTON</a> and <a
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/eric_lipton/index.html?inline=nyt-per"
title="More Articles by Eric Lipton">ERIC LIPTON</a></div>
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<p> Last October, President Bush spoke with Attorney General <a
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/alberto_r_gonzales/index.html?inline=nyt-per"
title="More articles about Alberto R. Gonzales.">Alberto R. Gonzales</a>
to pass along concerns by <a
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/republican_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org"
title="More articles about Republican Party">Republicans</a> that some
prosecutors were not aggressively addressing voter fraud, the White
House said Monday. Senator <a
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/pete_v_domenici/index.html?inline=nyt-per"
title="More articles about Pete V. Domenici.">Pete V. Domenici</a>,
Republican of New Mexico, was among the politicians who complained
directly to the president, according to an administration official.</p>
<p>The president did not call for the removal of any specific <a
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/u/united_states_attorneys/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier"
title="More articles about United States Attorneys.">United States
attorneys</a>,
said Dana Perino, a White House spokeswoman. She said she had “no
indication” that the president had been personally aware that a process
was already under way to identify prosecutors who would be fired. </p>
<p>But Ms. Perino disclosed that White House officials had consulted
with the Justice Department in preparing the list of United States
attorneys who would be removed.<br>
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<p>(read the rest at the link). On second thought, spend the time
writing a letter to your local newspaper demanding that Gonzales be
removed. <br>
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<p>Issues: <br>
Politically motivated firing of US Attorneys<br>
Illegal use of Patriot Act by FBI.<br>
General disregard for the Constitution. <br>
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<p>Wes <br>
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