Top Officials Criticized for Role in U.S. Attorneys' Firings

[Crabtownboy]

Investigators probing the firing of nine U.S. attorneys concluded that top Justice Department officials "abdicated their responsibility" by failing to supervise subordinates who carried out the botched plan, according to a long-awaited report released today.

The inquiry uncovered "significant evidence" that partisan political factors played a role in some of the 2006 dismissals. Particularly "troubling" was the sacking of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias after several Republican elected officials complained about voter fraud and public corruption cases he pursued.

Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine and Office of Professional Responsibility Director H. Marshall Jarrett, who had been investigating the basis for the dismissals for 18 months, also cited "inconsistent, misleading or inaccurate" statements by the department's former leaders

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...09/29/AR2008092900980.html?hpid=moreheadlines

:tonofbricks: Is this how Bush is starting to feel about his legacy?

 

[Bro. Curtis]

Before I engage you on this, are you sticking around, or will you have to suddenly travel once your post starts to fall apart ?

 

[sag38]

Those poor poor lawyers lost their job. Boo Hoo Hoo!!! Let's find something legitimate to pin on Bush.