This story is making the round on the conservative blogs--anyone know if there's any truth to it?

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/
mi_m1282/is_n16_v50/ai_21123146

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just because Clinton purged the Travel Office employees and all the justice department lawyers (see the NY Times article below) we should NOT accept this of the Republicans also. Also, just like with Clinton, the Congress is having 'investigations' etc over this non-issue instead of focusing on real issues. This shows how both parties are one-in-the-same when it comes down to it. They allow these fake, albeit distasteful, scandals to over shadow the real scandals: Iraq military contracts, defence contractors, hedge funds and private equity firms goobling up America, foreign firms taking over our infrastructure, illegals ruining the middle and working class, revolving door politicians/lobbyists/CEOs, and war-mongering. Not to mention the Federal Reserve screwing Americans.
To Wit:

ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS RESIGNATIONS FROM PROSECUTORS


*Please Note: Archive articles do not include photos, charts or graphics. More information. March 24, 1993, Wednesday
By DAVID JOHNSTON, (Special to The New York Times); National Desk
Late Edition - Final, Section A, Page 1, Column 1, 1053 words
DISPLAYING ABSTRACT - Attorney General Janet Reno today demanded the prompt resignation of all United States Attorneys, leading the Federal prosecutor in the District of Columbia to suggest that the order could be tied to his long-running investigation of Representative Dan Rostenkowski, a crucial ally of President Clinton.

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Hey people..The important part is the article points out the collusion of Bush and his Attoney General in an attempt to get "straight-thinking' Attorneys in office.

"We now have direct evidence that Attorney General Gonzales was carrying out the political wishes of the president," Schumer noted, adding later that complaints from New Mexico Republicans that prosecutors weren't indicting Democrats quickly enough "were passed on to Karl Rove and to the president himself. The president weighed in with Attorney General Gonzales and within weeks, that U.S. Attorney, David Iglesias, was fired."

The important point..he has used every power that he has a president to preserve the Repugs and assure his "legacy' in Iraq. The flayings of a cornered animal..albeit a polecat.

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Democrats fire whole offices, Republicans fire whole offices. Republicans vote for War in Iraq, Democrats vote for War in Iraq. Unfortunately it took segregationist Governor Wallace to reveal the truth that "there's not a dime's worth of difference between" Republicans and Democrats. The Democrats willingly went along with the War in Iraq, suspension of Habeas Corpus, opening personal mail, banning books like "America Deceived' from Wiki America Deceived (book), stealing private lands (Kelo decision), warrant-less wiretapping and refusing to investigate 9/11 properly. They are both guilty of treason.

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I may be wrong, but the 'travel gate' charge against Clinton was proven to be inaccurate. And even if Reno did want the attorneys dismissed, Clinton and the Democrats in Congress didn't sneak in legislation tucked into separate a bill to take away the Constitutional separation of the 3 wings of government like the Repubs did in the Patriot Act passed last year. Until that little sneak provision, Congress had the right to oversee and vote on any change in the presiding judges & attorneys...and the President had to bow to Congress or veto it.........the President couldn't just order his people to get rid of same, like Bush CAN do now, which is in VIOLATION of the way the Constitution ORIGINALLY set up the system to work.....with good reason, as the Founders wanted the judges, attorneys and prosecuters not tied politically through appointment by the president so that they could, if necessary, prosecute them for any crimes they committed. This action by Bush via this sneaky insertion and action via Gonzales is one more way Bush boys have used to strip the Congress of its' Constitutional powers and responsibilites separate from the president and his cabinet......and avoid possible prosecution for the crimes they HAVE committed. And one more way to forge an authoritarian (read KING) presidency.

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1) Corruption = ka-ching

A Republican President and a Republican AG fired Republican US Attorneys 1 month after a major mid-term election loss and 2 years before an up-for-grabs US Presidential election. One US Attorney in particular, San Diego Republican Carol Lam, had been investigating Republican Randy Cunningham (convicted) and may have been preparing to investigate Republican Kyle "Dusty" Foggo (resigned from CIA) for defence contractor bribery and corruption that touched Rumsfeld's DoD office, DoD/White House Office of Special Plans, and CIA. Meanwhile, US Attorneys in 2005-2006 investigated 250+ Democrats, 70 Republicans, and 20 independents. See Talking Points Memo and TPMMuckraker.

2) CIA + Ohio = ka-ching

Republican Senator Arlen Specter's cheif counsel, Michael O'Neil, slipped the clause (here) into the 2006 Patriot Act reauthorization that allowed replacement Republican US Attorneys to bypass the Senate confirmation process. At least one of the replacement Republican US Attorneys - Timothy Griffin, a Karl Rove assistant - was associated with Republican Party voter suppression efforts (felonies) in Ohio in the 2004 US Presidential election.

Big Question: Is this the real Michael O'Neil?

• General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, 1996-97
• Chief of Staff, Central Intelligence Agency, 1995-96
• Counselor, Secretary William Perry, Department of Defense, 1995
• Counsel, Rep. Thomas Foley (D-WA), 1989-94
• Chief Counsel, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 1977-89

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What part of "it's his job" don't you understand? The Attorney General's job is to protect the President and do what he is told. If the President said go jump off the bridge. The Attorney General jumps off the bridge if he wants to keep his job. The Attorney General post is not part of any elected branch of the government. He is appointed. Appointees do the bidding of the person that appointed them. Who does not know that? That goes for the Secretary of Defense, Education, any cabinet position or any appointed position, FDA, FCC, IRS, FDA, FBI, CIA etc. End of story. What? Is Congress playing dumb and acting like they don't know what is going on? Why didn't they stop the appointment before it occurred? Can they stop it before it happens? If they can't then what good are they?

How much harm and damage can an appointee do before they are forced to quit or are fired? Too much. Look at Rummy. That's why it is more important to find out from candidates who they plan on appointing to these positions as part of their disclosure and run for the presidency.

These appointees have more political power than our elected officials and therefore can do more harm. Appointees are less subject to public scrutiny and always operate beneath the radar. I don't think Bush would have gotten re-elected if we knew who his appointees were going to be. Appointees speak volumes on the intent and purpose of the one doing the appointing.

By the time the public is made aware of what is going on, Cheney Halliburton connection for instance, it is to late. The damage is done. Then we spend precious time and money trying to undo it. How many more people will die in Iraq and Darfur while we investigate these public scandals?

With regards to the principals of law the one who appoints the perpetrator of a crime is he himself regarded as the doer. If we convict, fire, or Gonzales quits, Bush again goes free. Gonzales quits and leaves the scene of the crime and nobody pays for the damages done to our democracy. Swell. That is not the way the law is suppose to work in a civilized law-abiding society.

Until and when we are prepared to apply the principals of law to our elected officials and hold them accountable for their actions nothing will change for the better. And as a matter of absolutes nothing stays the same so that only leaves us with things getting worst.

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I wonder what all these Republican attorneys, who have been doing their jobs the way they are supposed to, and not bending to corruption, think of their President now?

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