NYT: Why Have So Many US Attorneys Been Fired?

Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 2:37 pm
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Why Have So Many US Attorneys Been Fired? It Looks a Lot Like Politics

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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022707C.shtml
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/opinion/26mon4.html

Carol Lam, the former United States attorney for San Diego, is smart and tireless and was very good at her job. Her investigation of Representative Randy Cunningham resulted in a guilty plea for taking more than $2 million in bribes from defense contractors and a sentence of more than eight years. Two weeks ago, she indicted Kyle Dustin Foggo, the former No. 3 official in the C.I.A. The defense-contracting scandal she pursued so vigorously could yet drag in other politicians.

In many Justice Departments, her record would have won her awards, and perhaps a promotion to a top post in Washington. In the Bush Justice Department, it got her fired.

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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022707C.shtml
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/opinion/26mon4.html

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