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Will Gonzales Fall for Attorney Firings?


CBS News/The Associated Press
Friday 16 March 2007

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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031707Z.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/16/politics/main2580260.shtml

Washington - One of the eight recently fired U.S. attorneys at the center of a growing political scandal tells CBS News that he lost his job because he "did not play ball" with powerful Republicans.

"I believe, and I think all my colleagues believe, the real reason is partisan politics," the former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, David Iglesias told CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric. "I believe I was fired because I did not play ball with two members of the Republican delegation here in New Mexico. I did not give them privileged information that could have been used in the October and November time frame."

The fallout from the firings continues to grow in Washington, and sources tell CBS News that it looks like Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will take the fall.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/16/politics/main2580260.shtml

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