Posted on 07/30/2008 4:48:44 PM PDT by STARWISE
Jamie Gorelick writes an op-ed complaining about the politicization of the Department of Justice regarding the recruitment of U.S. Attorneys during the Bush Administration.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072802467.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
She makes it appear as if the ability to hire and fire US attorneys were not at the discretion of the President -- which it is. But she also forgot her own history.
Gorelick was herself a Clinton appointee and one who has seemingly forgotten her own President's actions in using the bludgeon of Justice Department hiring and firings for political purposes. To wit:
Bill Clinton fired all U.S. Attorney's when he assumed office and this was both unprecedented and political in nature.
From a Wall Street Journal report:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009784
As everyone once knew but has tried to forget, Mr. Hubbell was a former partner of Mrs. Clinton at the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock who later went to jail for mail fraud and tax evasion.
He was also Bill and Hillary Clinton's choice as Associate Attorney General in the Justice Department when Janet Reno, his nominal superior, simultaneously fired all 93 U.S. Attorneys in March 1993. Ms. Reno--or Mr. Hubbell--gave them 10 days to move out of their offices.
At the time, President Clinton presented the move as something perfectly ordinary: "All those people are routinely replaced," he told reporters, "and I have not done anything differently."
In fact, the dismissals were unprecedented: Previous Presidents, including Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, had both retained holdovers from the previous Administration and only replaced them gradually as their tenures expired.
This allowed continuity of leadership within the U.S. Attorney offices during the transition.
Equally extraordinary were the politics at play in the firings.
At the time, Jay Stephens, then U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia, was investigating then Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, and was "within 30 days" of making a decision on an indictment.
Mr. Rostenkowski, who was shepherding the Clinton's economic program through Congress, eventually went to jail on mail fraud charges and was later pardoned by Mr. Clinton.
Also at the time, allegations concerning some of the Clintons' Whitewater dealings were coming to a head. By dismissing all 93 U.S. Attorneys at once, the Clintons conveniently cleared the decks to appoint "Friend of Bill" Paula Casey as the U.S. Attorney for Little Rock.
Ms. Casey never did bring any big Whitewater indictments, and she rejected information from another FOB, David Hale, on the business practices of the Arkansas elite including Mr. Clinton. When it comes to "politicizing" Justice, in short, the Bush White House is full of amateurs compared to the Clintons.
This history Ms. Gorelick ignores. There is also a bit more history that Gorelick ignores: her own.
When she talks of injustice, maybe she should be looking in the mirror.
After all, she was the writer of the memo which created a "Chinese Wall" between intelligence agencies that impeded investigations that could have, and should have, taken place regarding the 9/11 conspiracy before the terror attacks occurred.
She hampered communications between American intelligence and law enforcement agencies that could have prevented the tragedy..
Gorelick was also involved, as a well compensated director of Fannie Mae, in overseeing the actions of this quasi-governmental agency whose actions (including accounting problems) have done great harm to our housing industry and to our economy.
Yet..she is again a highly compensated attorney for a prestigious law firm.
Now that is injustice.
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Jamie Gorelick writes an op-ed complaining about the politicization of the Department of Justice regarding the recruitment of U.S. Attorneys during the Bush Administration.
She makes it appear as if the ability to hire and fire US attorneys were not at the discretion of the President — which it is. But she also forgot her own history.
Gorelick was herself a Clinton appointee and one who has seemingly forgotten her own President’s actions in using the bludgeon of Justice Department hiring and firings for political purposes. To wit:
Bill Clinton fired all U.S. Attorney’s when he assumed office and this was both unprecedented and political in nature.
From a Wall Street Journal report:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009784
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Jamie Gorelick received $779,625 in improper bonus from Fannie Mae
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1225164/posts
what can you say?
democrat do-do doesn’t stink.
They truly believe we’re completely stupid, with lost memories:
From her op-ed linked above:
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“For decades, Republican and Democratic attorneys general had protected from political influence the hiring of career prosecutors and administrative judges.
There was an unbroken rule, embodied in law, regulation and department policy, that no political questions would be asked of those who wanted to serve in career — as opposed to political — positions in the department.
We demanded of our Justice Department, in its core prosecutorial and adjudicative functions, that it be separate from politics. Until the Bush administration.”
What about the $750 grand she made while a director of Fannie Mae?
She fiddles while rome burns and gets paid for it?
That this woman can show her face in public or have the audacity to make public statements is another example of what’s very wrong with our country.
I read her “editorial” in WaPo yesterday, thought it was absolutely shameless.
However, it should be pointed out that she wasn’t really writing for general consumption but was preaching to her own choir. The responses on the WaPo comment board consisted of those who think she should be President Obama’s AG just talking right past the points being make about Gorelick’s complete lack of credibility to speak on the matter.
OMG .. I’m gonna throw something. Fannie Mae, which self-destructed from incompetent management and is now getting bailed out ??? From Rush himself:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046736/posts
“Guess who’s been involved intimately with Fannie Mae? Does the name Jamie Gorelick ring a bell?
This woman is everywhere, and
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Jamie Gorelick got a 26 million payout when she left the place.
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Jamie Gorelick got 26 million to leave, one of Clinton’s guys, Franklin Raines, Franklin Raines, he was kicked out after corrupting the place.
He left shortly before he was taking it in the shorts, but he got out of there with no penalty whatsoever.
What is it with these Clinton people? This is why we don’t get any tell-all books on the Clinton administration because they were all set up in these sweetheart deals — money, money, money, money — I still can’t get over this.”
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My stomach feels like an ulcer is forming ...
I don’t know how that rotten woman sleeps at night.
Not us. Just the Sheep.
All they need is 50% plus one.
Nearly $780K .. in #2 above. SO damn infuriating .. and she’s probably on BHO’s team.
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in all fairness Sandy Beger may have stole her memories.
Isn’t Gorelick the one who has made millions from the mortgage melt-down? I think somewhere in the 30-50 million dollar range for only a few months work...
I think it was a LOT more than $750,000
mark
$779,625 (that was reported anyway...)
Gorelick made millions in bonuses from Fannie Mae. Even the Wash. Post reported on this years ago.
She is a piece of shit, did great damage to America’s ability to defend itself, and is a self-aggrandizing fraud.
And those are just the good things about her.
The Gorelick WALL;
Jamie Gorelick, Attorney General of the United States during the Clinton administration, responsible for segregating criminal investigators and intelligence agents from shared intelligence.
If I recall correctly, not so long ago Obama was looking at Janet Reno and Gorelick for possible positions...
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