[Obadiah]

“If the allegations are correct, then there has been serious misconduct in what has occurred in the terminations of these United States attorneys,” Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said.

How is it that 'ol Arlen always seems to smell misconduct when Republicans are involved, and then always talks glowingly about his friend, Ted Kennedy, or whomever, and always seems to minimize or outright dismiss any allegation against Democrats? How is this?

[Vigilanteman]

Didn't Billy Bob Clinton force resignations from every federal prosecuter shortly after he took office? That's a little tougher than a freaking phone call from a Republican Senator, isn't it?

[BMIC]

“I felt leaned on. I felt pressured to get these matters moving,” Iglesias testified.

Oh my - Heaven forbid that a federal prosuctor should ever feel pressured to DO THEIR JOB!

/sarcasm

[lilylangtree]

RATS have been pressuring the Bush Admin for 8 years trying to find anything that would play negatively in the press. Why play into the RATS rotten, corrupt, scandal-ridden hands?

[DarkWaters]

What about Curt Weldon? The FBI made an announcement not to far from election time with regard to him and his daughter having influence even though this issue had been going on for quite some time. We also know the Clinton slime machine was doing everything it could to see he lost the election as members of that team where helping the opposition. It begs the question, do they still have operatives in the FBI willing to help them out or say pressure them with,.... well information that would be bad for their careers?

I know, I know, slick and company are never held accountable for anything no matter how bad it is. If a Republican does anything that smells just a little, they immediately begin the war cries and pound the table for investigations.

[zarf]

Kudos to the Democrats for playing the game the way it should be played.

Democrats: doing the job Republicans wont do.

[untrained skeptic]

He felt "leaned on" by a member of Congress. Well, since Congress has oversight authority over the executive branch that would appear to be appropriate to the extent in which it was done.

Congress is not his direct supervisor. They can't tell him what to do. If he feels "pressured" to do something wrong just because a member of Congress asks him why things are taking so long, then he doesn't have any business being a prosecutor and should have been fired.

[Kuksool]

Ping!

I think should be an investigation on why Patricia Madrid isn't doing her job as NM Attorney General in ferreting out corruption.

[MEGoody]

“If they (DOJ) feel like any of us intend to continue to offer quotes to the press, or organize behind the scenes congressional pressure, then they feel forced to somehow pull their gloves off and offer public criticisms to defend their actions more fully,” Cummins said in the e-mail to five other fired prosecutors.

Nothing wrong with that.

[Chi-townChief]

Now he can be sickened at home.

[Rogle]

Folks there is a lot more to this story than what you are getting, which is very one sided. Go to this blog and read last Friday's post so tha you might begin to understand what is going on here in NM and why David Inglasis was fired and why a Senator and Congresswoman would call him.

http://www.wednesdaymorningqb.com/

[enots]

Here's an old FR post on Clinton's:
How The Rule Of Law Was Subverted - The D.A. Massacre
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a381945094192.htm

NY Times article on DiBiagio,former U.S. Attorney for Maryland

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/washington/06prosecutor.html?_r=1&hp&oref=
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And excerpts about DiBiagio from the book, The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna,(about the murder of a MD. Assistant U.S. Attorney under DiBiagio)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1360653/posts?page=2