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Thanks for the link!

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b9647c213aa.htm
Corporate lawyer gets nod as U.S. attorney
Posted on 09/05/2001 08:41:54 PDT by Donald Stone

A corporate defense attorney with an academic bent and few political connections, Thomas M. DiBiagio didn't expect to return when he left the U.S. attorney's office in Baltimore last year after a nine-year run prosecuting violent street gangs, deadly carjackings and brazen bank robberies.

But in DiBiagio, colleagues say, a mild-mannered demeanor masks the gut instincts of a seasoned prosecutor. First approached this winter about serving as Maryland's U.S. attorney, he couldn't refuse the chance, in his words, to try to make the office a "first-rate, independent and aggressive law firm."

The White House announced yesterday that President Bush will nominate DiBiagio, 41, of Parkton, to be the state's top federal prosecutor. His name is expected to go today to the Senate, which must confirm the appointment. But the nomination is not considered controversial, and DiBiagio could begin the job in an interim role within weeks.

We should also elect LOCAL officials; governors, attorneys general, sheriffs, et al, who will pledge to fight for the rights of their constituents against the unwieldy Feds.

We should also lobby Congress to take back the power from unelected officials. Rep. JD Hayworth from AZ tried to introduce a bill to do this, but the party leadership never gave it a hearing.

OK...now goto this thread, & read what poster, "Donald Stone" has to say.
Perhaps you'll understand better where I was coming from expressing my confusion/disappointment with Dubya's pick of this guy.

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