McKay cites a 'grievous error'

[RiverStone]

Source: NewYork Times

By WILLIAM YARDLEY
THE NEW YORK TIMES

John McKay, the former U.S. attorney for western Washington and one of the prosecutors whose abrupt dismissal has brought intense criticism to the Justice Department, said Tuesday that Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales had allowed the department to succumb to political pressure and that he should be held responsible.

"He's the attorney general," McKay said. "He's accountable. The fact that he's presiding over a department that did not defend the independence of its prosecutors is a grievous error.

"What's hard to fathom," he said, "is that people sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, who are Justice Department officials, didn't tell political people to go pound sand, which is what they should have done and which I expected them to do and which I know all my colleagues expected them to do."

McKay said it was "not for me to say" whether Gonzales should stay in his job.



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How many more "grievous errors" will Shrub's underlings commit before the error rests in the lap of the Presidency? :shrug:

[Spazito]

1. I am glad to see these attorneys are not backing off

The truth needs to stay out front of all the WH/DOJ spin.

[rodeodance]

2. great to see the dismissed AG's hitting back (some of them).

[Turn CO Blue]

3. Bwahahaha - so much for McKay being "okay"!

in the DOJ email dump, the snakes have email exchanges about how McKay is "going to be okay" - meaning that he will play ball with them and not make any stink.

I'll find it after a few errands.

[bleever]

4. That is a superb statement by Mr. McKay.

:thumbsup: