Senator Smug (STLtoday re Bond & Attorneygate)

[struggle4progress]

10/01/2008

Thanks to its senior U.S. senator, Republican Christopher S. "Kit" Bond, Missouri earned last-minute inclusion in the national scandal over the Bush administration's politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys.

"The Purge," as it was known when the story broke in 2006, was thought to have involved eight of the 93 chief federal prosecutors nationwide. But on Monday, when the Justice Department's Inspector General and the department's ethics office released their joint report, the name of former U.S. Attorney Todd Graves of Kansas City had been added to the list.

The report says that Mr. Bond's staff made repeated calls to the White House in early 2005 seeking to have Mr. Graves ousted. It seems Mr. Bond was feuding with Mr. Graves' brother, U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Tarkio, Mo ...

Todd Graves was replaced in 2006 on an interim basis by Bradley Schlozman, a Justice Department lawyer who had played a key role in filling the department with what he described as "good Americans," or, as another Justice aide put it, "loyal Bushies." Mr. Schlozman was replaced by John Wood, Mr. Bond's cousin ...

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/9F15FC466F6BA1E9862574D40082640C?OpenDocument

[yellerpup]

1. The subversion of American values

will stop with the Obama presidency. Hope we can get Gonzales, Bond, Rove, et al., prosecuted for these crimes against us.