Ashcroft: U.S. Attorney Scandal Has Not Damaged The Justice Department

[Hissyspit]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/21/ashcroft-justice-damage/

Ashcroft: U.S. Attorney Scandal Has Not Damaged The Justice Department

Yesterday, former Attorney General John Ashcroft spoke at the National Association of Attorneys General conference in Atlanta. When approached by a reporter about the U.S. attorney scandal, he claimed that it hasn’t hurt morale at the Justice Department:

Former US Attorney General John Ashcroft said today that the scandal surrounding the firings of 8 federal prosecutors has not damaged the Justice Department. ...

Asked by The Associated Press if the firings had hurt the Department’s integrity or reputation for independence, he responded simply, “no.” Ashcroft then walked away, declining to elaborate, and took no additional questions.

Despite being ignored and disrespected by the White House on the wiretapping program, he’s still shilling for President Bush.

In reality, the attorney scandal has jeopardized many convictions won by federal prosecutors. Defense lawyers are “raising questions about the motives of government lawyers who have brought charges against their clients…citing the furor over the U.S. attorney dismissals as evidence that their cases may have been infected by politics.”

Additionally, the morale of career professionals at the Department is plummeting, which even Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has “acknowledged.” Some examples:

“There has been a very substantial decrease in morale. There’s no doubt about that. The other 93 U.S. attorneys don’t know who is up next.” - Sen. Arlen Specter, 4/22/07

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[Solly Mack]

1. and Bush hasn't damaged America

If we're gonna talk shit..let's really talk shit

[ananda]

2. GOPers.. eejits all!

All I can say is, what an idiot.

The (in)justice department, the courts, the constitution,
the very fabric of this country has been irreparably
damaged with the kind of pervasive corruption that
will destroy itself and the people of the world.

Sue

[Ezlivin]

3. What did Ashcroft say about the "damage" to the WH from one blow job?

Pray, tell...

Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.) took to the Senate floor to say if Willey's allegations are true and the president was lying under oath when denying he made sexual advances toward her, that would constitute an "impeachable offense."

If the charges are true, Ashcroft said, the president should resign. Ashcroft said Clinton's moral leadership has been destroyed and he should give the American people a "full and candid accounting." CNN

[Lobster Martini]

4. Don't even want to waste keystrokes on Ashcroft...but nevertheless...

Only so many people have managed to lose an election to a dead guy, and only so many people have managed to be so utterly reptilian to be thrown over the side of W.'s pirate ship. Ashcroft is one of the few reptiles on the rocks in this intersection of the Venn diagram. No matter what he says, he is not going to pull a Nixon and become and elder statesman. If he borrows a library book, the librarian probably asks for two forms of ID.