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I think I just found the :deceipt" in our AG appointing a special prosecutor.

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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 11:03 PM
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I think I just found the :deceipt" in our AG appointing a special prosecutor.
http://www.slate.com/id/2201248/

Independence. A "special prosecutor" is an outside lawyer brought in to investigate a government official accused of wrongdoing. He or she isn't directly accountable to the people or agency under investigation, avoiding the potential conflict of interest that a regular prosecutor would have. But Dannehy comes from within the Department of Justice and will report directly to the attorney general and his deputy: Technically, she's a "special attorney," rather than a special prosecutor. That means she was appointed under a section of the U.S. code that allows the government to assign department lawyers to cases outside their home district. Dannehy lives in Connecticut but will be acting under the power of the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. (A DoJ spokesman told the Explainer that the department will neither correct nor encourage the description of her as a "special prosecutor" in news reports.)

{b]How did I know there was something sneakiy with Mukasey trying to look honest? GRRRRRR.....
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