Specter, Leahy, Feinstein and Schumer ask Justice for ALL documents related to U.S. Attorney firings

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT: Senators Press for More Files on Removing Prosecutors
By DAVID JOHNSTON
Published: April 10, 2007

....Justice Department officials have previously said they turned over all relevant materials, but held back sensitive personnel information about most prosecutors other than those who were removed last year.

The signers of the letter were one Republican, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, and three Democrats, Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the Judiciary Committee chairman; Dianne Feinstein of California; and Charles E. Schumer of New York.

Among the missing documents the senators mentioned was a chart cited in a Feb. 12, 2007, e-mail message from Monica Goodling, a former aide to Mr. Gonzales, to other department officials.

The senators suggested that other documents had been withheld, like biographies of each of the 93 prosecutors in briefing books provided for Mr. Gonzales in December in preparation for a meeting of United States attorneys. The meeting was held to start an initiative against child exploitation.

The documents were disclosed last week in The American Spectator. A department official said briefing documents were not turned over because they did not assess prosecutors or did not relate to the removals and were to familiarize Mr. Gonzales with prosecutors’ backgrounds.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/washington/10attorneys.html

[opihimoimoi]

1. This BushCo Administration has given us nothing but a PATTERN of DECIET

STALLING< DENIGRATION< DENIAL< BLAME are the Hallmarks of BULLYISM

[hang a left]

2. They have a lot more info than we do....

I would love to see a copy of the letter.

I wonder if it is a warning that they know what has been withheld.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Yep -- this is a short, intriguing little article. nt

[Old and In the Way]

3. Glad to see Spector involved with this.

While my opinion of Arlen has steadily gone downhill for years, perhaps even he realizes that this administration has gone way too far in politicizing our Justice Department. It certainly will help blunt the RW criticism that this is a partisan witch hunt.

[Oilwellian]

5. I don't know why, but....

lately I've been humming Alice Cooper's old song, "Up Against the Wall M'F'er." I can't express the joy I feel when seeing these criminals called on their lies and deceit. It sure does give me hope. :thumbsup:

[aquart]

6. BushCo was planning to exploit children?

[Imagevision]

7. I'm still pissed Rove & Meirs haven't received their subpeona's yet!!!!!