Vegas furious over firing of U.S. attorney

[LiberalFighter]

Source: Ft Wayne Journal Gazette (Originally LA Times)

When Daniel G. Bogden was named by President Bush to be the U.S. attorney for Nevada, it was the culmination of a career dream for a man steeped in public law – he had worked as a judge advocate general for the Air Force, a deputy district attorney in Reno and chief of the U.S. attorney’s branch office in Reno.

But his five-year tenure came to what Bogden describes as a “sudden, shocking” end one day last December, when he took a phone call from Michael Battle, director of the executive office of U.S. attorneys and was told “ ‘We want to move the office in another direction,’ ” Bogden recalls.

One theory is that the new direction might have taken the federal prosecutor’s office away from an ongoing corruption probe into newly elected Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons’ financial dealings with a federal contractor.

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Or maybe, as yet another e-mail released last week suggested, there was no good reason at all.

Read more: http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/16974543.htm

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“I was flabbergasted when I heard this,” Senator John Ensign's response about his recommended appointment. Bogden is apparently considered a political independent.

[williesgirl]

1. k&r

[solara]

2. Thank you for posting this - we need to hear about ALL 8 of

the USAttys who were fired.

For instance, from what I have read here, there is only one USAtty who actually had complaints filed against him. The name of San Francisco USAtty Kevin Ryan, a staunch friend and supporter of the Bush Regime ( aka a "Bushie") was added to the JoD list only after a Democratic judge threatened to go to Congress with information about Ryan's very negative reviews. Ryan was fired to avoid the "release of documents highly critical of (his) management style".

Seems to me this story could offer real proof that the firings were politically motivated.

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-ryan22mar22,0,4375391.story?coll=la-home-headlines

k&r

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[hootinholler]

3. 8? Um, there seem to be a few more...

Here I have 13 identified with suspicious leavings. Ryan was looking into back-dated stock options also.

-Hoot

[solara]

4. Thanks wow 13..

Ahh, I forgot about Black..

The common motive, other than the obvious ones, could be the one posted on DU by DeepModemMom

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=491130&mesg_id=491130

Rove apparently had a plan to replace the USAttys in all the "key" states in time for the 2008 elections.

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