NYT: More Evidence of a Scandal (involving Rove and U.S. attorney firings)

[ShamelessHussy]

Published: August 12, 2009

Documents released by Congress, including testimony from Karl Rove, offer powerful new evidence that the Bush administration fired top prosecutors who refused to use their offices to promote the electoral fortunes of Republicans.

Turning law enforcement into a tool of partisan politics is a serious offense, and a Justice Department investigation is under way. Congress must also continue its investigation and call Mr. Rove and others to testify publicly so the American people can hear for themselves how the justice system was hijacked.

The materials released on Tuesday paint an ugly picture of fair-minded prosecutors under siege by the White House for refusing to politicize their offices. And it puts Mr. Rove, former President George W. Bush’s chief political operative, at the center of it.

Some of the most disturbing revelations concern the firing of David Iglesias, the United States Attorney in New Mexico. He was put on a list to be fired shortly after a White House aide complained to Mr. Rove that Mr. Iglesias was not doing enough — including refusing to bring politically useful public corruption cases — to help Heather Wilson, a Republican member of the House of Representatives, fend off a Democratic challenger in the 2006 election.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/opinion/13thu2.html

[still_one]

1. does anyone really believe Congress will do something about this other then pomp

and circumstance?

[tularetom]

2. Yes Sen Leahy and Rep Conyers will write

strongly worded letters.

After they subpoena Rove and he tells them to go piss up a rope.

[man4allcats]

3. At this point, I'm not sure Congress has much say in the matter.

As per the article's last paragraph:

"Nora Dannehy, a federal prosecutor in Connecticut, is leading the separate investigation for the Justice Department. She could bring criminal charges against the officials responsible for the firings if she finds that they were done to obstruct justice or for other illegal reasons. Ms. Dannehy, who has the power not only to subpoena but to indict, is in the best position to learn all of the facts and ensure that justice is done."

- Emphasis mine - m4ac

[Triana]

4. Unless someone is going to DO something about this, I fail to see the point

of all this.