Justice Dept.: Senator Complained About Fired Attorney (AP)

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Senator Complained About Fired Attorney

By JENNIFER TALHELM, Associated Press Writer

Monday, March 5, 2007

(03-05) 08:55 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

The Justice Department said Monday that Republican Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico called
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales four times to complain about a U.S. attorney who claims
he was fired for not rushing a corruption probe.

Domenici acknowledged Sunday that he contacted the prosecutor, U.S. attorney David Iglesias,
in October 2006 to ask about his investigation into an alleged Democratic kickback scheme.
But Domenici insists he never pressured or threatened Iglesias, though he said he had long
sought Iglesias' ouster.

On Monday, Justice officials said that Domenici had called Gonzales on three occasions —
September 2005, as well as in January and April 2006 — to question whether Iglesias was
"up to the job."

In the first week of October 2006, Domenici then made another "similar and very brief call
about the U.S. attorney's performance," said Justice spokesman Brian Roehrkasse.

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Full article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/05/national/w085512S65.DTL

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1. K & R

:kick:

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2. And another filthy, paranoid republican,

scared shitless that someone else may take a little of his "shit" away from him and his lickspittle horde, gets outed and exposed.

I am of the opinion that there is no true "conservative" qualified to reach a position of public prominence. Not liter of "milk of human kindness" among the lot of them.