Newsweek: Internal evals show the 8 dismissed U.S. attorneys had gotten mostly glowing reviews

[sabra]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17438150/site/newsweek/

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The decision to fire the U.S. attorneys en masse was made late last year by two top aides to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales—chief of staff Kyle Sampson and deputy A.G. Paul McNulty—according to a senior department official who asked not to be identified talking about personnel. McNulty may have fueled the controversy when he told the Senate last month that most of the fired prosecutors were let go because of "performance-related issues." That infuriated some of the dismissed prosecutors (all of them Bush appointees), prompting them to defend themselves. "When I heard him say that, I lit up like a tree," said one of the prosecutors, who asked not to be identified because of pending congressional testimony. In fact, internal Justice performance evaluations seen by NEWSWEEK show that those who were fired had gotten mostly glowing reviews. Congressional Dems now smell blood. After this week's hearings featuring the fired prosecutors, "I expect we will have 100 more questions for the Justice Department," said one Democratic staffer who requested anonymity.

[bleever]

1. The over-reaching will reach heights

not seen since Icarus.

K&R.

[babylonsister]

2. NOM! And we get to hear their testimony because they've been subpoenaed!

:bounce: :thumbsup: :kick: :woohoo: :applause:
Seriously, this is more fuel on the fire that is this admin.

[kestrel91316]

3. Nah, they'll refuse to testify. Laws only apply to teh little people.

[blogslut]

4. I Love this Scandal!

NOTE - I do not love the fact that some of the highest law enforcement officers in country have been "retired" for political purposes. This is very serious stuff. We have a constitutional crisis on our hands. Agents of the President of the United States are defying the laws of our land with despicable arrogance.

This scandal is new. It's fresh. It pops! It's got thick, sturdy legs and a Congress ready to pull it out of the GOP closet and show the people that the President -through his proxy Gonzales- have performed the Nixonian Saturday Night Massacre 8 times.

Archibald Cox times Eight. That is what this is. The main difference is that that this time, Alberto Gonzales is Robert Bork.

[babylonsister]

5. They were fired; it's a major aspersion on their character and ability.

They are angry, as they should be. I want to hear all about it, as often as possible. :evilgrin:

[williesgirl]

6. K&R - that fucking Gonzales should be disbarred and fired.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Of course they did - that's exactly WHY they were fired!

Only F**k-ups get retained and promoted under Bu**sh**.

[TahitiNut]

8. "performance-related issues" ... WHAT they were doing, not HOW POORLY.

If anything, it was because they were doing a GOOD job ... prosecuting criminal cronies of the Cheney/Bush cabal.

[bleever]

10. "Excess performance-related issues."

Can't wait for the testimony.

[barb162]

9. this is gonna be good

Maybe they didn't donate enough to the GOP