Buzzflash: Bush's Director for U.S. Attorneys Mysteriously Resigns

[demobabe]

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT

The "unprecedented" U.S. Attorney firing scandal keeps getting weirder. It was revealed today that Michael Battle, the director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, will resign on March 16.

Battle personally informed the fired attorneys of their removal, but the Department of Justice insists he was not involved in the actual decision making process (he allegedly told them the order had come from 'on high'"). A spokesperson also said the timing is merely a coincidence and "is not connected to the U.S. attorney controversy whatsoever."

In fact, the DoJ now claims he had informed them of his resignation as long ago as last summer, which would have been just a year since he began working in June 2005.

Congressional Democrats are understandably skeptical. Sen. Charles Schumer wondered whether Battle's resignation was merely "another casualty of the U.S. attorney's imbroglio."

"The Administration's explanation of Mr. Battle's apparent resignation is as murky as everything else they have told us about this case," said Rep. Linda Sanchez. "I look forward to hearing the testimony of the fired federal prosecutors so we can get closer to the truth of what happened."

Full Story here: http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/189

[babylonsister]

1. LOL! The rats are scattering!

:popcorn:

[Ian David]

2. I wonder if he's busy stockpiling food on the Bush ranch in Paraguay? n/t

[Drum]

3. This should be Latest Breaking News.....nt

[demobabe]

5. Just posted there

I'm so used to posting in GD, I didn't think about it!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. Goddamnit!

Anytime there is to be any accountability, the administration "retires" their ass. This happens time and again and some other lackey is put in place. Rumsfeld was the single most glaring example of this "strategy" to shuffle any blame away from the mal-administration. :mad:

[malaise]

6. has there ever been a more criminal bunch than

Bushco. I swear the implosion is taking place befroe my eyes.

[demobabe]

7. kick

:kick:

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

8. Josh Marshall is all over this at TPM. n/t

[AnnInLa]

9. And now he has the Prosecutors' Statement up

He has their combined general statement, which will be read before the hearing, and he has Carol Lam's statement.

www.talkingpointsmemo.com

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

10. AnnInLa - Thanks for the heads-up!

I was around for "The Saturday Night Massacre", so this resonates... real ugly skullduggery going on here, and these U.S. Attorneys are in the teeth of it.

BTW - my BIL was a defense attorney for the US DOJ - these guys all know too much and Bushco is making yet another huge mistake (besides Iraq and pissing off the CIA).

Louisiana?

[lovuian]

11. Do we have another Scooter falling on the sword

it came from high

got caught with that one