[Rhodes22-list] Another Reason to Clean House at The White House (Political)

[Ben Cittadino]

Brad;

Let me try it this way.....If you fly that big silver (OK, mostly white)
bird of yours from Memphis to Miami, it's perfectly legal; but if you fly
from Memphis to Havana to Miami, you still end up in Miami but you've broken
the law (especially if you picked up afew cigars on the stop-over).

So if you fire the US Attorney in New Mexico for bad performance it's
perfectly legal; but if you fire the US Attorney in New Mexico because he
wouldn't bring a politically motivated prosecution at the behest of a
senator then the US Attorney still ends up fired but you've broken the law.
The bottom line is that the legislative branch is supposed to stay out of
the prosecution business except to report crimes and get out of the way. 

That's my take on it anyway.

Ben C.

Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> 
> Ben,
> 
> The issue in New Mexico was voter fraud.  If the prosecutor is
> dragging his/her feet on investigating voter fraud that favors a
> particular party, and the AG fires him/her, how is this illegal?
> 
> Brad
> 
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Brad,
>>
>> That's the point my friend.  You can fire all 93.  You can fire 8.  You
>> can
>> fire any number, but you can't fire even 1 if it is for an illegal reason
>> (like your pal Pete Domenici calling you to say "hey Karl we're in a
>> tough
>> election cycle here and the US Attorney hasn't indicted any Democrats
>> yet...I want you to fire his ass).  Capishe??(is that spelled right?)
>>
>> Best Wishes,
>>
>> Ben C.
>>
>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>>
>>> Ben,
>>>
>>> Oh good grief!  Eight was it?  How about Clinton firing ALL 93?
>>>
>>> http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009784
>>>
>>> Try again.
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/washington/30attorney.html?scp=1&sq=us%20attorneys%20special%20prosecutor&st=cse
>>>>
>>>> The above link describes the latest development in the scandal which
>>>> has
>>>> become known as the "US Attorney Firings Debacle".  I know there are
>>>> those
>>>> folks who believe that since US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the
>>>> President, the replacement of a number of these federal prosecutors in
>>>> 2006
>>>> constituted much commotion over nothing much.  That's just not so. The
>>>> independence of federal prosecutors from political influence was at one
>>>> time
>>>> a proud hallmark of the Dept of Justice.  The process to appoint US
>>>> Attorneys was undeniably political, just as the appointment of federal
>>>> judges is political, but once "on the job" these men and women were
>>>> supposed
>>>> to be free to "follow the facts" or "follow the money" ( as some of our
>>>> posters are fond of saying) in the pursuit of wrong-doing without fear
>>>> or
>>>> favor from political operatives. They could be fired for no reason, or
>>>> good
>>>> reason, but not for an illegal reason.  AG Mukasey (who was hired after
>>>> Gonzales was forced to resign in part over this very issue) apparently
>>>> believes there is reason to look into whether federal law enforcement
>>>> was
>>>> compromised by the likes of Harriet Myers, Karl Rove and others in the
>>>> Bush
>>>> White House.
>>>>
>>>> The only way to ensure that this investigation continues after January
>>>> is
>>>> Elect Sen Obama as President of the United States.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>>
>>>> Ben C. s/v susan kay, highlands nj
>>>>
>>>>
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