By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jerry E. Martin was confirmed as the U.S. Attorney of Nashville on Wednesday night, the website Main Justice reported. Martin will replace U.S. Attorney Ed Yarbrough, a Bush appointee, who announced that he has accepted a position with the law firm Walker Tipps and Malone in Nashville. Main Justice, which closely…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Baton Rouge U.S. Attorney David R. Dugas, a Bush appointee who took office five weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, announced he is stepping down at the end of the week to join a national law firm with offices in Louisiana. “Serving as United States Attorney has been the greatest…
The publicity seeking Salahis/facebook photo By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (A New AOL News Site) WASHINGTON – The Salahis were hardly the first to embarrass the Secret Service by crashing presidential security. And it will probably happen again. One man did it twice. The Rev. Rich C. Weber shook hands with President Clinton at his…
At this point, there may be far more Bush holdovers serving as U.S. Attorneys than there were during the Clinton regime. Still, the current selection process for U.S. Attorneys remains, in most instances, very political and partisan. Too bad. It would be nice, and better for the sake of justice, if that weren’t the case….
It’s too bad this happens in every administration: Some high-ranking people only seem to be willing to speak up after it’s all over. The lesson here: express yourself to the powers that be when you’re there, not when you’ve left and decided to cash in with a book. By Michael Scherer Time WASHINGTON — Former…
There’s a reason Tom Ridge was not effective as he could have been as our nation’s Homeland Security chief. He was left out of key meetings. He didn’t always get necessary info from the FBI. In his new book, he suggests that the Bush administration may have played politics with the color code alerts like…
Just as we suspected. There was something fishy about the code orange alerts. Sure it’s hard to believe politics could play into this all in a town like Washington where we know everything is above board and transparent. By DEB RIECHMANN and EILEEN SULLIVAN WASHINGTON — Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge claims in a…
By The New York Times Editorial Page 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…
