Hmm, Paul Charlton of Arizona was one of the U.S. Attorneys who where
fired, as was Carol Lam, who put Duke Cunningham in jail. Couldn't
possibly be retribution, could it?
rick baird wrote:
you expressed concern over his office being raided.
why is a congressman's home sacrosanct when yours and my homes and
offices aren't?
and didn't you just say that the bush Justice department is a partisan
gang who fires USAs because they don't go after enough democrats?
This sure doesn't look like that to me.
On 4/20/07, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Apparently you did, Gerald.
Gerald Magnuson wrote:
> I must have missed your concern about Rep. Jefferson, D-LA
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cpf0000-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> On Behalf Of Booth Martin
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 11:59 AM
> To: Open discssion among iSeries Users
> Subject: [CPF0000] Oops... FBI raids on lawmakers homes?
>
> "Another GOP Lawmaker Targeted in FBI Raid; Doolittle Resigns Key
> Committee Post
> Roll Call (via Think Progress
> <http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/renzi-raid/>) reports that the FBI
> raided a business tied to the family of Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.)
> Thursday afternoon as part of an ongoing investigation, and as a
result,
>
> Renzi is stepping down from the House Intelligence Committee. This
comes
>
> one day after Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) gave up his seat on the
> House Appropriations Committee
>
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-doolittle20apr20,1
> ,138324.story?coll=la-headlines-nation>
> - reportedly under pressure from his party's leadership - after reports
> surfaced that the FBI had raided his home in an investigation
related to
>
> former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. "
>
> I must admit that this makes me very nervous. I do not like wrong
doing,
>
> but I am not sure I like the idea of the Executive Branch having the
> ability to target individuals in the Legislative branch, either. I
might
>
> have a tad less concern if it was not extremely clear that a sitting
> President has used his authority to force individuals under him to
> target his political adversaries. We know 8 were fired for not doing as
> directed, but we do not know how many were *not* fired because they
> *did* do as they were ordered,
>
>
>
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