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

Submitted by BuzzFlash on Mon, 03/05/2007 - 4:07pm.

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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."

Sanchez chairs the Judiciary Subcommittee hearing testimony tomorrow from fired attorneys. Four have already been subpoenaed, and Sanchez announced Monday morning that two additional attorneys might also receive subpoenas.

News of Battle's resignation comes just days after the resignations of two top military officials following the Walter Reed Hospital scandal. Battle has long been a loyal member of the Bush Administration, having been appointed a U.S. Attorney in 2002 before his current position. In an online Q&A for WhiteHouse.gov in 2005, Battle parroted Bush rhetoric, going so far as to claim that "Far from compromising our civil liberties, the PATRIOT Act expressly protects them."

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Bush Impeachment

Submitted by chuckmc29 on Mon, 03/12/2007 - 8:30am.

The Neo-Cons are so deceitful and slick that any attempt at impeachment will be difficult. However, the most evidence would probably come from the Iraq War, since apparently it was in the planning stages before 9-11. Hopefully, Bush's TRUE motives (religion, revenge, war profiteering, oil, "war-time president", re-election boost, etc.) would be defined for the entire world. Only then will we be on the road to healing and this despicable dictatorship in our country will be ended. The accumulated wealth of the convicted Neo-Cons should be applied to ease the incredible debt our nation has incurred or provide restitution to those killed or wounded in the Iraq debacle.

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