Fired attorneys may merit reinstatement: senator (Specter) - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Fired attorneys may merit reinstatement: senator

1 hour, 33 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
should consider reinstatement of eight fired U.S. attorneys
if he cannot prove they were removed properly, the Republican
leader of the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday.

"I think he ought to consider it," Sen. Arlen Specter said on
ABC-TV's "This Week" program.

The Pennsylvania Republican also said the White House has
agreed to let an outside expert search for potentially missing
e-mails that may be related to the firings.

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Specter said he raised the idea of reinstatement during a
conversation with Gonzales.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070415/pl_nm/usa_prosecutors_dc

[Donnachaidh]

1. uhhhh, YA THINK Arlen?

Wow -- Yet.Another.Opportunity.For.A.Photo.Op Spector trips over the obvious. :sarcasm:

[SaveOurDemocracy]

2. It'll never happen ...

First, they would have to admit they were in the wrong ... what are the odds on THAT happening?

Second, Arlen's just doing his 'I'm on the side of the rule of law' dance and will soon abandon his faux-moral stance.

[Joe Chi Minh]

3. Just to here him float the idea is something. Whatever his motives.

The puzzle is why it wasn't all the Democratic Congress critters. It may be that they expect a reversal of their dismissals to place via other avenues, when the indictments pile up more and more.

[Hart2008]

4. Spector slipped the USA appointment language in before...

so now he is covering his ass.

Magic Bullet Arlen

:puke:

[Joe Chi Minh]

5. I'd forgotten that.

Why are they allowed to slip amendments in on the sly? It seems to run counter to everything that lawful government should be about. They are not our agents now; only our representatives. They should at least be allowed to be the latter in the imperfect form it is at best.

[Hart2008]

7. Spector blamed his aide. BS n/t

[salin]

8. Nah - he always does this ... makes a bold confrontational sounding

statement... then cowers at the criticism, backs down and carries bushco's water.

Remember how he was going to investigate and fight the FISALESS survelliences? Result - he sponsored legislation to give the WH the actual authority for the survellience.

Whatever, Sen Spector, not like anyone expects you to actually put any actions to your 'maverick' words.

[CK_John]

6. Old magic bullet is trying to pull the no harm no foul bs. n/t

[Joe Chi Minh]

9. That took some imagination, didn't it? Not to say, nerve!