Mukasey Security Detail Filed Complaint (AP)

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Source: Associated Press

Mukasey Security Detail Filed Complaint

By LARA JAKES JORDAN and DEVLIN BARRETT
| Associated Press Writers
3:05 PM EDT, September 25, 2007

WASHINGTON - Emptying the trash, carrying groceries
and toting golf clubs were among duties allegedly
assigned to U.S. marshals protecting two federal judges
in New York over the last decade -- one of whom has
been nominated to be the next U.S. attorney general.

The valet-like chores were outlined in a complaint two
years ago against Michael B. Mukasey, another judge and
their wives by deputy marshals assigned to the judges'
security details.

The complaint says marshals weren't allowed to flush the
toilet when working on the night shift -- even though the
U.S. Marshals Service "pays rent for the right to use
this toilet." It also accuses one of the judges and his
wife of demanding to swap their airplane coach seats with
first-class fare that the marshals bought with taxpayer
money.

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The complaint, first obtained by The Associated Press
in 2005, does not specify which judge or spouse is
responsible for assigning which tasks to the deputy
marshals included in their grievance.

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