Six fired U.S. attorneys were subpoenaed,after declining to testify,yet get accused of grandstanding

[Swede]

This is one sloppy cover up.


Justice Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said that "a private and collegial conversation" was "being twisted into a perceived threat by former disgruntled employees grandstanding before Congress."

The six U.S. attorneys who appeared yesterday had declined to testify voluntarily. They were subpoenaed by a House Judiciary subcommittee and threatened with subpoenas in the Senate. Their testimony marked the latest twist in the U.S. attorneys saga, which began quietly on Dec. 7 with a spate of firings, but has prompted concern among current and former federal prosecutors that the firings -- and the Justice Department's evasive and shifting explanations -- threaten to permanently damage the credibility of U.S. attorney's offices nationwide.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030600606.html

[MADem]

1. This is some disgusting behavior. Incredible....!!

And notice how BUSHCO manages a bit of distance by DELEGATING interim appointments to Alberto:

The department has also acknowledged that Cummins, the Little Rock prosecutor, was asked to resign solely to provide a job for a former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove....Moschella said Justice did not intend to evade Senate oversight of U.S. attorneys, who under a new law can be appointed on an interim basis indefinitely by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.

...In addition to Iglesias, four other fired prosecutors were conducting political corruption investigations of Republicans when they were dismissed....

[butterfly77]

2. and the band played on...

Some are finally getting up the nerve to speak, if only some who are now catching hell would have spoken up earlier...