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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: JBTFD who wrote (92364)3/30/2007 4:02:46 PM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (2) of 173976
 
BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on Friday he did not recall being involved in talks on dismissing individual federal prosecutors, disputing testimony given to Congress by his former chief of staff.

Gonzales, facing calls to resign over the firings, said he directed former aide Kyle Sampson to evaluate the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys to determine where changes might be needed.

Gonzales said "from time to time" Sampson would mention "things that would tell me that this effort was ongoing."

"I don't recall being involved in deliberations involving the question of whether or not a U.S. attorney should or should not be asked to resign," Gonzales told reporters after a forum on child safety at the federal courthouse in Boston.
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The dismissal of eight prosecutors in December, shortly after Democrats won control of Congress, has blown up into another controversy for the administration of President George W. Bush, whose approval ratings have been dragged down by public discontent over the war in Iraq.

Critics charge the firings appear politically motivated, while the administration contends the dismissals were justified, based largely on performance or policy differences.

Newly disclosed documents show loyalty was a factor.

U.S. attorneys serve at the pleasure of a president, but the Bush administration has offered shifting and conflicting explanations for why the eight were dismissed. Continued...
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