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To: Terry Maloney who wrote (330564)	1/16/2007 5:28:53 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

I've got a new start up going public next week. Want some preferred shares in it? The ticker will be HANG but it's actually just piano wire manufacturing and sales....we have a big gov't contract in the works.

To: Terry Maloney who wrote (330564)	1/16/2007 5:31:10 PM
From: Secret_Agent_Man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

YOU REALLY SHOULD READ THIS, and then ask do we still have democracy/republic..and is your money safe.. U. S. Attorneys Forced to Resign - Senator Diane Feinstein has spoken out about this on the Senate floor. Below the fold is transcription of the first part of her remarks. Recently it came to my attention that the Department of Justice has asked several United States Attorneys from around the country to resign their positions, some by the end of this month, prior to the end of their terms, and not based on any allegation of misconduct. In other words, they are forced resignations. I've also heard that the [...] Attorney General plans to appoint replacements and potentially avoid Senate confirmation by leaving an interim U. S. Attorney in place for the remainder of the Bush administration. Now how does this all happen? The department sought, and essentially was given [...] new authority under a little known provision in the Patriot Act to appoint interim appointments who are not subject to Senate confirmation and who could remain in place for the remainder of the Bush administration. Now to date I know of seven U. S. Attorneys forced to resign without cause, without any allegations of misconduct. These include two from my home state, San Diego and San Francisco, as well as U. S. Attorneys from New Mexico, Nevada, Arkansas, Texas, Washington, and Arizona. In California, press reports indicate that Carol Lam, U. S. Attorney for San Diego, has been asked to leave her position as has Kevin Ryan of San Francisco. The public response has been shock. Peter Nunez, who served as the San Diego United States Attorney from 1982-88 has said "This is like nothing I've ever seen in my 35+ years." He went on to say that while the President has the authority to fire a U. S. Attorney for any reason, it is extremely rare unless there is an allegation of misconduct. Now to my knowledge, there are no allegations of misconduct having to do with Carol Lam. She is a distinguished former judge. Rather, the only explanation I've seen are concerns that were expressed about prioritizing public corruption cases over smuggling and gun cases. Now the most well-known case involves a U. S. Attorney in Arkansas. Senators Pryor and Lincoln have raised significant concerns about how Bud Cummins was asked to resign, and in his place the administration appointed their top lawyer in charge of political opposition research, Tim Griffin. investorshub.com