(Senator) Leahy to pursue Justice firings (looking to Obama admin to release info)

[sabra]

Source: Vermont Press Bureau

Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the head of the U.S. Senate's Judiciary Committee, said that despite the impending change in presidential administrations, he will pursue his inquiry into political influence in the U.S. Department of Justice under President George Bush.

Leahy said it was "encouraging" that the U.S. Department of Justice has said it will provide some of the information about the allegedly politically motivated firings in 2006 of nine U.S. attorneys.

And if President-elect Barack Obama's administration releases some of the information his committee has sought, he will not have to pursue that material through congressional means, Leahy said.

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Leahy wants to know what influence members of the White House – including Karl Rove – had on the firings of the prosecutors. The firings led to several investigations and were followed by the resignation of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

"My ultimate goal is to find out what they did … where law enforcement was manipulated," Leahy said of any potential White House influence in the firings.


Read more: http://www.timesargus.com/article/20081120/NEWS01/81120...

[KoKo]

1. Good News...but I hear the "shredder trucks" have already been backing up

in the DC Streets.

[felinetta]

2. Keep going Sen. Leahy!

[ooglymoogly]

3. love this guy kr nt

[catzies]

4. The laws sometimes sleep, but never die.

I got that in a fortune cookie once.

Go get 'em Senator Leahy.

[bertman]

5. Leahy can do all the "pursuing" he wants, but our Prez-elect already said we are Looking

Forward not back. Don't get your hopes up for anything as unthinkable as accountability, and certainly not prosecution.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. All the Fed. AGs can and should be replaced asap after Jan.

That is one decision which will tell if Obama is serious about change.

You can bet there are shredders in Ca, Mo, Ohio, NM, DC AG offices.