James Cole nominated for No. 2 job at Justice Department

[alp227]

Source: The Washington Post

The White House nominated James M. Cole as deputy attorney general Friday, turning to a veteran Washington lawyer to fill a critical position that has been vacant for months.

Cole, 58, is a white-collar defense lawyer and longtime friend of Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. Cole has held numerous jobs in government, including 13 years at the Justice Department. He also worked as an independent monitor reviewing the operations of American International Group, the insurance giant that was bailed out during the financial crisis. Senate Republicans said they plan to make that an issue in his confirmation hearings.

The deputy attorney general is essentially a chief operating officer for the Justice Department, running a vast 24-hour operation with more than 100,000 employees. The job involves such tasks as setting policy, deciding whether to prosecute high-profile cases and resolving disputes between Justice agencies.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/21/AR2010052103388.html?wprss=rss_politics

[Hubert Flottz]

1. "reviewing the operations of American International Group"

AIG execs won't face criminal charges

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4393177&mesg_id=4393177

The payola?

[dmosh42]

2. Nobody faces charges with this AG, only pot growers in Ca.

Completely useless, and a waste of money. Like a re-run of Mukasey and Gonzalez.

[Hubert Flottz]

3. "Don't look back" at the big shots...

But put the poor away forever. Hell of a "Free Country" we live in ain't it?

[KoKo]

4. Sounds like another Fox to guard the Hen House...AIG Attorney in the Justice Dept....

:rofl: