MT AG had Sen. staffer insert a prov. into PA so Prosecutors can live outside their districts!!

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Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales sent a letter to
a federal judge in Montana, assuring him that the U.S.
attorney there, William W. Mercer, was not violating
federal law by spending most of his time in Washington
as a senior Justice Department official. That same
day, Mercer had a GOP Senate staffer insert into a bill a
provision that would change the rules so that federal
prosecutors could live outside their districts to
serve in other jobs, according to documents and interviews
Congress passed the provision several months later as
part of the USA Patriot Act reauthorization bill,
retroactively benefiting Mercer and a handful of other
senior Justice officials. The episode, which received
little notice at the time, provides another example in
which Gonzales's statements appear to conflict with
simultaneous actions by his aides in connection with U.S.
attorney policies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR2007050101961_pf.html