NEW: The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents
March 9, 2007
For the latest news, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the Bush administration's politically motivated prosecutor firings, visit Perrspectives U.S. Attorneys Scandal Document Center.
The U.S. Attorneys Document collection includes:
- A complete archive of the latest news articles on the prosecutor firings, including updates on planned Congressional hearings and Alberto Gonzales' decision to reverse course on the White House's threat to legislative revision of the Patriot Act.
- Access to transcripts of recent Congressional testimony by the fired prosecutors, Attorney General Gonzales, Deputy Attorney General McNulty and more.
- Damning documents including the threatened retaliation against the fired U.S. attorneys by DOJ's Mike Elston and the smoking gun letter from the Building Industry Association of Washington to Rep. Doc Hastings calling on President Bush to fire prosecutor John McKay.
- Access to the ethics complaints filed by Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW) against Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) and Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA).
- Other essential reading, including AG Gonzales' USA Today op-ed claiming the firings are "an overblown personnel matter", Dahlia Lithwick's Slate profile of Arlen Specter's role in the misguided revision of the Patriot Act and scandal background from Salon.com.
So check out the Bush DOJ U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.
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