Entries from Seattlest tagged with 'albertogonzalez'
June 19, 2007
The headline: "White House E-Mail Inquiry Will Widen." The story: how the Bush administration has quite possibly made a major infraction, broken big giant rules, or in the P-I's words, "committed 'extensive' [legal] violations." Remember that whole Alberto Gonzalez thing? Where it was speculated that the Attorney General deliberately fired a bevy of federal attorneys for political reasons, to appease a certain political agenda? There was a moment during all that hoo-ah when someone mentioned......
Continue Reading "Woah Wait a Minute. What's That Buried in the P-I?"March 13, 2007
Kyle Sampson, the top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, has resigned, as it becomes more and more clear that US attorneys who were fired in December, including Seattle-based John McKay, were fired for political reasons. On his blog, the Seattle Times' David Postman eviscerates Gonzalez' explanation of the firings. Gonzalez himself canceled travel plans and testified to Congress today, admitting that "mistakes were made." Now, Democrats want Gonzalez to resign, and we can't help......
Continue Reading "Those Responsible for Sacking the People Who Have Just Been Sacked, Have Been Sacked"April 6, 2005
Don’t you hate it when you lose your keys and waste an entire morning looking for them, only to find 93 uncounted ballots instead? Well, that’s the feeling down at King County Elections as ballots continue to show up in the darndest places. The revelation of these found ballots has King County Elections Director Dean Logan under fire. Republican Council Members Reagan Dunn and Steve Hammond both sent him letters asking for his resignation.......
Continue Reading "Ballots Found. Job Lost?"