WP:(nervous) Judges Seek to Oust US Marshals Chief(headed 130 TX police!)

[DeepModem Mom]

Judges Seek To Oust Chief Of Marshals
Service's Cuts Heighten Concern Over Security

By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, May 16, 2005; Page B01


Leaders of the federal judiciary have privately urged Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to consider replacing the director of the U.S. Marshals Service, complaining that weak management has left judges and courthouses in danger, according to several court officers, judges and federal officials.

In public, the normally reserved federal judges have criticized the Marshals Service for what they consider the lackluster performance of its director, Benigno G. Reyna, and his failure to respond quickly to their pleas for more security. Those concerns were magnified in February, when an angry litigant broke into the home of U.S. District Judge Joan H. Lefkow in Chicago and killed her husband and mother.

The judges' increasing frustration is scheduled to be aired this week on Capitol Hill, when Lefkow and others plan to testify at a hearing exploring security issues. Reyna also is on the witness list for the session Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In the Washington area and nationwide, federal judges said they fear for their families at home and members of the public in their courtrooms. They said the Marshals Service has ordered deep cuts in the ranks of deputy marshals, who secure prisoners, monitor courtrooms and protect judges....

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Against this backdrop, the executive committee of the Judicial Conference had its first meeting with Gonzales in mid-March, not long after he became attorney general. The committee's first request was that he urge President Bush to put a career marshal in charge of the Marshals Service. Reyna, formerly chief of the 130-person police force in Brownsville, Tex., became director of the marshals service in October 2001, and some judges raised questions about his experience....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/15/AR2005051500940.html

[quaoar]

1. Here's his bio

http://www.usmarshals.gov/contacts/reyna.htm

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Thanks, quaoar!

The bio is a little fuller than the article indicates, but the judges appear to be calling for a career person in the post.

[EC]

3. Could it be that Alberto and The Bushys

want the judges without security, since they've been complaining about them and essentially called for their assassinations through DeLay and Cornyn?

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Well, that's a connection I hadn't made! With these guys...

who knows?

[jobycom]

5. He should be in line for National Security Advisor or Sec of Defense

Given his record of failure.

[DeepModem Mom]

6. LOL! So true, in this administration! NT

[struggle4progress]

7. kick