Civil Rights Division Head Resigning at Justice Dept.

[sabra]

Source: NYTimes

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 — The head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division announced Thursday that he was resigning, the latest in a long string of departures from the department in the midst of a furor over the leadership of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.

The department said that the resignation of the official, Assistant Attorney General Wan J. Kim, had nothing to do with the recent controversies over Mr. Gonzales’s performance, and that Mr. Kim had been planning his departure for months.

His departure was announced on the same day that department officials confirmed that a senior official who preceded Mr. Kim in running the civil rights division, Bradley J. Schlozman, had also resigned.

In Senate testimony two months ago, Mr. Schlozman, who was interim director of the division in 1993, acknowledged that he had actively recruited conservative Republican applicants to work in the division and that he had rewritten the performance evaluations of career lawyers who were not considered loyal to the Bush administration.



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[countmyvote4real]

1. Hello, Albertino? We're waiting for you to resign already. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

2. More: Top Civil Rights Prosecutor Resigns

Top Civil Rights Prosecutor Resigns
Friday August 24, 2007 10:46 AM
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department's top civil rights enfo Kim was the first immigrant and first Korean-American to head the department's civil rights division - a post he held for just over two years.

Kim is the latest senior Justice official to leave amid a scathing congressional investigation that has raised questions about the department's political independence from the White House.

Kim had been rumored for months to be leaving the department, and is expected to join a private law firm. He worked at Justice for over 10 years, starting as a criminal trial attorney, and was one of the few Senate-confirmed senior officials left.

``For over a decade now, Wan Kim has served the Department of Justice and the American people with distinction and honor,'' Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said in a statement Thursday. ``Wan has worked his way up through the department, and I will miss his honest opinions and valuable contributions as an adviser to me.''
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6873260,00.html

[tom_paine]

3. I would like to be happy about this. However, Bushevik tactics indicate this is no cause for joy

In EVERY case wher he Royal Bushies were forced to jettison one of their own, IN EVERY CASE AND WITHOUT FAIL, a worse, more evil, more consciousless, less American, more Bushie person to the post.

So, instead of rejoicing at Scholzmann's departure (and I am not criticizing such a reaction, for irt speak to the decades we all lived in freedom before 12/12/2000), we should be mourning, wondering what truly bad person will replace the very bad person who is departing.

Naturally, the Democrats will confirm him after the usually phony show, that is, if they even will get that opportunity with that position (not that it would matter either way).

Don't shoot the messenger for telling the truth, please.