Gonzales Aides Broke Laws in Hiring, Report Says

[tgnyc]

Source: NY Times

Senior aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales broke the law by using politics to guide their hiring decisions for a wide range of important department positions, slowing the hiring process at critical times and damaging the department’s credibility and independence, an internal report concluded Monday.

The report, prepared by the Justice Department’s inspector general and its internal ethics office, singles out for particular criticism Monica Goodling, a young lawyer from the Republican National Committee who rose quickly through the ranks of the department to become a top aide to Mr. Gonzales.

Ms. Goodling, who testified before Congress in May 2007 at the height of the scandal over the firings of nine United States attorneys, introduced politics into the hiring process in a systematic way that constituted illegal misconduct, the report found.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/washington/29justice.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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Feds should lean on Monica until she gives up Gonzo!

[jpak]

1. YAWN

nothing will happen to them

(except a presidential pardon)

again


(((YAWN)))

[tridim]

4. Yawn for now, but stay tuned sports fan.

Things will be changing by next year.

[johnfunk]

5. Wait 'til Attorney General John Edwards starts enforcing some outstanding congressional subpoenas...

:popcorn:

[jaybeat]

2. Another one for the "No shit, Sherlock!" file (nt)

[LynnTheDem]

3. Laws -US or international- are only for the little people.

Only to be used if, when, where and how George W. bUsh says.

[Supersedeas]

6. and they thing this is quaint