Froomkin: McNulty Gets Knife in the Back

[maddezmom]

McNulty Gets Knife in the Back

By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, May 15, 2007; 3:16 PM

The orders from the White House to any number of embattled senior administration officials appear to be the same: Hunker down, admit nothing, offer no appearance of panic and whatever you do, don't resign.

The penalty for violating those orders came more clearly into focus this morning. Just hours after Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty announced his resignation, his boss publicly stabbed him in the back.

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Why Did He Resign?



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McNulty's citing of "financial realities" brought on by his "college-age children and two decades of public service" was a classic Washington white lie, of course. The real reason for his resignation? Probably a combination of some or all of the following:

* He realized he had dishonored himself and the department;

* He realized there was no way he could personally be effective any longer;

* He realized the entire current leadership of the department was no longer effective;


more:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/05/15/BL2007051501226.html

[sam sarrha]

1. i love the sound of Domino's falling in the morning..

:toast: :party: :nopity: :toast: :kick: :loveya: :headbang: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :woohoo: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :popcorn:

[C_U_L8R]

2. I hope McNulty is itchin' for a fight

Gonzo deserves a bloody nose for that BS