Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Process of Firing US Attorney Daniel Bogden

TPMmuckraker reports on some of the deliberations invovled in the Justice Department decision to fire US Attorney Daniel Bogden.

Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty in an email wrote: "he has been with DOJ since 1990 and, at age 50, has never had a job outside of government. My guess is that he was hoping to ride this out well into '09 or beyond. I'll admit have not looked at his district's performance". Kyle Sampson apparently said that in a meeting McNulty brought this up in a meeting and asked how he'd care for his family but stopped when he was told he didn't have one. I guess single people deserve their job less.

"[Gonzales Chief of Staff Kyle] Sampson couldn't say who had put Bogden on the list (even though he was the 'keeper of the list') or why. He'd never looked at Bogden's performance, and neither did Alberto Gonzales."

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