Michael Battle Director of the Executive Office for US Attorneys...resigning

[maddezmom]

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The department also said that Michael Battle — a senior Justice official who directed the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and who had personally informed the ousted U.S. attorneys of their removal — would leave his post March 16.

Battle, who has held his post since June 2005, notified U.S. attorneys of his decision in January and had informed the department last summer that he wished to pursue opportunities in the private sector, the department said. Battle was not involved in the actual decision-making that led to the prosecutors' ouster, the department said.

"His departure is not connected to the U.S. attorney controversy whatsoever," Roehrkasse said.

But Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record), D-N.Y., a member of the Judiciary Committee, which is holding one of the hearings, said the timing of Battle's resignation raises questions as to whether he is "another casualty of the U.S. attorney's imbroglio."


more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070305/ap_on_go_co/congress_prosecutors

[maddezmom]

1. just one kick

:D

and another article:

BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT

The "unprecedented" U.S. Attorney firing scandal keeps getting weirder. It was revealed today that Michael Battle, the director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, will resign on March 16.

Battle personally informed the fired attorneys of their removal, but the Department of Justice insists he was not involved in the actual decision making process (he allegedly told them the order had come from 'on high'"). A spokesperson also said the timing is merely a coincidence and "is not connected to the U.S. attorney controversy whatsoever."

In fact, the DoJ now claims he had informed them of his resignation as long ago as last summer, which would have been just a year since he began working in June 2005.

Congressional Democrats are understandably skeptical. Sen. Charles Schumer wondered whether Battle's resignation was merely "another casualty of the U.S. attorney's imbroglio."

"The Administration's explanation of Mr. Battle's apparent resignation is as murky as everything else they have told us about this case," said Rep. Linda Sanchez. "I look forward to hearing the testimony of the fired federal prosecutors so we can get closer to the truth of what happened."

Full Story here: http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/189

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2756024

[MountainLaurel]

2. Another scapegoat for Bush malfeasance

:shrug:

[EFerrari]

3. That is getting to be one really BIG herd. n/t

[MountainLaurel]

4. No shit

I wonder how far it's gonna go, and whether we're going to end up with a Night of the Long Knives without all the killing.