More than ONE-FOURTH of US attorneys were considered for firings!
Drip, drip, drip
Coming from WaPo:
--The Justice Department considered dismissing many more U.S. attorneys than officials have previously acknowledged, with at least 26 prosecutors suggested for termination between February 2005 and December 2006, according to sources familiar with documents withheld from the public.
Gonzo testified otherwise LAST WEEK!
Story not online yet, but should be soon at http://www.washingtonpost.com
Gonzo is not off the hook yet:
more from WaPo:
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified last week that the effort was limited to eight U.S. attorneys fired since June, and other administration officials have said that only a few others were suggested for removal.
In fact, Gonzales' former chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson, recommended more than two dozen U.S. attorneys for termination, according to lists compiled by him and his colleagues, the sources said.
Some may have gotten off the list, but they got the message:
Sources who have examined or been briefed on the full records identified at least 26 names in total, including the nine prosecutors fired last year and another, Karl K. ``Kasey'' Warner of Charleston, W.Va., who was dismissed in August 2005. The remaining 16 include three who resigned from their posts after appearing on one or more lists.
THE LIST:
Feb. 24, 2005
Thirteen U.S. attorneys recommended for removal by D. Kyle Sampson, who sends the list to the White House in early March.
Steven Biskupic (Milwaukee)
Margaret Chiara (Grand Rapids, Mich.)***
Bud Cummins (Little Rock)***
Thomas Heffelfinger (Minn.)*
David L. Huber (Louisville, Ky.)
Carol C. Lam (San Diego)***
Dunn Lampton (Jackson, Miss.)
John McKay (Seattle)***
Greg Miller (Tallahassee)
Paula Silsby (Maine)
Ana Mills Wagoner (Greensboro, N.C.)
Kasey Warner (Charleston, W.Va.)**
David York (Mobile, Ala.)*
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January 2006
Justice documents show two separate lists compiled by Sampson around this time.
List 1, 5 names
Todd P. Graves (Kansas City, Mo.)***
Heffelfinger (Minn.)*
Bill Leone (Colo.)*
David O'Meilia (Tulsa, Okla.)
Silsby (Maine)
List 2, 8 names
Chiara (Grand Rapids, Mich.)***
Cummins (Little Rock)***
Graves (Kansas City, Mo.)***
Lam (San Diego)***
Kevin Ryan (San Francisco)***
Heffelfinger (Minn.)*
Leone (Colo.)*
O'Meilia (Tulsa, Okla.)
Sept. 13, 2006
Sampson sends a memo to White House including nine prosecutors recommended for firing, five of whom would be dismissed.
Daniel Bogden (Nevada)***
Chiara (Grand Rapids, Mich.)***
Paul K. Charlton (Arizona)***
Lam (San Diego)***
McKay (Seattle)***
Thomas Marino (Scranton, Pa.)
Miller (Tallahassee)
Silsby (Maine)
Wagoner (Greensboro, N.C.)
Nov. 1, 2006
Michael Elston, chief of staff to the deputy attorney general, suggests five other firing candidates.
John Brownlee (Roanoke, Va.)
Christopher J. Christie (Newark, N.J.)
Colm F. Connolly (Delaware)
Mary Beth Buchanan (Pittsburgh)
Frank Maxwell Wood (Macon, Ga.)
Nov. 7, 2006
Sampson sends firing list to Elston.
Bogden (Nevada)***
Charlton (Arizona)***
Chiara (Grand Rapids, Mich.)***
David C. Iglesias (New Mexico)***
Lam (San Diego)***
McKay (Seattle)***
Marino (Scranton, Pa.)
Miller (Tallahassee)
Silsby (Maine)
Dec. 4, 2006
The final list of seven U.S. attorneys to be fired on Dec. 7 (Cummins and Graves were fired earlier).
Bogden***
Charlton***
Chiara***
Iglesias***
Lam***
McKay***
Ryan***
*resigned
**fired separately from others in August 2005
***fired last year. 0