Why is it seemingly impossible for the main stream media, and here, for example, the New York Times, to note that the prosecutors who messed up the trial of Senator Stevens were Republican appointees and the Attorney General who is cleaning up the mess is a Democrat. And is it really impossible to find out and note that the Federal Judge who is acting to clean up the mess was appointed to the Federal Court by a Democrat, President William Clinton?
You can search in vain for any reference to the Republican-Bush-Ashcroft-Gonzales team selecting the prosecutors who have now been determined to be responsible for the misconduct in the trial of Senator Stevens.
Just read this from the Tuesday, April 7, 2009, New York Times, web edition:
WASHINGTON — A furious federal judge on Tuesday took the extraordinary step of ordering that the prosecutors who bungled the case of former Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska be investigated for possible criminal wrongdoing.
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan dismissed the charges against Mr. Stevens, which was expected given the way the case has disintegrated since the conviction in October. But the judge went well beyond that step, declaring that what the prosecutors did was the worst "mishandling or misconduct that I’ve seen in my 25 years."
Judge Sullivan spoke disdainfully of the prosecutors’ repeated assertions that any mistakes during the trial were inadvertent and made in good faith. He said he had witnessed "shocking and serious" violations of the principle that prosecutors are obligated to turn over all relevant material to the defense.
The judge appointed the attorney Henry Schuelke as special prosecutor to investigate possible criminal contempt charges against the prosecution team.
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Even before Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. moved last week to void the conviction, the trial record was filled with instances of serious prosecutorial mistakes that dismayed the large corps of Washington lawyers who followed the case, including former prosecutors and defense lawyers.
Most alarming to these lawyers was the prosecutors’ repeated failure to disclose information that might have helped the defense, despite the sanctity in which lawyers are taught to hold those obligations.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
The selection of the prosecutors responsible for this mess by the Republicans and the selection of the current Attorney General Holder by Democrat President Obama, is elementary for journalists. The official history of Judge Sullivan is readily available on the court website and shows his appointment to DC courts by President Ronald Reagan and President George Bush and his appointment to his current Federal District Court position by President William Clinton.
Upon his appointment by President Ronald Reagan to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on October 3, 1984, Judge Sullivan became the ninth lawyer from the Houston firm to become a judge.
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On November 25, 1991, Judge Sullivan was appointed by President George Bush to serve as an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
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On June 16, 1994, Judge Sullivan was appointed by President William Clinton to serve as United States District Judge for the District of Columbia. Upon his appointment as a United States District Judge, Judge Sullivan became the first person in the District of Columbia to have been appointed by three United States Presidents to three judicial positions
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http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/...
Is there some reason the main stream media seem unable or unwilling to note the difference in the Justice Department between the Republicans under President George Bush and that under President Obama?