{"id":1572,"date":"2007-05-01T09:53:54","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T15:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2017-05-21T00:29:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T06:29:03","slug":"secret-order-by-gonzales-delegated-extraordinary-powers-to-aides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/secret-order-by-gonzales-delegated-extraordinary-powers-to-aides\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Order By Gonzales Delegated Extraordinary Powers To Aides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/iq.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/iq.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By <a href=\"mailto:mwaas@nationaljournal.com\">Murray Waas<\/a>, National Journal<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General <strong>Alberto Gonzales<\/strong> signed a highly confidential order in March 2006 delegating to two of his top aides &#8212; who have since resigned because of their central roles in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys &#8212; extraordinary authority over the hiring and firing of most non-civil-service employees of the Justice Department. A copy of the order and other Justice Department records related to the conception and implementation of the order were provided to <em>National Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the order, Gonzales delegated to his then-chief of staff, <strong>D. Kyle Sampson<\/strong>, and his White House liaison &#8220;the authority, with the approval of the Attorney General, to take final action in matters pertaining to the appointment, employment, pay, separation, and general administration&#8221; of virtually all non-civil-service employees of the Justice Department, including all of the department&#8217;s political appointees who do not require Senate confirmation. <strong>Monica Goodling<\/strong> became White House liaison in April 2006, the month after Gonzales signed the order.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<br \/>\n<!-- \/nj-byline --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Waas, National Journal Attorney General Alberto Gonzales signed a highly confidential order in March 2006 delegating to two of his top aides &#8212; who have since resigned because of their central roles in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys &#8212; extraordinary authority over the hiring and firing of most non-civil-service employees of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-evidence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Secret Order By Gonzales Delegated Extraordinary Powers To Aides &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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