A tangled web in attorney firings

JUSTICE DEPT. OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN ATTORNEY FIRINGS RESIGNS

By Jerry Zremski, Buffalo News

Michael A. Battle, formerly the top federal prosecutor in Buffalo and now a senior official at the U.S. Department of Justice…on Monday announced that he plans to leave the Justice Department for private practice but stressed that his resignation was not connected to the controversial personnel changes.

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GONZALES DEFENDS MOVE TO FIRE ATTORNEYS, DENIES POLITICAL ROLE

By Evan Perez, Wall Street Journal

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, facing criticism for the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, defended the action as appropriate but said the Justice Department handled the situation poorly.

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