U.S. Attorney Carol Lam Resigns

    This makes the third (?) resignation by this group of attorneys in a week and a half.

    Ms. Lam will step down on February 15.

    From North County Times

By: WILLIAM FINN BENNETT - Staff Writer

January 17,2007         Entire Article

The release did not provide a reason for Lam's resignation nor did it say if she had been asked to resign. Reached by phone late Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the 47-year-old Lam said that there would be no other comment.                          In a Tuesday phone interview from his Washington office, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said Lam was asked to step down.                                                                                     Issa declined to name the source of the information, but said "it was a high-ranking administration official involved in the decision process.                                                               In a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said that it was recently brought to her attention that several U.S. attorneys have been asked to resign, some by the end of the month and prior to the end of their terms.                                                                      She said the resignation requests were not based on any allegation of misconduct.                                                       "In other words, they are forced resignations," Feinstein said.                                                                                      She expressed concern that Gonzales plans to appoint interim replacements and "potentially avoid Senate confirmation."                                                                          A little-known provision in the Patriot Act reauthorization last year changed existing law so that if a vacancy occurs, the attorney general can appoint a replacement for an indefinite period of time.         MORE!

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    As you can see, the Bush Crime Family continues its onslaught against law and order and against the American people! Sen. Feinstein hit it on the nose with her concerns about Gonzales wanting to skirt the Senate confirmation of the new 'replacements.'

    I am now placing Gonzales on my list of top  Bush Crime Family "warlords." This is another one who has to go!

 

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