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Skriven 2007-03-13 17:47:44 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
     Kommentar till en text av Bob Sakowski
Ärende: Re: The Army is ordering injured troops to go to Iraq
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Hi Bob,

> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:06:38 -0400, Janis Kracht wrote:

>> http://www.salon.com/news/2007/03/11/fort_benning/
>>
>> The Army is ordering injured troops to go to Iraq At Fort Benning, soldiers
> who
>> were classified as medically unfit to fight are now being sent to war. Is
> this
>> an isolated incident or a trend?

> It's the new GOP plan for supporting the troops...  giving medically unfit
> troops the chance to continue soldiering, don't you know.

Pretty sick.. My Dad would scream if he was still around and heard this.

> There is no depth of depraved immorality to which this maladministration
> will not go.

And I believe there's more news yet to come out, and this certainly over the
Dept. of Justice fiasco:

> Must make one proud...  honored, even, to be a republican.

As Senator Shumer, points out:

"...Here are some of the falsehoods we've been told that are now unraveling.

First, we were told that the seven of the eight U.S. attorneys were fired for
performance reasons.

It now turns out this was a falsehood, as the glowing performance evaluations
attest.

Second, we were told by the attorney general that he would, quote, "never, ever
make a change for political reasons."

It now turns out that this was a falsehood, as all the evidence makes clear
that this purge was based purely on politics, to punish prosecutors who were
perceived to be too light on Democrats or too tough on Republicans.

Third, we were told by the attorney general that this was just an overblown
personnel matter.

It now turns out that far from being a low-level personnel matter, this was a
longstanding plan to exact political vendettas or to make political pay-offs.

Fourth, we were told that the White House was not really involved in the plan
to fire U.S. attorneys. This, too, turns out to be false.

Harriet Miers was one of the masterminds of this plan, as demonstrated by
numerous e-mails made public today. She communicated extensively with Kyle
Sampson about the firings of the U.S. attorneys. In fact, she originally wanted
to fire and replace the top prosecutors in all 93 districts across the country.

Fifth, we were told that Karl Rove had no involvement in getting his protege
appointed U.S. attorney in Arkansas.

In fact, here is a letter from the Department of Justice. Quote: "The
department is not aware of Karl Rove playing any role in the decision to
appoint Mr. Griffin."

It now turns out that this was a falsehood, as demonstrated by Mr. Sampson's
own e-mail. Quote: "Getting him, Griffin, appointed was important to Harriet,
Karl, et cetera.

Sixth, we were told to change the Patriot Act was an innocent attempt to fix a
legal loophole, not a cynical strategy to bypass the Senate's role in serving
as a check and balance.

It was Senator Feinstein who discovered that issue. She'll talk more about it.

So there has been misleading statement after misleading statement -- deliberate
misleading statements. And we haven't gotten to the bottom of this yet, but
believe me, we will pursue it.

I think there are three things that should happen immediately so we can restore
public confidence and get this scandal behind us.

First, I renew my call that Attorney General Gonzales should step down. Today's
resignation by his chief of staff does not take the heat off the attorney
general. It raises the temperature.

Second, we must hear from key White House players immediately, so that the air
can be cleared.

Karl Rove, we now know, was involved in the firings and lobbied for his own
protegee to take the spot of a respected U.S. attorney in Arkansas. Karl Rove
should not wait for a subpoena. He should come before us immediately.

Harriet Miers, who was deeply involved in this ill-conceived project, must also
come before Congress and explain what she did and what she told the president
and why these U.S. attorneys were fired.

And Kyle Sampson, the A.G.'s chief of staff, must come before us.

And finally and most importantly, the president must clarify his role in this
whole matter. It appears he weighed in directly with the attorney general about
at least one U.S. attorney, who was then fired a few weeks later. The sooner he
explains this to the American people, the better. The cloud over the U.S.
attorneys, the cloud over the Justice Department is getting darker and darker,
and only the president and dispel it."

For complete text:
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002740.php

Take care,
Janis

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