Litigation
Mar. 22, 2007
E-Mails Shed Light on Inner Workings at Justice
The newest internal documents released by Justice Department officials won't resolve the debate over the politics behind the U.S. attorney purge, but they cast a fascinating spotlight on the inner workings of an agency usually shrouded in secrecy. The various e-mails, reports and memos paint a portrait of a department operating very much top-down basis, with officials under Attorney General Alberto Gonzales intimately involved in debating every decision regarding local prosecutors.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - California's two fired U.S. attorneys probably never knew how closely Washington was watching their every move.
It's now common knowledge that the Bush administration claims it fired San Diego's Carol Lam because of her approach to immigration cases and that San Francisco's Kevin Ryan lost his job to his management style.
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