startribune.com - 12/3/2008
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An independent federal investigation has determined that former U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose retaliated against the No. 2 person in her Minneapolis office after he filed a complaint that she had mishandled classified materials. The announcement by the Office of Special Counsel in Washington on ...
post-gazette.com - 12/5/2008
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post-gazette.com —
Despite a new administration coming into power, U.S.
Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said she plans to stick...
around. "It doesn't serve justice for all the U.S. attorneys to submit their resignations all at one time," she said yesterday. U.S. attorneys ...
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Buchanan doesn't plan to step down as U.S. attorney
thinkprogress.org - 12/5/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Mary Beth Buchanan was appointed by President Bush
to serve as U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh in Sept....
2001. Buchanan has held several significant posts within the Bush/Ashcroft/Gonzales Justice Department, most notably serving as director the Executive ...
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A New Attorney Scandal? Bush-Appointed U.S. Attorney ...
commentarymagazine.com - 12/5/2008
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commentarymagazine.com —
Barack Obama is toying with the idea of
making a speech from an Islamic capital within his...
first 100 days in office. The scuttlebutt is all about finding the right one. (The consensus is Cairo–which is a terrible idea. An Obama speech there ...
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Obama’s Muslim Speech
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Probe Finds Ex-US Attorney Retaliated Against Whistleblower
TPMMuckraker —
The Associated Press reports:
Former U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Rachel K. Paulose retaliated against a top prosecutor in her office who reported her for careless handling of classified homeland security reports, a watchdog agency said Wednesday.
In announcing a whistleblower settlement between Assistant U.S. Attorney John Marti and the Justice Department, the Office of Special Counsel said its investigation found that Paulose retaliated by taking steps to remove Marti as her first assistant. Marti accepted a demotion and returned to being an assistant ...
The Tarnished Tiara
Firedoglake —
... Unfortunately for Princess Rachel Rainbow Sunshine Jesus Loves Me This I Know Esq. there was some kind of eager beaver gung-ho Special Counsel looking into her tenure as a U.S. Attorney and he turned in his report before she could skedaddle out of town ahead of the oncoming Muslim-Socialist barbarian horde: ...
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longwarjournal.org 10/31/2008 — The US has struck again inside Pakistan's lawless tribal areas. The latest airstrike targeted a key al Qaeda facilitator who served as a bridge between the Taliban and al Qaeda. The US is also stating that al Qaeda operative Khalid Habib was killed ...
Paulson said weighing bailout's next $350 billion —
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