#2 at Justice Department resigns

Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty has announced his resignation in the wake of the U.S. Attorney firing scandal.  In his one-page resignation letter to Gonzales, McNulty cited family reasons:

"The financial realities of college-age children and two decades ofpublic service lead me to a long overdue transition in my career,"McNulty said in the letter, which did not mention the firingscontroversy.

Two Justice Department aides first informed the AP of McNulty's resignation, and claimed he had been wanting to leave for months.

McNulty was nominated by President Bush for the Deputy Attorney General position back in the fall of 2005 after serving as, ironically, a U.S. Attorney in Virginia.

As you might recall, when Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden was fired in 2006, McNulty told the prosecutor in a phone call that the Justice Department's reasons for letting Bogden go were not performance related.  However, in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in February, McNulty claimed the firings were performance related.

So obviously that guy had a credibility problem, to put it mildly.

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[granny]

The storm is building ...

See Geoffrey Wheatcroft:"This perfect storm will finally destroy the neocon project" in The Guardian (www.guardian.co.uk) search Geoffrey Wheatcroft.

In keeping with Todd's editorial on Mother's Day.

[Chief Editor: Todd]

:) yes, the storm is building -- a populist one. We are fed up with the status quo. The great thing about this country is we have the power to change it.