The title says it all. Federal level prosecutors are being fired for no reason given. These men and women have years of experience. The administration will pick the new prosecutors.
It's a "mystery" why they are firing these prosecutors but my guess is that they are preemptively eliminating any future "independant prosecutor" that might objectively look at the Cheney-Bush whitehouse. Others might speculate that the Administration is still trying to find jobs for friends who are somewhat unqualified to work for FEMA. This national news article offers speculation from the prosecutors themselves.
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After several more calls, Bogden reached a senior official who offered an answer. "There is a window of opportunity to put candidates into an office like mine," Bogden said, recalling the conversation. "They were attempting to open a slot and bring someone else in."
The ouster of Bogden and seven other U.S. attorneys, including John McKay in Seattle, has set off a furor that took the Bush administration by surprise. Summoning five of the dismissed prosecutors, including McKay, for hearings Tuesday, congressional Democrats have charged that the mass firing is a political purge, intended to squelch corruption investigations or install less independent-minded successors.
The motivations for the dismissals appear more complicated, according to interviews with several of the prosecutors, Justice Department officials, lawmakers and others. As Bogden, some think they were forced out for replacements who could gild résumés; several prosecutors heard favored candidates had been identified.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...torneys04.html
So why do YOU think they are firing these prosecutors?