Five Ousted US Attorneys Received Positive Job Evaluations

Although the Bush administration has said that six US attorneys were fired recently in part because of 'performance related' issues, at least five of them received positive job evaluations before they were ordered to step down. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, using authority he gained in March from a little-noticed provision of the Patriot Act, has appointed interim US attorneys from the Bush administration's inner circle. The firings and appointments have raised concerns that Gonzales is politicizing the process.

LinkHere