Almost 30 DOJ Officials Threatened To Resign Over Hospital Visit To Ashcroft

Newsweek Michael Isikoff and Evan Thomas May 27, 2007 09:59 AM
The United States Department of Justice has not always been above politics. John F. Kennedy, after all, appointed his brother and consigliere Robert to be attorney general. But the Justice Department is supposed to stand for the rule of law--to be the enforcer of the laws of the United States, not the place presidents go to get around the law. Independence is an important tradition in the columned limestone building on Constitution Avenue. It is worth remembering that before Richard...

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