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General Category => Discover Seattle! => Topic started by: TehBorken on May 24 07 04:52

Title: Crossing the line
Post by: TehBorken on May 24 07 04:52
Gee, if we did that it would be called "breaking the law", but for government officials it's just "crossing the line". That sounds so much nicer, you know?
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Monica M. Goodling, who resigned last month as Gonzales's senior counselor and White House liaison, also told the House Judiciary Committee yesterday that she "crossed the line" by using political criteria in hiring a wide array of career professionals at Justice, including looking up political donations by some applicants.
In a day-long hearing that afforded her immunity from prosecution, Goodling minimized her role in the controversial firings of nine U.S. attorneys last year and joined a long line of Justice officials who say they were not responsible for adding names to the lists of those to be dismissed.[/p]
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