guardian.co.uk — Congressional Democrats say they are concerned the Bush administration is bypassing the Senate confirmation process to reward political allies with coveted jobs as U.S. attorneys, exactly like the Clinton and every other administration did.
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H. E. "Bud" Cummins III: Fired because of general incompetence. His job was later taken over by a for a protege of Karl Rove, a coincidence that has the tinfoil hat crowd in an uproar.David Iglesias: Fired because he deliberately and obviously delayed the verdict on an ethics case so as to avoid embarrassing the democrats before the 2006 election.Carol S. Lam: Fired because she was interfering with the Randy "Duke" Cunningham case and acting as a junior investigator instead of as a judge. Her firing is now being investigated because charges SHOULD have been filed, as she jeopardized the investigation, and could allow several criminals to go free on technicalities. Some significant favors were called in for her to be merely "dismissed" instead of arrested.John McKay: Fired because of the manner in which he declined to intervene in a ballot dispute in the 2004 Washington governor's race. Instead of excusing himself from the case or offering any kind of jurisdiction ruling, he merely ignored the correspondence, thus complicating the appeals process. As a result, it took an extra two weeks to resolve the legal issues surrounding the election. This turned out to be a favored tactic of the judge, and a subsequent internal affairs investigation estimated that his deliberate delays had caused suspects to spend an average of 18 extra months in prison awaiting trial and sentencing.