Terms Expire Today For 11 Of Gonzales? Handpicked Interim U.S. Attorneys

thinkprogress.org — In 2006, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales took advantage of a little-noticed provision in the Patriot Act to appoint 11 interim U.S. attorneys. But because the Senate revised the legislation in June, those attorneys? terms expire today. These 11 prosecutors now ?find themselves at the mercy of the same U.S. district courts that the Justice Depart Oct 12, 2007 View in Crawl 4