SEPTEMBER 05 2007
1.Team Chertoff: Michael Chertoff, his successor Alice Fisher and his
protégé Noel Hillman have a strong interest in political prosecutions.
2. House Judiciary Heating up: Conyers and Davis asked Justice for
documents related to Siegelman and others suspecting they were
targeted by Republicans in the Justice Department for political
reasons.
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Team Chertoff and the Art of Political Prosecution
By Scott Horton Harper's
Current and former Justice Department officials ... have consistently
identified Michael Chertoff, his successor Alice Fisher and his
protégé Noel Hillman, as figures with a strong interest in political
prosecutions. Each apparently took an interest in the Siegelman
case for all the wrong reasons, I am told, and each had regular
communications with the White House throughout this period.
Hillman was known as the Abramoff Prosecutor....But a study of the
way their investigation [of Abramoff] trailed off in Alabama raises
strong suspicions. Evidence pointed to the funneling of millions of
dollars in Mississippi Choctaw Indian money into the campaign of Don
Siegelman’s adversary, Bob Riley. The project involved a significant
number of Riley’s Congressional and campaign staff, many of whom
had direct links to Abramoff. However, instead of looking into these
connections, Hillman began to channel his investigative and
prosecutorial resources into an amazing quest to “get Siegelman.”
<link to source>
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House Judiciary Committee heating up
Posted by Mary Orndorff at al.com
Conyers and Rep. Artur Davis and others asked Justice for
documents related to Siegelman, Thompson and one other case,
suspecting they were targeted by Republicans in the Justice
Department for political reasons.
No developments were announced related to Siegelman's case, but
the Thompson email [exchange today] is proof that the August
recess is over and things are getting cranked up.
Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., said the "email
demonstrates that even Justice Department insiders thought the
Thompson case was seriously flawed."
<link to source>
1.Team Chertoff: Michael Chertoff, his successor Alice Fisher and his
protégé Noel Hillman have a strong interest in political prosecutions.
2. House Judiciary Heating up: Conyers and Davis asked Justice for
documents related to Siegelman and others suspecting they were
targeted by Republicans in the Justice Department for political
reasons.
..............................................................................................................
Team Chertoff and the Art of Political Prosecution
By Scott Horton Harper's
Current and former Justice Department officials ... have consistently
identified Michael Chertoff, his successor Alice Fisher and his
protégé Noel Hillman, as figures with a strong interest in political
prosecutions. Each apparently took an interest in the Siegelman
case for all the wrong reasons, I am told, and each had regular
communications with the White House throughout this period.
Hillman was known as the Abramoff Prosecutor....But a study of the
way their investigation [of Abramoff] trailed off in Alabama raises
strong suspicions. Evidence pointed to the funneling of millions of
dollars in Mississippi Choctaw Indian money into the campaign of Don
Siegelman’s adversary, Bob Riley. The project involved a significant
number of Riley’s Congressional and campaign staff, many of whom
had direct links to Abramoff. However, instead of looking into these
connections, Hillman began to channel his investigative and
prosecutorial resources into an amazing quest to “get Siegelman.”
<link to source>
.............................................................................................................
House Judiciary Committee heating up
Posted by Mary Orndorff at al.com
Conyers and Rep. Artur Davis and others asked Justice for
documents related to Siegelman, Thompson and one other case,
suspecting they were targeted by Republicans in the Justice
Department for political reasons.
No developments were announced related to Siegelman's case, but
the Thompson email [exchange today] is proof that the August
recess is over and things are getting cranked up.
Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., said the "email
demonstrates that even Justice Department insiders thought the
Thompson case was seriously flawed."
<link to source>
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