Silliopolous
04-01-2006, 18:11
So, if you have pending one of the highest profile corruption prosecutions that likely extends to include many elected officials, who would YOU pick to handle it?
Would it be a Recess Appointee who couldn't get confirmed due to her refusal to answer questions regarding Gitmo? (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-09-01-recess-appointment_x.htm)
Someone who has NEVER in her life prosecuted a case?
Someone who's client list (http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/15dec20051100/www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/pdf/109hrg/22785.pdf) in her previous job as a Corporate Lawyer included the company Bill Frist is under investigation for regarding insider trading?
Who's prior work to that was as Special Deputy Counsel to the Senate Whitewater Investigation?
Frankly, Senator Leahy (http://judiciary.senate.gov/member_statement.cfm?id=1500&wit_id=2629) asks the right questions:
I am somewhat concerned, however, that Ms. Fisher is nominated for one of the most visible prosecutorial positions in the country without ever having prosecuted a case, and she brings to the position minimal trial experience in any context. In contrast, previous Criminal Division AAG's such as Mike Chertoff, James Robinson, and William Weld were seasoned federal prosecutors prior to taking this job.
I hope that this hearing will illuminate Ms. Fisher's views on checks of controversial provisions of the Patriot Act and her opposition to the Act's sunset provision; her participation in meetings in which the FBI expressed its disagreement with harsh interrogation methods practiced by the military toward detainees held at Guantanamo, and her ideas about appropriate safeguards for the treatment of enemy combatants.
There have been reports that she has had ties to Congressman Tom DeLay's defense team. We will also want to know what steps she intends to take to avoid a conflict of interest in the Department's investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff and possibly Mr. DeLay. I would like to know her priorities for the Criminal Division. I will be interested in her plans with respect to the growing problem of computer crime and identity theft, the responses to the Supreme Court's recent sentencing decision, and prosecution of intellectual property theft. .
Seems like Ms. Fisher has moved up in the world. From Whitewater to a possible upcoming Whitewash in under a decade.....
Would it be a Recess Appointee who couldn't get confirmed due to her refusal to answer questions regarding Gitmo? (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-09-01-recess-appointment_x.htm)
Someone who has NEVER in her life prosecuted a case?
Someone who's client list (http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/15dec20051100/www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/pdf/109hrg/22785.pdf) in her previous job as a Corporate Lawyer included the company Bill Frist is under investigation for regarding insider trading?
Who's prior work to that was as Special Deputy Counsel to the Senate Whitewater Investigation?
Frankly, Senator Leahy (http://judiciary.senate.gov/member_statement.cfm?id=1500&wit_id=2629) asks the right questions:
I am somewhat concerned, however, that Ms. Fisher is nominated for one of the most visible prosecutorial positions in the country without ever having prosecuted a case, and she brings to the position minimal trial experience in any context. In contrast, previous Criminal Division AAG's such as Mike Chertoff, James Robinson, and William Weld were seasoned federal prosecutors prior to taking this job.
I hope that this hearing will illuminate Ms. Fisher's views on checks of controversial provisions of the Patriot Act and her opposition to the Act's sunset provision; her participation in meetings in which the FBI expressed its disagreement with harsh interrogation methods practiced by the military toward detainees held at Guantanamo, and her ideas about appropriate safeguards for the treatment of enemy combatants.
There have been reports that she has had ties to Congressman Tom DeLay's defense team. We will also want to know what steps she intends to take to avoid a conflict of interest in the Department's investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff and possibly Mr. DeLay. I would like to know her priorities for the Criminal Division. I will be interested in her plans with respect to the growing problem of computer crime and identity theft, the responses to the Supreme Court's recent sentencing decision, and prosecution of intellectual property theft. .
Seems like Ms. Fisher has moved up in the world. From Whitewater to a possible upcoming Whitewash in under a decade.....