I poached this from TPMMuckraker this morning:
Newsweek: Agency to Investigate Iglesias Firing
By Paul Kiel – April 4, 2007, 4:56 PMIt’s almost too perfect.When Justice Department official William Moschella was asked why the Department had fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, he told Congress that “Iglesias had delegated to his first assistant the overall running of the office. And, quite frankly, U.S. attorneys are hired to run the office.” Internal documents from the time show officials planning to accuse Iglesias of being an “absentee landlord” to justify his firing.
Iglesias did, in fact, leave the office for 45 days each year. But that’s because he’s a a captain in the Navy Reserve — something that was no secret to his superiors.
Oh, my. Way to support those troops, Mr. President. With Commanders in Chief like these …
Read the rest of this HERE Do it, do it.