According to the Virginia Bar and in a filing that she agreed with, Monica Goodling committed “a criminal or deliberately wrongful act” that reflected badly on her “honesty, trustworthiness or fitness to practice law.” Monica Marie Goodling, the key figure in the controversy about the political hiring and firing of U.S. Attorneys during the Bush [...]

The AP story on the Salt Pit death makes it clear that–at a time when Dusty Foggo was Executive Director of CIA–he was involved in an internal review of the death. The current U.S. official insisted that the case was adequately scrutinized. The official also said a CIA accountability review board was held in connection [...]

Glenn Fine, DOJ’s Inspector General, showed up before the Senate Judiciary Committee today to talk about the two reports showing pervasive politicization of the Department of Justice. Most of the Democrats wanted to talk about consequences for politicizing DOJ. Unfortunately, Fine had no good suggestions for how to hold anyone responsible.

The DOJ IG’s “Monica Goodling” report documents what we already knew: Monica Goodling illegal politicized hiring in DOJ.

Durbin: Were you ever party to any conversation about the removal of Patrick Fitzgerald from his position as NDIL USA?

Sampson: I remember on one occasion in 2006, in discussing the