Will these guys never learn?
The U.S. Attorney purge scandal exploded after Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty went to Capitol Hill in February and smeared the professional reputations of the eight fired USAs, who, having gone off quietly into that good night, suddenly reversed course and started defending themselves, which ignited a firestorm that continues to this day.
Which brings us to this morning’s New York Times piece on the mass resignation of the administrators in U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose’s office in Minnesota:
Ms. Pauloseâs defenders at Justice Department headquarters said the criticism of her was unwarranted. They said older lawyers had difficultly dealing with a young, aggressive woman who had tried to put into place policies important to Mr. Gonzales like programs to combat child exploitation.
Got it? The administrators who resigned are a bunch of sexist old men (never mind that one of the four who resigned was a woman) who are soft on child exploitation. We’re not told the identities of Paulose’s defenders at Main Justice, but it’s worth noting that she was briefly an aide to the aforesaid McNulty before her appointment as U.S. Attorney.
Those who fail to learn the lessons of history . . .
