As scrutiny increases on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a new report reveals that dozens of Bush appointees are members of a partisan organization of lawyers.
The appointees and civil servants include "at least 25 in the Justice Department, nine in the Department of Defense and others in the Labor and Commerce departments, the White House and the Office of Special Counsel, which oversees investigations into allegations of ethical misconduct by government employees," report Marisa Taylor and Margaret Talev for McClatchy Newspapers.
Though government employees are allowed to participate in political organizations, some ex-Justice Department lawyers find this behavior inappropriate, Taylor and Talev write.
The Republican National Lawyers Association, which trains lawyers to monitor elections, has several members who work in the Justice Department's voting section. More on the story.
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This administration is getting away with a lot they would not let the Clinton administration get away with. They are doing it overtly, and when it comes out you get a deer in headlights attitude. Business as usual for this WH.
Want a Job. It's not what you know it's who you know. Notice all the crimes and errors made are because friends appointed are qualified.
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