The Justice Department CEO

one of those illuminating little squibs that nevertheless tells you a great deal...

Philip B. Heymann, a deputy attorney general under Ms. Reno and now a professor at the Harvard Law School, said the term that Mr. Gonzales used to describe his position at a news conference on Tuesday, “chief executive officer,” demonstrated his lack of appreciation for the discretion presidentially appointed United States attorneys have to have.

“He seems to regard the U.S. attorneys as if they are the equivalent of the noncareer employees of the Interior Department,” Mr. Heymann said.

i would say it differently... he regards the u.s. attorneys as republican political operatives...

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