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Shades of U.S. attorney scandal in the EPA
Top EPA official forced out by political appointees |
Brad Johnson |
01 May 2008 |
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| Cross-posted from the Wonk Room. I've previously described Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson as 'the environment's Alberto Gonzales.' After years of scandal as White House Counsel and Attorney General, Gonzales finally resigned after it was revealed that numerous U.S. attorneys were fired without cause under his watch. Now it seems the EPA is following the Department of Justice's efforts to rid itself of staffers who are not 'loya ... |
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| Topics: jackassery, politics, shenanigans, Stephen Johnson, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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