NÃ¥gra av George Bushs brajtaste

Skandalerna avlöser varandra för Bush-regeringen, som nu alltmer verkar ha förlorat kontrollen över USA:s inrikespolitiska agenda.

Walter Reed-skandalen rullar vidare och det senaste offret är USA:s generalläkare Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, den högste militärläkaren, som får gå på grund av de skandalösa förhållandena för de svårt sårade amerikanska soldaterna på Walter Reedsjukhuset. Walter Reedskandalen jämförs redan med Katrinakatastrofen som en av de största skandalerna under George Bushs hela presidentperiod.

Mannen som sade sig värna om amerikanska soldater visar sig inte ha lyft ett finger för att hjälpa de svårast sårade soldaterna bara några kilometer från Vita Huset.

Josh White skriver i Washington Post om Walter Reedskandalen:Surgeon General Of Army Steps Down:

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The Army’s inspector general reported yesterday that the service is lacking in critical staff and formalized training in caring for soldiers. The inspector general also found that the Army’s system for determining disability benefits is overwhelmed by the number of wounded.

Army officials quickly named a temporary replacement for Kiley — his current deputy, Maj. Gen. Gale S. Pollock. She will serve until an advisory board recommends a new surgeon general.

Pollock, in an e-mail sent to colleagues and staff in the Army Medical Command on Friday, had also sought to minimize reports about conditions at Walter Reed and attacked the media’s handling of the issue.

Men det här är bara en mycket liten början. Det har nu ocksÃ¥ kommit fram, som bl.a. annat David Stout avslöjar i Washington Post, att FBI har använt den fruktade Homeland Security-lagen för att spionerat pÃ¥ amerikanska medborgare: F.B.I. Head Admits Mistakes in Use of Security Act”

The report found many instances when national security letters, which allow the bureau to obtain records from telephone companies, Internet service providers, banks, credit companies and other businesses without a judge’s approval, were improperly, and sometimes illegally, used.

Moreover, record keeping was so slipshod, the report found, that the actual number of national security letters exercised was often understated when the bureau reported on them to Congress, as required.

The repercussions were felt far beyond Mr. Mueller’s office. Democratic lawmakers, newly in control of Congress, promised hearings on the problems. Several Republicans expressed anger and dismay, as well.

Och som om inte det vore nog så har det också kommit fram att Bush-regeringen , som Associated Press rapporterar, helt sonika har avskedat åtta federala åklagare som misshagade dom:

Congressional Democrats on Monday singled out presidential adviser Karl Rove for questioning about the firings of eight federal prosecutors and whether the dismissals were politically motivated.

The demands to question Rove signaled anew Democrats’ shifting focus beyond the Justice Department and toward the White House, in the inquiry.

Last week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., said he would seek to interview former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and deputy counsel William Kelly for insight on their roles, if any, in the firings.

Rove emerged as the Democrats’ newest target after weekend news reports said the New Mexico Republican Party’s chairman urged Rove to fire David Iglesias, then the state’s U.S. attorney.

In a statement Monday, Conyers said stories about Rove’s alleged link to Iglesias’ dismissal ”raise even more alarm bells for us.”

”As a result, we would want to ensure that Karl Rove was one of the White House staff that we interview in connection with our investigation,” said Conyers.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who is leading his chamber’s probe into the firings, said he also wants to question Rove.

Det här är säkert inte de sista skandalernamen de är nog för att visa att dagens amerikanska regering kommer att gå till historien som den absolut farligaste som det här landet någonsin har haft.

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