Prosecutor to Probe U.S. Attorney Firings

An internal Justice Department probe was launched today after a scathing report by Justice watchdogs concluded that the process to remove several U.S. attorneys in 2006 was "fundamentally flawed" and that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other senior Justice officials "abdicated their responsibility" to oversee the process. The 400-page report by the department's Inspector General Glenn Fine and Marshall Jarrett of the Office of Professional Responsibility falls short of referring...Full Story