>Of course it gets even curiouser when you factor in the
>initial intention of the Administration to replace them using
>the new provision secretly inserted into the extension of the
>"Patriot Act" which allowed the Administration to
>appoint successors without confirmation by the US
>Senate. Fortunately, that provision was recently
>rescinded by the US Senate by a vote of 94-2. Even the
>Senate Republicans couldn't accept that atrocity.
Finally someone brings this point up. This is the reason, most people look at this and say "it stinks" It would be a big leap of faith for me to believe that these firings would not have taken place had this little thing not been sneaked into that damn Patriot Act.
As I heard some one say one time..."you can put lipstick on it, but it is still a pig"