August 2, 2007, - 2:38 pm
Should Chertoff (& Myers) Be Disbarred?: Officer of the Court Did Not Report (or Do Anything) About Payments to Terrorists
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Earlier today, I told you how Michael Chertoff, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, .
As an attorney and officer of the court, he had a duty to report this to his boss, Attorney General John Ashcroft. And as Assistant Attorney General of the United States, overseeing all criminal investigations, he had a duty to take action to stop the criminal payments from going on. Instead, he did nothing and tacitly agreed to the continuation of the illicit payments.
That makes him criminally culpable as a co-conspirator, but is also certainly grounds for a grievance against him as an attorney. I’m not sure to which State Bar(s) he belongs, though I’d suspect he, at least, belongs to the State Bar of New Jersey, where he was a Judge and Justice Department official. Maybe other attorneys or DHS employees have some insight on this.
But certainly Mr. Chertoff should be investigated by the body which issues his license to practice law.
Then, there’s , Chieftess of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) a/k/a “The ICE Princess.” She surely knew about Chertoff’s silence on this matter, as the White House personnel person, vetting candidates for the job. As such, since she, too, is a licensed attorney (again, I don’t know where; perhaps, Missouri), she had a duty to report Chertoff to the Bar. And she had a responsibility to report him to criminal authorities. Then, there’s the question–since she worked for Chertoff at Justice–whether she was in on the meeting disclosing the Chiquita-terrorist payments or otherwise knew of them in that capacity. If so, she had a duty to report this to Ashcroft, etc. If she knew and didn’t, then she, again, is vulnerable to a grievance.
And to think, President Bush reportedly wants to make this woman a Federal Judge. Oy vey.
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Also, did the ICE Princess report her friend Wayne L. Baker, when he , James P. (J.P.) Ronayne (formerly McCarthy) [USA v. Ronayne, Case No. 1:07cr207, U.S. District – New Mexico (Albuquerque)], indicted on federal drug charges?
If not–since as an attorney, she had a duty to report him–that’s also grounds for a serious grievance.
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LOL, I love the pitcure. Seriously now, if Chertoff failed do his job by protecting us, I mutually agree he should be disbarred from his position or at least resign from Homeland Security just as an employee who no longer is capable working up to the satisfaction of his/her employer and therefore is given a pink slip. Evidently, the State Department needs to purge from these back bending terrorist/illegal immigrant pandering spineless wusses. If they won’t protect us, then we can protect ourselves without them.
Jew Chick on August 2, 2007 at 7:42 pm