Time for DOJ employees to take matters into their own hands
It is sad that the national (and ultimately national security) issue of the inappropriate and possibly illegal activities of Attorney General Alberto Gonazales has become another unnecessary victim of partisan rancor in Washington. By voting yesterday to block a no-confidence resolution, Senate Republicans seem to have put party loyalty ahead of the national interest. At a time when the United States is struggling with a domestic and international perception that we no longer support basic issues of rule of law, the cloud over Gonzales is increasingly harmful to our country’s position in the world. Perhaps it is time for the employees of the Justice Department to take matters into their own hands in order to protect and preserve our nation’s commitment to rule of law. A petition by justice department employees to be released to the press might read something like this:
As career members of the Justice Department, we respectfully call on Attorney General Gonzales to step down from his post. Our commitment to the rule of law is a bedrock principle of our country. By supporting the detention without due process of American citizens in Guantanamo, Cuba, and by inappropriately interfering with the work of U.S. Attorneys, Attorney General Gonzales has undermined that basic principle of our democracy. The replacement of Attorney General Gonzales with an individual better able to defend and protect our commitment to the rule of law would be an important step towards reestablishing perceptions of our government within the Justice Department, across the United States, and globally.
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Mr. Metzl:
I am a Jewish service member serving at Guantanamo Bay. I am not an official spokesperson for Jewish service members, the Jewish community, the military, nor the Guantanamo Bay operations.
When you ran unsuccessfuly for Congress from 5th District – MO, your website add included the following quote:
Jamie’s father came to Kansas City with his parents as refugees from Nazi Europe in 1948. From Jamie’s volunteer work in Kansas City, to his work with the late Governor Mel Carnahan, to his efforts to fight for civil and human rights, Jamie has honored his heritage with a deep commitment to social justice.
I am doing research on my own family’s experiences in Nazi Europe 1939-1945. My father’s family perished at Ausschwitz. Which Jewish community or shtetl did your father and his family come from, and in which camp were they interned?
Comment on June 26, 2007 @ 5:42 am