U.S. Attorney Alice Martin & “the Gonzalez Competence Scale”
If it is true that “that there exists a list within the Department of Justice rating all 93 USAs on what is suspected to be political criteria,” then Tommy Stevenson (associate editor at The Tuscaloosa News) awaits its release via leak or subpoena to find the answer to the question, “Where does Alice Martin rank on the Gonzalez competence scale?”
An appointee of President George W. Bush and a woman rumored to have higher political ambitions in Alabama, Martin has had a couple of high-profile setbacks in recent years.
FWIW, one lawyer tells me, “Her reputation among the career people is a tad low, to be kind.”
“Her reputation among the career people is a tad low, to be kind.”
I know one of her Assistant US Attornies. Her reputation among her own staff is a tad low, to be kind.
Comment by Dan — April 26, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
Does “tad” mean: lower than a snake’s belly?
Comment by Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More — April 26, 2007 @ 4:24 pm
I remember a visit she made to a civic group shortly after her appointment. She was able to list the myriad duties of the US Attorney’s office (the list went on and on and on). It also was evident that she could barely avoid using partisan rhetoric–I kept expecting “Clinton” and “Democrat” to come out as negative adjectives.
Wasn’t she also unable to get elected as a judge in N. Alabama?
Comment by Helen — May 2, 2007 @ 4:48 pm
Shame on all of you. She is a wonderful person, who does many good things.
Comment by C. Matthews — April 18, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
Such as. . . ?
Comment by Helen — April 18, 2008 @ 3:31 pm
Such as the baseless and incompetent prosecution of Latifi, the owner of Axion, for allegedly sending military technology to China, based on the testimony of a disgruntled employee already convicted of embezzlement from Axion. This resulted in the first time ever the U.S. government has had to pay the legal expenses of the defendant in a case of controlled military technology export.
Such as sending FBI agents in force with drawn guns on numerous occasions, to search the home of the aforementioned Latifi, or to arrest a 60 year old woman state legislator accused of financial improprieties. Dangerous characters.
Such as…well the Siegelman story is still unraveling, and the reasons for Bud Cramer’s retirement still have to be explicated. But in a few months she will have to continue her good deeds as a private citizen.
Comment by David — April 19, 2008 @ 12:52 am