Patriot Act’s Provision on U.S. Attorneys to Come Under Scrutiny in Senate “Congressional Democrats and some Republicans are trying to change part of the USA Patriot Act that allows the Bush administration to fire and replace federal prosecutors indefinitely without Senate confirmation. Freshly briefed by the Justice Department on the forced resignations of some of the seven U.S. attorneys since the act took effect, Senate Democrats planned to bring a bill to the floor Thursday that would impose a 120-day deadline on the amount of time a replacement could serve without Senate confirmation.” (Associated Press)Feds Seek Wilkes Properties Federal prosecutors announced yesterday their intention to allocate over $12 million in property from Brent Wilkes, the former defense contractor under indigtment for charges of corruption. Wilkes’ most expensive property, the headquarters for his company ADCS Inc. in Poway California, was sold on January 30 to a board member from the family charity. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
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