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Re:U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With ... by wbl on Saturday September 12, 2015 @06:46AM (#10207773)
US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President.
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Re:U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With ... by drchase on Saturday September 12, 2015 @09:34AM (#10208032)
Sure, but the people who work for the US Attorneys, where do they come from? And what is the pool of people from which the president chooses US Attorneys? This is an organizational/cultural thing.
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Re:U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With ... by rhizome on Saturday September 12, 2015 @01:50PM (#10208722)
There are only 210 appointments in the Department of Justice, which has over 110,000 employees. The FBI itself has over 35,000 employees.
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