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In Justice: Inside the Scandal that Rocked the Bush Administration: From Chapter Six: "The Link"
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Santa Fe Reporter
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June 4, 2008
- Author:
- Iglesias, David
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In the wake of my firing on December 7, 2006, all manner of milestones, crossroads, and points of no return became retrospectively apparent. But there was none more singular than the call I received from Pete Domenici on that crisp October morning. I knew by my deep-seated feeling of distress, as I sat there with the mute phone in my hand, that something ominous had just occurred, for me, for my family, and for the office of U.S. Attorney in the District of New Mexico. It was an instinctive realization that was confirmed over and over in the scandal that would subsequently engulf me, not least in the considered opinions of both my critics and my allies, who parsed out my response to ...