The Independent first reported on this web site last week the incredible swan song of Middle District U. S. Attorney Leura Canary and her counterpart in the Northern District of Alabama, Alice Martin as they collaborate on a witchhunt against a member of their own political klan, the Attorney General of Alabama.Both are lame ducks and will be replaced or removed as soon as the nation’s Attorney General can stay in Washington long enough to take care of his duties. He should have already secured their successors, even if just on an interim basis.
But the big mystery is why they have turned on Troy King. Apparently Canary instigated the investigation, then recused her entire office and brought Martin in from Birmingham. That in itself sounds dubious. It suggests that someone on the outside likely influenced the calling of the special grand jury.
Was it Bob Riley, who is known to now disfavor King, the man he appointed AG. Was it the governor’s son Rob and lawyer Luther Strange, who is planning to run against King. It has been suggested by some that these two fostered previous rumors about the attorney general. Of course, as some have suggested, Karl Rove could be back in the state.
This is obviously a political move by someone and the Justice Department should be sent in to supervise any investigation or grand jury proceeding in which these two U. S. Attorney offices are involved.
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In the fall of 2005, [Chen Guangcheng] came to Beijing. During a meeting with foreign journalists, he was forcibly taken away by the Shandong police. Thereafter, he was placed under house arrest. In March 2006, he was taken away by the Yinan police and held incommunicado. On August 24, 2006, the Yinan County People’s Court found Chen Guangcheng guilty of intentional destruction of property and disruption of traffic and sentenced this blind human rights activist to four years and three months of jail time.
“In the fall of 2005,[Chen Guangcheng] came toin Beijing, Shandong Police seized Chen Guangcheng [d]uring a meeting with foreign journalists and took him back to Shandong, while Beijing security forces yawned and ate watermelon seeds.
[Chen's wife] said: “Master Wang, you don’t know that but these people have been around our home for more than one year. All the people who came to see us last year were chased away. Some of them were injured. You should leave as quickly as possible. They won’t let you go just like that. There will be cars with no license plate coming after you.”
I asked her who these people were. Village leaders, or village residents? Weijing said, “These are society dregs. There are 22 persons in total. There is always 11 persons around our home, 24 hours per day. They are posted around the courtyard. They work in shifts, so there is always someone there.