35-year US attorney: Bush using DOJ to affect elections

'fidelity to GOP interests replaced civil rights experience as the most important factor in hiring decisions'

'55% to 60% of attorneys in the voting section have transferred to other departments or left the Justice Department'

'Over the last six years, this Justice Department has ignored the advice of its staff and skewed aspects of law enforcement in ways that clearly were intended to influence the outcome of elections.'

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-rich29mar29,0,3371050.story