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Fortune: Nominee for Manhattan U.S. Attorney: A nonpartisan star

When President Barack Obama nominated Preetinder S. Bharara last week to become the new U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, which includes Manhattan, there was some cheap-shot snickering about a purported irony. Bharara, as Senator Charles Schumer's chief counsel, had spearheaded the Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation into former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's politicization of the U.S. Department of Justice, and particularly the firing of nine U.S. attorneys. Now, some people said, he was receiving his own political reward, being picked to head the most illustrious federal prosecutor¹s office in the nation.

Gonzales' rocky term coming to the end of the road

Alberto Gonzales will say goodbye to Justice Department colleagues on Friday, ending his tumultuous term as the nation's attorney general.

Job opening for attorney general with credibility

The next attorney general must carry enough stature to push White House anti-terrorism policies, combined with the charm and credibility to win over congressional Democrats, a former Justice Department official said.

Who will succeed Gonzales? The name-dropping game begins

It happens immediately after any high-level White House official resigns his or her post -- political observers and Washington reporters go into overdrive over possible replacements.

Fortune: Will your boss betray you?

Thank you, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. You've just done a big favor to anyone who could conceivably be charged, even unjustly, with a federal crime in connection with his or her job - which means anyone...

Fortune: Power to the people

WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES SOMEONE A professional money manager? Education? Training? Or is it simply talent and desire, plus experience? And if so many professionals underperform the market, what good ...

Cooling on Ashcroft

Has John Ashcroft fallen out of favor at the White House? The question may not be whether but how far.

Fortune: Spare The Rod And Save The Company

Amid all the front-page hoopla over MCI's agreement with the feds to settle fraud charges for $500 million--the largest penalty ever sought by the SEC--did you notice anything ... missing?

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