Top Civil Rights Attorney Quits
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The Justice Department's top civil rights enforcer resigned Thursday following more than a year of criticism that his office filled its ranks with conservative loyalists
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Attorney general's announcement ends career dogged by Iraq and BAE case.
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A fifth senior Justice Department official announced his resignation yesterday in the wake of the controversy over the firings of nine U.S. attorneys last year.
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The president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Bruce Gordon, is stepping down after 19 months at the nation's largest civil rights organization, the NAACP said on Sunday.
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned, an official said on Monday, ending a controversial tenure as chief law enforcement officer that blemished the administration of President George W. Bush.
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The head of the Justice Department's embattled Civil Rights Division is to resign at the end of August, officials said yesterday, making him the latest in a series of senior political appointees to leave the agency amid continued controversy over Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.
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NAACP President Bruce S. Gordon said Sunday he is leaving the civil rights organization after just 19 months at the helm, citing clashes with board members over management style and the organization's mission as the reasons.
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Mary Frances Berry, blunt-spoken chairwoman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, resigned Tuesday after more than two decades of criticizing the governments, both Democratic and Republican, that she served.
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The former federal prosecutor in Maryland said he was forced out because of investigations involving associates of the stateâs governor, a Republican.
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U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft,  a lightning rod of criticism by civil liberties groups for his  anti-terror policies after the Sept. 11 attacks and who once  even ordered the robing of two partially nude statues in his  department, resigned on Tuesday.
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A top lawyer for President Bush&#39;s re-election campaign resigned on Wednesday after disclosing he provided legal advice to a group that accuses Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry of lying about his Vietnam War record.
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Hewlett-Packard Co.'s top lawyer   resigned on Thursday as U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers   scolded current and former top executives for invading   individuals' privacy to find the source of boardroom leaks.
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A senior lawyer with special security clearance resigns his post in protest at "odious" anti-terror laws.
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Ann Baskins, general counsel for embattled computer maker Hewlett-Packard, resigned from the company Thursday.
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The top lawyer for computer giant Hewlett Packard Co. resigned this morning, hours before the start of a congressional hearing on the firm's surveillance scandal.
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One of President Bush's top lawyers resigned from his campaign Wednesday, a day after disclosing that he had given legal advice to a veterans group airing TV ads against Democrat John Kerry. The guidance included checking ad scripts, the group said.
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Embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has resigned from his post, ending a controversial cabinet tenure that included clashes with Congress over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys and the scope of efforts to spy on U.S. citizens, according to an administration official,