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Look closely during upcoming Hill hearings into the U.S. Attorneys scandal, and there, whispering in Senator Chuck Schumer's ear, you'll see the person who has quietly powered the Senate's expanding investigation. Preet Bharara, Schumer's chief counsel on the Judiciary Committee, prosecuted the Colombo and Gambino crime families as an assistant U.S. Attorney before Schumer hired him in January 2005. Early this year, he began picking up complaints about the Bush Administration's firing of the eight U.S. Attorneys from sources in the Justice Department and suggested Schumer hold hearings. Now he's the point...
Which puts him on the spot. His boss alleges that the Bush team may have obstructed justice by firing several of the prosecutors for investigating Republicans or for not investigating Democrats--a serious charge that the G.O.P. says is itself politically motivated. Bharara's job is to make the case. An early victory: he got four of the U.S. Attorneys to testify, and two of them said they had felt political pressure. Bharara's next step could challenge presidential power. The White House has said Rove will talk only in private and without a transcript, but Bharara plans to chip...
Doolittle teaches two sections of Social and Ethical Issues: "all political issues are ethical issues at heart," he says. Students in his sections say that Doolittle's anecdotes make class entertaining and interesting. "His sense of humor really helps," says Preetinder Bharara '90. "He doesn't care about the excess stuff--just the writing," Bharara says. "The best thing about Mr. Doolittle is that he's had a lot of interesting life experiences," says Douglas W. Marx '90. "He's very opinionated" and that makes for spirited debates in class, says Marx...