LEADER 02855nam 22004813u 450 001 9910809490103321 005 20230801230459.0 010 $a1-60344-766-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000341102 035 $a(EBL)1132631 035 $a(OCoLC)830168928 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1132631 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000341102 100 $a20130418d2012|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aProsecution among Friends$b[electronic resource] $ePresidents, Attorneys General, and Executive Branch Wrongdoing 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A&M University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (218 p.) 225 1 $aJoseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and Leadership 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60344-745-8 327 $aFront Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. "Where There Is Smoke": Investigating and Prosecuting; Chapter 2. Legal Regimes, Attorneys General, and Executive; Chapter 3. When All Bets Are Off: Presidents, Vice Presidents,; Chapter 4. A Bit Too Familiar: When the Justice Department; Chapter 5. More Political Considerations: Departing Officials,; Chapter 6. What's a Little Prosecution among Friends? A; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover 330 $a Can Justice Department officials effectively investigate wrongdoing within their own administration without relying on an independent counsel? In Prosecution among Friends political scientist David Alistair Yalof explores the operation of due process as it is navigated within the office of the attorney general and its various subdivisions. The attorney general holds a politically appointed position within the administration and yet, as the nation's highest ranking law enforcement officer, is still charged with holding colleagues and superiors legally accountable. That duty 410 0$aJoseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and Leadership 606 $aCorruption investigation -- United States -- History 606 $aCriminal investigation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History 606 $aSpecial prosecutors -- United States -- History 606 $aUnited States. Dept. of Justice -- History 615 4$aCorruption investigation -- United States -- History. 615 4$aCriminal investigation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History. 615 4$aSpecial prosecutors -- United States -- History. 615 4$aUnited States. Dept. of Justice -- History. 676 $a364.1/3230973 676 $a364.13230973 700 $aYalof$b David Alistair$01609278 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809490103321 996 $aProsecution among Friends$93936441 997 $aUNINA