From this 1998 Judge Robert Borke article:

“She (Reno) was not in charge from the beginning. Upon taking office, in an unexplained departure from the practice of recent Administrations, Miss Reno suddenly fired all 93 U.S. attorneys. She said the decision had been made in conjunction with the White House. Translation: The President ordered it. Just as the best place to hide a body is on a battlefield, the best way to be rid of one potentially troublesome attorney is to fire all of them.”

Specifically Clinton personally ordered the firing of all 93. Not just nine, but all 93, including those who were working on investigations in Arkansas involving him.

The hypocrisy here is so thick it could be solid steel.

UPDATE: From David Limbaugh’s 2001 Book, ‘Absolute Power’:

“In 1993, shortly after she was installed as attorney general, Janet Reno sent an unmistakable signal that her Justice Department would primarily serve the political ends of Bill Clinton rather than the ends of justice. At once, she fired all 93 of the country’s United States attorneys. According to no less an authority than Ted Olson, President George Bush’s chief post-election attorney, Reno’s move was extreme and unprecedented. “In order to maintain continuity in thousands of pending prosecutions, and as a statement to the public that elections do not influence routine law enforcement, the nation’s top prosecutors are traditionally replaced only after their successors have been located, appointed, and confirmed by the Senate. On instructions from the White House (she claimed it was a ‘joint’ decision; no one believes that), Reno ordered all 93 to leave in ten days. There could not have been a clearer signal that the Clinton campaign war room had taken over law enforcement in America.”

An insider who I am familar with who was present during the decision stated that the order for the firings came directly from Bill Clinton and - get this - the insistance of Hillary Clinton, during a meeting in early March of 1993. “It pretty much wiped the docket on investigations in Arkansas and around the country”.

UPDATE II: More from last week’s IBD (The hypocrisy of democrats is staggering!)

“Reno stated that the unprecedented action was a “joint decision” with the White House, and no doubt it was. The Justice Department liaison with the White House at the time was associate attorney general Webster Hubbell. He would later plead guilty to a felony count of concealing his legal work on a failed Arkansas land deal and one misdemeanor count of tax invasion as part of a plea deal with Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.

That failed land deal was called Whitewater. The Clintons were partners with Jim and Susan McDougal in the Whitewater Development Corp., whose accounts were kept in the Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, run by Jim McDougal, with Hillary Clinton as its attorney.

Federal bank examiners discovered, in their words, that Madison Guaranty was the scene of “embezzlement,” “money laundering,” “wire fraud” and “illegal campaign contributions,” along with other crimes. They testified that Madison Guaranty was a “politically corrupt institution that routed millions of dollars to politically connected Arkansans.”

Among those politically connected Arkansans were Bill and Hillary Clinton. Part of the more than $60 million looted from Madison depositors found its way into not only the Whitewater account but also into the political campaigns of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

As governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton could keep a lid on things without much national attention or interest. As president, he had to be more careful. The U.S. attorney for Arkansas was George Banks. Dismissing him would raise eyebrows. Dismissing all 93 U.S. attorneys to get rid of one potentially troublesome one would not.

On Aug. 16, 1993, Paula Casey, an active Democrat and a law student of Bill Clinton’s, took over from her Republican predecessor. Her job was to run interference and thwart any criminal referrals related to Whitewater and the Rose Law Firm.
In addition to quashing a criminal referral of Madison from the Resolution Trust Corp., she also was tasked to prevent Judge David Hale, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and mail fraud, from testifying against the Clintons. She rejected Hale’s effort at a plea bargain. He had offered to share information on the “banking and borrowing practices of some individuals in the elite political circles of the state of Arkansas.” Guess who?

Last Thursday, House Democrats issued their first subpoenas to a number of U.S. attorneys, among them David Iglesias of New Mexico. He believes, and Democrats concur, that he was dismissed because he resisted pressure by two congressmen to rush indictments in an alleged Democratic kickback scheme involving construction contracts and a prominent Democratic former state senator.

But Democrats had no problem in rushing things when it came to U.S. Attorney and now special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s mindless and unwarranted pursuit of Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff, Scooter Libby. They had hoped Fitzgerald would bring down Cheney, Karl Rove and even President Bush himself.

So Democrats endorse “political” moves by U.S. attorneys when it suits their purpose just as they supported the politically motivated dismissal of all 93 U.S. attorneys by Janet Reno ‚Äî a move intended to protect her boss from political, and criminal, repercussions from his and his wife’s past wheelings and dealings.

Mr. Chairman, we’d like the committee to issue three more subpoenas, if you please.”

I think that would be a marvelous idea! Just what is the SOL on such a thing?

UPDATE III: As noted in the comments, a good post over at Newsbusters covering ABC’s coverage this morning with eorge Stephanopoulos no less. Heh, this borders insantity.

UPDATE IV: Take a glance at Protein Wisdom on this - some of the same and more.