Now that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has testified about the firings of several U.S. attorneys, the moment of highest drama in this story may have passed. But among the many things Americans are wondering about, at or near the top of the list is why a job as important as a federal prosecutor is often held by people so beholden to political whims.
And no matter how hard it is for Americans to understand this, it is even harder for those following this story in other countries. Ask someone in Berlin or London about this story, and you might be on the receiving end of a few blank stares. That is because the large majority of other countries around the world with mature legal systems do not treat their prosecutors in quite the same politicized way that we do and always have.
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