[cmccuist]

Keith, I may need to go back and review my civics 101. Is the Attorney General part of the Executive branch or the Judicial? It's Judicial right?

Traditionally, the president gets to appoint the Attorney General with Senate approval. And he gets to appoint federal prosecuters. That system seems flawed to me as the line between checks and balances overlap. But W didn't come up with that system, he just used it.

The president does appoint the director of the FBI, CIA etc with Senate approval, but those are definitely Executive branch.