Bush loyalist among fired U.S. attorneys

Threatened controversy over a poor evaluation of federal prosecutor Kevin Ryan in San Francisco derailed plans to retain him.

SOURCE: Maura Dolan // Los Angeles Times

22 Mar 2007 // SAN FRANCISCO — The "company man" hired and fired by the Bush administration as U.S. attorney in San Francisco was a loyal Republican the administration wanted to keep on — until it appeared he could become a public relations liability.

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