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Red Robin

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Are child rape cases being covered up by the state?






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MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Special prosecutor in Tiller abortion case fired
Newly elected attorney general just paying off 'political debts,' says sacked lawyer

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Posted: January 11, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern


By Bob Unruh
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com


The special prosecutor assigned to legally pursue notorious abortionist George Tiller – accused of performing illegal late-term abortions on girls as young as 10 – has been fired, but critics are calling the termination pay-back politics.

Paul Morrison, the new attorney general in Kansas, ended the contract with special prosecutor Don McKinney, a Wichita lawyer, with a letter saying, "any appointment you received" for work for the state office "is terminated immediately."

That means, McKinney said, that Morrison simply is repaying his political debts.

"Morrison owes political debts," McKinney told WND. "Morrison's going to dance with the gal that brung him to the ball."

The case has an extended history, with former Attorney General Phill Kline seeking as far back as 2004 records from several abortion businesses in Kansas that he believed may document the commission of crimes. For example, he asked how could dozens of underage girls be given abortions in Kansas without a single case of assault on a child being reported?

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He fought a two-year battle for those records, having gained the approval of two different district judges and the state Supreme Court in that time. He obtained the records just a few weeks before Christmas, and just days before the holiday filed 30 criminal counts against Tiller, alleging he performed illegal late-term abortions and did not have the proper medical diagnoses for those procedures.

Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston then asked Judge Paul Clark to dismiss the counts and he did, affirming that decision in a later court hearing. But Kline had appointed McKinney as special prosecutor during that time, and McKinney last week filed a suit in the state Supreme Court asking for a determination that Foulston and Clark had usurped Kline's authority, and seeking a ruling the counts could move forward.

Morrison's office did not return WND calls requesting a comment about the situation, and the status of that Supreme Court case.

Georgia Cole, a spokeswoman in Foulston's office, earlier told WND there were no personal or political issues involved in the decision by Foulston to have the charges dismissed.

"The case was dismissed based strictly on the facts that the AG did not have the authority to come into this jurisdiction and file charges without the DA inviting or requesting or allowing," Cole told WND.

Morrison spokeswoman Ashley Anstaett also told a Wichita newspaper that Morrison's campaign received no contributions from Tiller or the political action committee he supports, called ProKanDo.

However, a group called Kansas for Consumer Privacy Protection was active in the campaign, and it held the same address as ProKanDo, according to the newspaper.

Also, Morrison during his campaign had told the Lawrence Journal-World that he thought state money was being used for "misplaced priorities" in an investigation of abortion business practices in the state and he would instead use that to start a domestic violence unit.

He also got a huge boost in his campaign when a non-profit organization that the newspaper linked to Tiller mailed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of mailings critical of Kline.

The mailings called Kline "Snoop Dog" and were mailed by Kansans for Consumer Privacy Protection, said the newspaper, which noted that group had the same office address as ProKanDo, a political action committee Tiller started and is funding to elect pro-abortion candidates.

A constitutional law professor, Kris Kobach, had told Fox News earlier that "Kansas law is perfectly clear that says the attorney [general], if he finds probable cause, can bring a criminal complaint of this nature."

He said Foulston's argument, and Clark's endorsement of it, would leave Kansans without a way to prosecute any case the local district attorney opposed. That could become problematic, because there have been cases in Kansas in which the district attorney has been the defendant in a case, he noted.

Officials with the activist pro-life group Operation Rescue also characterized the Morrison decision as a pay-back.

"This is just the beginning of the political pay-back," said Troy Newman, president of the group that shut down one other Wichita abortion clinic by purchasing the building."I am sure Morrison is scrambling up in Topeka right now looking for any reasons at all to bury the Tiller case."

The dismissal was no surprise, since Morrison repeatedly had told the media he would dismiss McKinney, alleging the Democrat could not be "independent" because he holds pro-life views.

"That is not what it means to be an independent special prosecutor," Newman said. "An independent prosecutor is endowed with the power of an attorney general, but works outside the structure of the office so that he can pursue a case without impediment from politics or other influences. It does not mean that a person has no opinions. We assume that Morrison possesses the basic language skills that would allow him to understand the difference, and therefore can only conclude that he is intentionally using deceptive language to confuse the issue at hand."

Newman noted with the abortion industry's support for Morrison, "it is the height of hypocrisy for Morrison to portray himself as 'independent' or 'objective' while criticizing McKinney.

"Morrison, because of his pro-abortion bias, should remove himself from any influence or connection with this case. That would be the right thing to do," Newman said.

Kline is moving to the post of Johnson County District Attorney, a post that Morrison vacated to seek the state post. In that position, Kline is unlikely to have any influence over any case involving Tiller, whose business is in Sedgwick County. However, Kline also had begun an investigation of, and obtained records from, the Planned Parenthood business that is in Johnson County, and will have jurisdiction to decide any cases that may be generated in that regard.

Newman's organization also has announced a national event called "A Cry for Justice" to be held in Wichita starting Jan. 19. It seeks reinstatement of the charges Kline had developed against Tiller, and is being held because of a suggestion from Fox News' Bill O'Reilly.

"You know, I've been covering the news in America for 30 years and this Kansas situation is the worst thing I've ever seen … Americans cannot turn away from this; cannot ignore it. There should be thousands of people demonstrating outside Tiller's abortion clinic in Wichita," he said.

There also was an announcement from Foulston that she had reviewed material provided by Kline about the "mandatory reporting laws for underage teenage sex in 15 abortions performed in 2003."

She said her review showed "that in accordance with Kansas reporting statutes, the staff of Tiller's clinic notified child protective services agencies in various jurisdictions of the medical status of each child and the procedure that was followed in this state."

Kline's actual allegations of illegal late-term abortions and improper medical diagnoses weren't addressed.

Tiller's lawyers, Dan Monnat and Lee Thompson, later said in a statement to a local newspaper that Foulston "exercised her duties appropriately and we are, of course, pleased that she confirms what we have always maintained: Dr. Tiller has always completely abided by the law."
 

jigs

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well, we are about 6 miles south of the Nebraska border, so 99% of our news is from Huskerville, so I am not as well versed on this as I ought to be, BUT my sister has worked with Kline on a few things, and piecing it together, this is my opinion.

Tiller was a sick man, his business is horrible. and Kline wanted to shut him down, lock him up, and throw away the key.

then Morrison, a puppet for the left wing baby killers, became a hired gun to oust Kline, and get Tiller off the hook.

before the next election, I forsee Tiller being cleared of any wrong doing, and getting out of Dodge. I think Kline will get back in, and look for a court battle in which Morrison and the Dems who put him into power will be put in prison.
 

Red Robin

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Aplus and Jiggs, do you have any insight into this deal. I was in Ks. for a couple days this week and it's all the news.


Topeka, KS (LifeNews.com) -- Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison has been rocked by a sexual harassment claim tied to an affair he had with a subordinate employee when he served as the Johnson County Attorney. Morrison is accused of urging the employee to gather information in a case his replacement is building against an abortion center. Morrison has admitted to having an affair with Linda Carter, who was his director of administration at the county attorney's office. She resigned her job at the end of November and filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In the claim, Carter alleges that Morrison pressured her in a number of political ways, including asking her to obtain confidential documents in the case new Johnson County Attorney Phill Kline, the former state attorney general, is building against a Planned Parenthood abortion business in Overland Park. [1] Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison has been engulfed in a sex scandal that the state's governor said yesterday could end in his resignation. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Mr. Morrison and Linda Carter, who worked for him when he was Johnson County district attorney, had a two-year sexual affair. Mr. Morrison and Mrs. Carter, both of whom are married, had liaisons on business trips and in public buildings and courthouses, sometimes during working hours. On Nov. 8, Mrs. Carter filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in which she said she was pressured by Mr. Morrison to join a federal case involving some of his colleagues and an abortion-related feud with his predecessor. She said Mr. Morrison threatened to sidetrack her efforts to find another job and asked her repeatedly about an ongoing investigation into Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri (PPKM). She quit her job as administrative director on Nov. 30. Mr. Morrison said Sunday that he had a "consensual relationship" with Mrs. Carter but that "any allegation that I used the relationship to influence litigation is absolutely false."[2]

While admitting to the affair, Morrison is denying any truth to several claims reported by the Topeka Capital Journal. In the article, Carter is sighted as saying Morrison used the relationship to gain information on his former opponent Phil Kline. She says he tried to get sensitive information about Kline's prosecution against a Johnson County Abortion clinic, a case Morrison was critical of. She says they also had discussions about how the George Tiller case was being handled. The Attorney General denies all those claims saying, "Any allegation that I used the relationship to influence litigation is absolutely false. The only people attempting to use this painful and personal information for their own benefit are Mrs. Carter and her boss, Phill Kline." The Topeka paper also reports that throughout the relationship Carter claims Morrison bought her a $16,000 engagement ring and even went to get a tatoo with her initials. She says the affair fizzled out in September and a sexual harassment complaint now sits in the hands of the Kansas Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The second in Morrison's career.[3]
 
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Morrison switched from the Republican party to the Dems to run for the Attorney General office. How fitting. :lol:

Racked by scandal, facing multiple investigations and with calls for his resignation mounting, Attorney General Paul Morrison simply couldn’t hold on any longer.

Saying the scandal was damaging his office and taking a toll on his family, Morrison announced Friday that he would resign, effective Jan. 31, just over a year after he took office.

“I’ve held others accountable for their actions, and now I must be held accountable for my mistakes,” he said, his face grim as he read a statement outside his office. “Many people feel betrayed by my actions. And they have every right to feel that way.”

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will select a successor; there’s no time frame for her decision, though several names are being tossed out as possibilities.

Just a week ago, Morrison, 53, was considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, a former Republican who easily defeated then-Attorney General Phill Kline in last year’s election. Many counted Morrison as one of the state’s most popular politicians and predicted a long political career.

How fast things change.

This week, his reputation was devastated by revelations of a two-year affair with Linda Carter, a former employee in the Johnson County district attorney’s office, and allegations that he harassed Carter and tried to use her to meddle with the DA’s office, now run by Kline. Throughout the week, Morrison seemed resolute, acknowledging the affair but steadfastly denying the other allegations.

New details about the affair and the allegations emerged throughout the week. On Friday, Harris News reported that Kline learned of the affair weeks and possibly months before it was revealed to the public, and that his investigator took a statement from Carter this fall detailing her relationship with Morrison. Details from that statement were later leaked. Carter left the DA’s office last month and has declined to comment publicly.

The statement included allegations of sexual harassment, including claims that Morrison harassed Carter by phone and made repeated threats to interfere with her attempts to find a new job if she disclosed the affair to Kline. Four of the calls were overheard by two employees of the district attorney’s office, according to the Harris News report.

Throughout the week, rumors of further allegations to come grew, along with calls for Morrison’s resignation. Still, Morrison stayed in his office, and his spokeswoman said resignation was not on the table.

Democrats were largely silent Friday afternoon. Leading Democratic lawmakers and Sebelius issued short statements saying they respected Morrison’s decision. But privately, many expressed dismay at Morrison’s behavior and said they were disappointed with their adopted candidate.

Nevertheless, top Democrats such as Sebelius and party chairman Larry Gates insisted Friday that they hadn’t asked Morrison to resign.

It was probably the right time for Morrison to go, observers said. The scandal had prompted even former supporters to call for his resignation. Had Morrison stayed in office, the Democratic Party and Sebelius would have come under pressure to force him out. The Republican-controlled Legislature — which convenes next month — could have started its own investigation.

Also, leaving now gives Morrison’s successor more time to establish an incumbency ahead of the 2010 election.

“If it had just been an affair he might have survived,” said Bob Beatty, a political expert at Washburn University. “…This is the best time for him to resign, because it gives the replacement three years to do good work and help Kansans forget Paul Morrison. There’s an opportunity for a new attorney general to wipe the slate clean.”

Republicans said Morrison had no choice but to resign. For a man who campaigned on personal integrity, they said, the affair and the allegations were killers.

Scott Schwab, chairman of the Johnson County Republican Party, said the problems for Democrats are not going to go away with the resignation. He noted that party leaders like Sebelius hand-picked Morrison and encouraged him to switch parties to run against Kline.

“It shows that the governor cannot judge character. … This is huge,” he said. “It completely dismantles their (Democratic Party’s) plans for the future.”

• • •

Current investigations of the scandal are likely to continue. The resignation came one day after Kline won approval from the Johnson County Commission to hire a special prosecutor to investigate whether Morrison committed any crimes.

Though he never mentioned Morrison by name, Kline said the prosecutor would focus on potential crimes such as telephone harassment and blackmail.

Carter alleged that Morrison repeatedly demanded that she write letters on behalf of eight employees in the district attorney’s office who filed a lawsuit after being fired by Kline. She also said he tried to use her to gain sensitive information about Kline’s investigation of Planned Parenthood.

Kline had no comment Friday on the resignation and any effect it would have on the investigation.

Morrison also faces an ethics probe from the judicial disciplinary administrator, who investigates complaints of attorney misconduct. The administrator can recommend punishments to the Supreme Court ranging from censure to disbarment.

Finally, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will investigate a sexual harassment complaint filed by Carter last month.

Morrison will stay on until Jan. 31 to complete work on some criminal cases and help with the transition, according to his office.

Morrison said he hopes most of his staff will stay.

The constitution calls for Sebelius to name Morrison’s successor. Her spokeswoman, Nicole Corcoran, said the governor would work “expeditiously” to find a new attorney general. There’s no timetable for the selection.

Speculation about candidates began earlier this week. Kansas Securities Commissioner Chris Biggs, who lost a race for the attorney general’s office to Kline in 2002, is the most often mentioned.

Biggs said Friday that he had not been contacted by Sebelius. He said he liked his current job, but he did not rule out the suggestion. He predicted that Sebelius would want someone willing to campaign hard in 2010 and not be just a place-holder.

Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson, mentioned as a possible candidate, said Friday that he was not in the running.

• • •

Morrison left a long career and a bigger paycheck in Johnson County to take on Kline last year. He served as Johnson County district attorney for 18 years.

On Friday, he announced his resignation before a bank of television cameras and a gathering of his staffers. He stood at a lectern and read a one-page statement, at one point pausing to silence his ringing cell phone.

“I’ve made mistakes in my personal life, but I have always obeyed our laws and done the right thing as a professional,” he said. “… Because of my actions in my personal life, many people have stopped believing in me, which is damaging the office, my staff and the state. My actions caused pain and sadness to many people I love. I’ve been trying for some time to get right with God, right with my family and right with my friends.”

Johnson County defense attorney Tom Bath said Friday that it was a sad day for Morrison and his family. But it’s probably best for the state that Morrison stepped down, he said.

“I would hope that this gives Kansans an opportunity to get back focused on our lives and not on Paul’s personal troubles,” he said.

Bob Stephan, who was attorney general for 16 years, faced a sexual harassment lawsuit in 1982 that was later settled out of court. Stephan, who maintained his innocence throughout, said such accusations take a toll.

He said he has known Morrison for more than 20 years.

“In that time he has had a spectacular career,” Stephan said.

“It’s a very sad thing to sit and see it shot down in flames like this.”

http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/404608.html
 

Red Robin

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ff said:
Morrison switched from the Republican party to the Dems to run for the Attorney General office. How fitting. :lol:
It certainly is fitting. Before he's going to try to alter a case (while sitting as the highest judicial officer in the state) and before he sexually harasses a female employee, he needs to be a member of the right party. The party that doesn't mind those sort of things...the democrats.
 
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Red Robin said:
ff said:
Morrison switched from the Republican party to the Dems to run for the Attorney General office. How fitting. :lol:
It certainly is fitting. Before he's going to try to alter a case (while sitting as the highest judicial officer in the state) and before he sexually harasses a female employee, he needs to be a member of the right party. The party that doesn't mind those sort of things...the democrats.

Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison has been rocked by a sexual harassment claim tied to an affair he had with a subordinate employee when he served as the Johnson County Attorney....

Nice try, but no cupie doll. He was a Republican when he served Johnson County. He switched parties to run for state Attorney General. It's only now that he's a Democrat that someone is pointing fighters and naming names. If he'd stayed as a Republican, he'd probably still in office.
 

Red Robin

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Nice try on your part FF. Your party is the one that ran morrison to cover up the identity of the child rapist in Ks. You should be ashamed of your party.
 
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Nice try on your part FF. Your party is the one that ran morrison to cover up the identity of the child rapist in Ks.

Apparently the people in Kansas liked him well enough to elect him to a state wide office. And the people in Johnson County had elected him to office there as a Republican. Like it or not, he was a Republican for more years than a Democrat. That's probably why he's been outed, because he switched parties, not because Republicans became honest and truthful. Going public with this affair is payback for leaving the Republican party and successfully winning a high state office. :lol:
 

Red Robin

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ff said:
That's probably why he's been outed, because he switched parties, not because Republicans became honest and truthful. Going public with this affair is payback for leaving the Republican party and successfully winning a high state office. :lol:
You certainly don't think much of the people of Ks. do you ff. I think they want him out of office because he has sexually harassed an employee while AG, not because he switched parties.
He's a fool, a crook, and needs to step down immediately, wouldn't you agree?
 
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Red Robin said:
ff said:
That's probably why he's been outed, because he switched parties, not because Republicans became honest and truthful. Going public with this affair is payback for leaving the Republican party and successfully winning a high state office. :lol:
You certainly don't think much of the people of Ks. do you ff. I think they want him out of office because he has sexually harassed an employee while AG, not because he switched parties.
He's a fool, a crook, and needs to step down immediately, wouldn't you agree?

But the "people" of Kansas haven't said they want him out. It's apparently the man that he defeated doing this investigation. Politics as usual. This is the second time this woman has filed sexual harrassment charges against someone. Making a charge doesn't make it true. He has resigned his office. Personally, I don't care much about a politican's sex life. If he follows the law and does a good job in running his office, I'm happy.
 

Red Robin

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ff said:
Red Robin said:
ff said:
That's probably why he's been outed, because he switched parties, not because Republicans became honest and truthful. Going public with this affair is payback for leaving the Republican party and successfully winning a high state office. :lol:
You certainly don't think much of the people of Ks. do you ff. I think they want him out of office because he has sexually harassed an employee while AG, not because he switched parties.
He's a fool, a crook, and needs to step down immediately, wouldn't you agree?

But the "people" of Kansas haven't said they want him out. It's apparently the man that he defeated doing this investigation. Politics as usual. This is the second time this woman has filed sexual harrassment charges against someone. Making a charge doesn't make it true. He has resigned his office. Personally, I don't care much about a politican's sex life. If he follows the law and does a good job in running his office, I'm happy.
Typical liberal. :roll: Vilify the victim while defending the lying, cheating, justice obstructing scum. You should be ashamed.
 
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Red Robin said:
ff said:
Red Robin said:
You certainly don't think much of the people of Ks. do you ff. I think they want him out of office because he has sexually harassed an employee while AG, not because he switched parties.
He's a fool, a crook, and needs to step down immediately, wouldn't you agree?

But the "people" of Kansas haven't said they want him out. It's apparently the man that he defeated doing this investigation. Politics as usual. This is the second time this woman has filed sexual harrassment charges against someone. Making a charge doesn't make it true. He has resigned his office. Personally, I don't care much about a politican's sex life. If he follows the law and does a good job in running his office, I'm happy.
Typical liberal. :roll: Vilify the accused while defending the lying, cheating, justice obstructing scum. You should be ashamed.

"vilify the accused" :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm not defending anyone. I simply pointed out that the guy is a long time Republican who switched parties last year to successfully run as a Democrat. And that he had the affair while he was a Republican and no one seemed to care. Now that he's a Democrat, Republicans are up in arms about it. You can cry "shame, shame" all day, but the facts are there.
 

Red Robin

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Show me the facts where he's being charged with having an affair?
He's being charged with sexual harassment while AG.... :roll:
 
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Red Robin said:
Show me the facts where he's being charged with having an affair?
He's being charged with sexual harassment while AG.... :roll:

I don't see him being charged with anything. I see him being accused of sexual harassment steming from an affair that started when he was the Republican DA in Johnson County. The current DA running that investigation lost to Morrison in the campaign for the state Attorney General job. It's politics as usual for Republicans. It's ok to have an affair if you're a Republican. But switch to the other party and you'll be roasted alive.
 

Red Robin

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ff said:
Red Robin said:
Show me the facts where he's being charged with having an affair?
He's being charged with sexual harassment while AG.... :roll:

I don't see him being charged with anything. I see him being accused of sexual harassment steming from an affair that started when he was the Republican DA in Johnson County. The current DA running that investigation lost to Morrison in the campaign for the state Attorney General job. It's politics as usual for Republicans. It's ok to have an affair if you're a Republican. But switch to the other party and you'll be roasted alive.
I know you democrats love to qualify your illegalities by saying it was a sexual harassment charge stemming from an affair that started when he was republican...bla...bla...bla. The truth of the matter is the sexual harassment act was while he was the Democratic attorney general. The obstruction of justice charges that will also be filed for him covering up the child rape cases of kansas were also while he was the Ks. AG. It's your party of crooked politicians and as you say, business as usual. You should be ashamed.
 

aplusmnt

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Red Robin said:
Aplus and Jiggs, do you have any insight into this deal. I was in Ks. for a couple days this week and it's all the news.

Don't really know much about this situation! Seems what goes on in Topeka and Witchita is a whole other world from the small town area I live in.

I must not be watching or reading enough news lately because I have not really seen much about it. Its crazy how the news works at times. I have seen plenting on Brittany Spears 16 year old sister being pregnant but not this.
 

jigs

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I had an automated message left on my phne the other day asking me to go to a website and support the wich hunt.


the guy is an ass. giving Kansas the same press as the fag preacher.
 

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