European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June stars and stripes Pace 13 Durham county District attorney Mike Nifong listens during a North Carolina state bar trial in Nifong faces several ethics charges tied to his handling of the Duke Lacrosse rape Gerry officer prosecutor told Duke Case troubled by Aaron Beard the associated press a police detective who investigated rape allegations involving three Duke la Crosse players testified at an ethics hearing wednesday that District attorney Mike Nifong never asked him to withhold evidence and didst coach him before his grand jury the North Carolina state bar has charged Nifong with several violations of the states rules of professional conduct All tied to his actions in the Lacrosse if convicted by the disciplinary com he could be stripped of his License to practice Law in the during the hearing wednes Durham police investigator Benjamin Himan was asked to re count the Early Days of the airfreight Charters hazmat warehousing Mission critical special projects on sit staff equipment at military bases 5 which started in March 2006 when a stripper told police she had been raped at a Lacrosse team Nifong won indictments against three who were later cleared by state Himan said Nifong knew about the accusers history of mental ill and about a previous accusation of rape that didst Lead to an before he decided to seek indictments against Reade Selig Collin Finnerty and Dave Nifong Dudley questioned Himan on wednesday about his reservations about indicting said if you believe her in one part of the you have to believe her on the other part of the Himan Testi you cant pick and on Himan said he was concerned that authorities didst have enough evidence against he said that when he Learned Nifong planned to seek an his reaction was sarcastic i think i made the with what two subpoenaed in probe of prosecutor firings by Laurie Kellman the associated press Washington the chair men of two congressional commit tees issued subpoenas monday for testimony from former White House counsel Harriet Miers and former political director Sara Tay Lor on their roles in the firings of eight democrats probing whether the White House improperly dictated which prosecutors the jus Tice department should fire also Are subpoena ing the White House for All relevant Senate judiciary committee chairman Patrick a demo issued Taylors subpoena for her testimony july his counterpart in the judiciary committee chairman John Cony issued a subpoena for Miers testimony the next the White House has repeatedly refused to make current and former officials involved in the fir Ings available except in private in without congressional investigators have refused that the committees can easily obtain the facts they want without a confrontation by simply accept ing our offer for documents and White House spokes woman Dana Perino said wednes but its Clear that Leahy and Conyers Are More interested in drama than Miers left the White House while Taylors last Day was democrats have widely demanded that the head of the jus Tice attorney Gener Al Alberto step Down Over the firings and his general stewardship of the seven Senate republicans voted with democrats on monday on a no Confidence Resolution against Gonzales and Many More Mem Bers of the Republican party have called publicly for a new at Torney the Resolution fell seven votes Short of the 60 required to Advance it to a formal upor Down for his the top Law enforcement has said he plans to stay until the end of president Bush second term in 2009 and the president continues to stand by his longtime the House and Senate chair men implicitly threatened a constitutional showdown if the White House does not comply or strike a the bread crumbs in this investigation have always led to 1600 Conyers referring to the White House w w w Ikui on a i a i Miry o c o in More details Send us a photo of yourself Reading stars and stripes for a Chance to Cool Tashir is and a Nintendo game console grand prize