McNulty, Davis Resignations a Blow to Bush

In a blow to the Bush administration, the deputy attorney general and the only Democrat on the White House's Privacy and Civil Liberties Board have resigned.
WEB EXCLUSIVE
By Michael Isikoff
Newsweek
Updated: 5:54 p.m. PT May 14, 2007
May 14, 2007 - The White House was hit by two sudden resignations late Monday when Paul McNulty, a top Justice Department official, and Lanny Davis, the only Democratic member of the president’s civil liberties watchdog board, announced they were stepping down. Both resignations are likely to fuel allegations of White House political meddling in law enforcement and national security issues.

McNulty, the deputy attorney general, cited the “financial realities of college-age childrenâ€