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Note: This is mainly a record of only U.S. political resignations and deaths, with a few exceptions in the deaths category.
Page Under Construction - Updates Ongoing

Denotes dead links removed and/or replaced as of 10/03/04

Part I - Resignations and Dismissals


MILITARY / INTELLIGENCE / DEFENSE...

COL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR - US ARMY
Maverick colonel blames US army's 'sycophantic' culture and heavy-handedness for failures in Iraq - June 9, 2004

GEORGE TENET - DIRECTOR, CIA
Tenet's Perjury And Resignation
Coup d'Etat

JAMES PAVITT - DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, CIA
Second top-level resignation at CIA - June 4, 2004
Coup d'Etat

KENNETH DeGRAFFENREID - PENTAGON, INTEL
The Gray Zone

RAND BEERS - NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
Rand Beers

RICHARD CLARKE - DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL/CYBERSPACE SECURITY
Attrition Security Rant
Leslie Stahl interviews Richard Clarke

VICTORIA CLARKE - DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Pentagon Spokeswoman stepping down - 6/16/03

J.D. CROUCH II - ASST SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
Pentagon Hawk Released – Straws in the Wind? - 10/31/03

GEN. WAYNE DOWNING - DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM
Gen. Wayne Downing: counterterrorism chief resigns - 6/27/02

GEN. TOMMY FRANKS - U.S. ARMY CENTCOM
Rumsfeld Announces Franks' Resignation - 5/23/03

GEN. JAY GARNER
Exclusive interview with: General Jay Garner

RICHARD HAAS - STATE DEPARTMENT
Loss of key aide another setback for Powell

DAVID KAY - WEAPONS INSPECTOR
Inspector Calls US Iraq Intelligence a Failure

KAREN KWIATKOWSKI - DoD NEAR EAST BUREAU
Goodbye, Mr. President: the Secret Resignation Letters

ISAM AL-KHAFAJI - IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION COUNCIL
I Did Not Want To Be a Collaborator - 7/28/03

BEN MILLER
FLYNT LEVERETT
HILLARY MANN
Two U.S. Diplomats Resign over Iraq Stance

LT. JOHN OLIVIERA - U.S. NAVY
Navy Public Affairs Officer Who Worked in Iraq Condemns President Bush & The U.S. Invasion

JOHN O'NEILL - FBI*
O'Neill's Life and Career (Dead link replacement)
*See John O'Neill also in Part II - Deaths

RICHARD PERLE - PENTAGON ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRMAN
Perle Resigns as Chairman of the Defense Policy Board

JOHN M. POINDEXTER - DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Poindexter to Resign Following Terrorist Futures Debacle - 7/31/03

JACK PRITCHARD - STATE DEPARTMENT
Top U.S. Expert on North Korea Steps Down

PAUL REDMOND - DEPARTMENT HOMELAND SECURITY
Top Homeland Security Official Resigns Position
Riddle As U.S. Spy Chief Quits

HOWARD SCHMIDT - CYPBERSPACE SECURITY / NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (see also Richard Clarke)
White House Cybersecurity Adviser Resigns - April 21, 2003

GEN. ERIC SHINSEKI - U.S. ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF
Gen. Eric Shinseki Resigns - 6/10/03

LARRY THOMPSON - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
High-level resignation at Justice Department - 8/12/03
Rep. John Conyers Letter Regarding DoJ Handling of Enron (pdf)

Bush Point Man on Corporate Crime Accused of Fraud

TOM WARRICK - STATE DEPARTMENT
Gen. Jay Garner was forced to fire valued team member

THOMAS E. WHITE - U.S. ARMY SECRETARY
Ousted Army Chief Blasts Bush Iraq Policy - 5/03

RABBI DOV ZAKHEIM - PENTAGON CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Pentagon finance manager resigns

GENERAL ANTHONY ZINNI
General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC
War Over President Bush's Words Heats Up


WHITE HOUSE STAFF / DIPLOMATIC CORPS...

OTTO REICH - SPECIAL ENVOY TO LATIN AMERICA
Bush Misled Public

CHARLOTTE BEERS - WHITE HOUSE PR
Bush Misled Public

MARGARET TUTWILER - WHITE HOUSE PR
Promoter of U.S. Image quits

TUCKER ESKEW - WHITE HOUSE PR
Promoter of U.S. Image quits

JAYSON BLAIR
to replace Fleischer
Eventual actual replacement: Scott McClellan

JOHN H. BROWN - U.S. DIPLOMAT
U.S. diplomat resigns over Iraq war plans - 3/10/03

MITCH DANIELS - WHITE HOUSE BUDGET DIRECTOR
Why Did Mitch Daniels Really Resign: Allegations of Insider Trading, Of Course!

WILLIAM FARISH - AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN
Goodbye, Piccadilly

ARI FLEISCHER - WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
Fleischer to Resign
The resignation of Ari Fleischer: Bush’s official liar goes for the gold - 5/23/03

TIMOTHY HANNAPEL - DEPUTY SPECIAL COUNSEL
Top two whistleblower protectors resign - 5/12 03

R. GLENN HUBBARD - WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS
Last Economic Adviser Resigns--Hubbard - 2/27/03

ELAINE KAPLAN - SPECIAL COUNSEL
Top two whistleblower protectors resign - 5/12/03

JOHN BRADY KIESLING - U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GREECE
Career Diplomat Resigns Over U.S. Policy on Iraq - 3/1/03

LARRY LINDSEY - WHITE HOUSE SENIOR ECONOMIC ADVISOR
O'Neill and Lindsey submit resignations Friday - White House Financial Team Reshuffle - 12/02

JOSEPH WILSON - U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GABON
Plame-Gate: Background and Ongoing Coverage of Retaliatory Outing of Wilson's CIA Agent Wife, Valerie Plame

MARY ANN WRIGHT - U.S. AMBASSADOR TO MONGOLIA
Diplomat Mary Ann Wright Resigns - 3/19/03


TREASURY DEPARTMENT...

PETER FISHER - TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Treasury's Peter Fisher Resigns

ROSARIO MARIN - U.S. TREASURER
U.S. Treasurer to Resign - 5/22/03

PAUL O'NEILL - U.S. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
O'Neill Calls Bush a Disengaged President - 01/10/04
O'Neill and Lindsey submit resignations Friday - White House Financial Team Reshuffle - 12/02

MARK WEINBERGER - TREASURY SEC'Y FOR TAX POLICY
Bush's top tax aide is quitting - 03/27/02


EPA...

BRUCE BOLER - EPA BIOLOGIST
Wetlands Pollute Study Okayed, Clears Way for SW Florida Development - EPA Biologist Resigns in Protest - 10/22/03

LINDA FISHER - DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, EPA
Second Top EPA Official Resigns 7/11/03

ERIC SCHAEFFER - EPA OFFICE OF REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT
Study Finds Top Air Polluters Closely Tied to Bush Administration
Goodbye, Mr. President: the Secret Resignation Letters

CHRISTINE WHITMAN - EPA
Bush Covers Up Climate Report - 9/21/03
"The email discusses possible tactics for...getting rid of EPA officials, including...Christine Whitman."

RICH BIONDI
BRUCE BUCKHEIT
J.P. SUAREZ
3 Top Enforcement Officials Say They Will Leave E.P.A. (Link repaired 10/03/04)


HEALTH / MEDICARE AND MEDICAID...

JANET REHNQUIST - INSPECTOR GEN'L HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Janet Rehnquist Resigns - 3/4/03

THOMAS SCULLY - MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ADMINISTRATOR
Scully Says Medicare [Plan]"Dumb"

TOMMY THOMPSON - SECT'Y HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Tommy Thompson to Resign - 6/3/03

PATRICIA WARE - EXEC DIRECTOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HIV & AIDS
AIDS Panel Director Leaves, Deputy Secretary At HHS Resigns - 2/5/03


BUSH '04 CAMPAIGN ADVISERS and CHAIRS...

JIM TOBIN - NEW ENGLAND CAMPAIGN CHAIR
Bush's New England campaign chief resigns over phone-jamming allegations (Oct 15, '04)
Bush-Cheney New England campaign chair Jim Tobin resigns over election tampering scandal (Oct 15, '04)
MIKE ALLEN - SW OHIO CHAIRMAN
Employee lawsuit: Allen coerced sex (Aug 27, '04)
COL. KEN CORDIER (RET.)
Bush adviser quits after appearing in swift boat ad (Aug 23, '04)
BENJAMIN GINSBERG
Lawyer Advising Vets Quits Bush Campaign (Aug 25, '04)
DEAL W. HUDSON
Adviser to president quits over scandal (Aug 20, '04) (Link repaired 10/03/04)


9/11 COMMISSION...

HENRY KISSINGER
SENATOR GEORGE MITCHELL
Kissinger resigns as head of 9/11 commission



OTHERS...


REP DOUG BEREUTER (R-NEB)
Retiring GOP congressman breaks ranks on Iraq
GOP Congressman: War Was a Mistake

JOHN W. CARLIN - U.S. ARCHIVIST
Archivist's Resignation Questioned

TERESA CHAMBERS - US PARK POLICE CHIEF
Ex-chief of Park Police denounces firing

JOHN DiIULIO - OFFICE OF FAITH BASED INITIATIVES
The DiIulio Resignation in Context
Why Are These Men Laughing?
Shrub Time: DiIulio Resigns Post

MIKE DOMBECK, FOREST SERVICE CHIEF
Goodbye, Mr. President: the Secret Resignation Letters

ANDREW ELLER - U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
Dissenting Scientist Fired by Administration's Fish and Wildlife Service

RICHARD HERDMAN - SEC ACCOUNTANT
SEC Chief Accountant Resigns

ED KAST - FLORIDA ELECTION CHIEF
Florida elections chief quits - June 8, 2004 (Replacement link)

CHUCK MCGEE - DIRECTOR, NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Former GOP consultant pleads guilty to jamming Democratic phones (Dead link replacement)

DON NORTH - IRAQI MEDIA PROJECT
U.S. Journalist Quits Pentagon Iraqi Media Project Calling it U.S. Propaganda

THEODORE OLSON - SOLICITOR GENERAL
Solicitor General Theodore Olson to Step Down

MICHAEL PARKER - ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (fired)
Bush Fires Army Corps Chief after he fails to defend budget cuts - 3/6/02

HARVEY PITT - SEC CHAIRMAN
Harvey Pitt resigns as SEC chief - 11/6/02

ABDEL BASSET TURKI - CPA HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER
ABDEL KARIM MAHUD AL-MAHAMADAWI
Second Iraqi minister quits (Dead link replacement)

JACK WALTERS - BOONE COUNTY MISSOURI GOP CHAIRMAN
Our Country Above Politics

WILLIAM WEBSTER - PUBLIC ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD
William Webster's resignation letter to SEC's Pitt

RICHARD S. LANIER - WHITE HOUSE CULTURAL PROPERTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MARTIN E. SULLIVAN - WHITE HOUSE CULTURAL PROPERTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
GARY VIKAN - WHITE HOUSE CULTURAL PROPERTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Three Bush Advisers Quit Over Iraq Looting - 4/1/7/03




Other Sites Keeping Track

TV News Lies - Resignations
Impeach Bush




Part II - Deaths: Political
Suicide, Accident, Murder?

PETER HARTMANN
Central figure in cemetery probe found dead
Funeralgate

GUS W. WEISS - former White House policy adviser on technology, intelligence, and economic affairs (11/25/03)
Top Secret Advisor To 4 Presidents Dies 'Violently' In DC

DON HOLLAND - (D)SC - U.S. Senator - (10/05/03)
S.C. Sen. Don Holland, of Camden, dies at 75

MICHAEL HOLTON - UN security guard
Security Guard Found Shot at United Nations

JOHN KOKAL - State Department Employee - Intelligence Div. (11/07/03)
The death of Intelligence Official John Kokal - 11/22/03
Mystery Surrounds Death of State Dept. Official
State Dept. Worker Found Dead Outside Agency
Missing Computers - Dead Bodies at the State Dept. (Repaired link)
Police Investigate Death of State Dept. Employee

SALEM BIN LADEN
The Strange Death of bin Laden's Brother in Texas

COLIN MCMILLAN - Bush nominee for Navy secretary
Bush Nominee for Navy Sec. May Have Killed Self

JOHN O'NEILL - FBI
New light on the life and death of John O'Neill
Remember John
Who Killed John O'Neill?
Why Is O'Neill's Family Suing Iraq?

MARGIE SCHOEDINGER - woman who filed sexual lawsuit against George W. Bush in '02 (11/12/03)
Texas Woman's Lawsuit Alleges Bush Sexual Assault
In the western world, only one newspaper reports the suicide of the woman who accused George W Bush of rape (12/13/03)

PAUL WELLSTONE - (D)MN - U.S. Senator
Evidence mounts that Paul Wellstone was murdered
The death of US Senator Paul Wellstone: accident or murder?
Paul Wellstone Murder - 10/02
What Happened to Paul Wellstone?


Prominent Democrats Die Disproportionately in Small Plane Crashes:
Was Paul Wellstone Murdered?

ENRON CONNECTIONS...

J. CLIFFORD BAXTER - ENRON
The Strange and Convenient Death of J. Clifford Baxter
The Mysterious Death Of An Enron Exec

JAKE HORTON - GULF POWER
A high price to pay for the power and the glory

CHARLES DANA RICE - EL PASO CORP
Utility Executive Dead in Apparent Suicide

JAMES WATKINS - ARTHUR ANDERSEN ACCOUNTING FIRM
Gunshot caused death of Denver consultant

AWOL CONNECTIONS...

SID ADGER
LT. COL. WILLIAM HARRIS, JR.
LT. COL. JERRY KILLIAN
GENERAL JAMES ROSE
A Roster of the Dead

Other Sites Keeping Track

Dead People With Connections to the Bush Dynasty - Rense.com
Bush Death List




Part III - Deaths: Journalists & Editors
Killed by U.S. & coalition military or other in Iraq


MAZEN AL-TUMEIZI
Al-Arabiya reporter killed, two other journalists wounded in Baghdad (Dead link replacement)

ENZO BALDONI
Italian FM condemns hostage killing

MAHMUD HAMID ABBAS
Journalist killed in Fallujah

SHINSUKE HASHIDA
KOTARO OGAWA
Two Japanese journalists killed in attack near Baghdad

RASHID HAMID WALI
Aljazeera crew member killed in Iraq

WALDEMAR MILEWICZ - CORRESPONDENT
MOUNIR BOUAMRANE - PRODUCER
US Forces Tighten Grip Around Najaf

ALI al-KHATIB
Iraqi Reporters Rebuff Powell, Leave News Conference

ALI ABD al-AZIZ
Iraqi Reporters Rebuff Powell, Leave News Conference
US admits killing Arab journalists in Iraq

RICARDO ORTEGA
U.S. Marines open fire in Haiti

JOSE COUSO
Journalists Under Fire: The Death of José Couso in Baghdad
Jose Couso killed in an attack allied against a hotel of Bagdad

MAZEN DANA
U.S. troops 'crazy' in killing of cameraman

TERRY LLOYD
FRED NERAC (Cameraman)
New Investigation Says U.S. Helicopter Gunship Killed ITN Reporter Terry Lloyd - 9/25/03

TARAS PROTSYUK
Taras Protsyuk Reuters Television cameramanwas killed in Baghdad

AHMED SHAWKAT (Editor)
Call for investigation into killing of newspaper editor; US soldiers and Iraqi police urged to stop detaining journalists - 10/28/03

RICHARD WILD (Journalist)
Was our son murdered by the CIA?




Other Sites Keeping Track - Deaths of Journalists in Iraq by any agency

Journalists Killed Since Iraq War Began
Media Coverage of the War
Journalist Death Toll in Iraq Doubles Overnight




Part IV - Deaths: Scientists  (Microbiologists, Geneticists, Infectious Disease Experts)



DR. PAUL NORMAN - 7/04
Another Top Bioweapons Expert Killed

DR. MICHAEL KILEY- 1/04
Michael Patrick Kiley, 62, Dies

DR. ROBERT E. SHOPE - 1/04
Robert Shope, 74, Virus Expert Who Warned of Epidemics, Dies (Dead link replacement)

DR. ROBERT BURGHOFF - 12/03
Chemist was killed in Medical Center

DR. MICHAEL PERICH - 10/03
West. Nile Researcher formerly working at Ft. Detrick dies in one-vehicle crash (Dead link replacement)

DR. DAVID KELLY - 7/03
Microbiologists With Link to Race-Based Weapon Turning Up Dead
David Kelly could not have bled to death
The Murder of David Kelly

DR. LELAND RICKMAN - 6/03
In Memoriam: Leland Rickman

DR. STEVEN MOSTOW - 3/02
Victims Identified in Fatal Plane Crash

DR. DAVID WYNN-WILLIAMS - 3/02
Another Top Microbiologist Dies - 12 in the Last Five Months

DR. TANYA HOLZMAYER - 2/02
Pizza Delivery Man May Have Been Ambush

DR. GUYANG HUANG - 2/02
Pizza Delivery Man May Have Been Ambush - Suspect Later Found Dead

DR. VICTOR KORSHUNOV - 2/02
Victor Korshunov (Dead link replacement)

DR. IAN LANGFORD - 2/02
Death of UEA Scientist 'Not Suspicious'
Kelly's Death Linked With Langford's Says Jane's Editor

DR. IVAN BLEBOV - 1/02
DR. ALEXI BRUSHLINSKI - 1/02
More Dead Scientists (Dead link replacement that includes Dr. Brushlinski - The original Pravda report that named Dr. Blebov is no longer working, and another link has not yet been found)

DR. ROMAN KUZMIN - 12/01 (Surgeon)
Russian Surgeon, 24, Dies on Highway While Fleeing Police

DR. ROBERT SCHWARTZ - 12/01
Allegations aired in Loudoun murder (Dead link replacement)

DR. BENITO QUE - 12/01
Scientists Deaths Are Under the Microscope

DR. SET VAN NGUYEN - 12/01
W CSIRO commits to safety changes (Dead link replacement)

DR. AMIRAM ELDOR - 11/01
BMJ Obituaries

DR. DON WILEY - 11/01
Has Professor Wiley Been "Disappeared"?

DR. JEFFREY P. WALL - 11/01
Another Microbiologist Dies

DR. VLADIMIR PASECHNIK - 11/01
Revealed - Another Top BioWarfare Scientist Murdered

DR. YAACOV MATZNER - 11/01
Pilots criticise Zurich crash runway (Dead link replacement)
Microbiologists Beware (Dead link replacement)





Other Sites Keeping Track

Down With Murder Inc.
Democratic Underground Forum Post
Dead Scientists DO Tell Tales
Dead Scientists
List of Murdered and Missing Scientists
Who and Why: Missing/Dead Scientists (Repaired link)
The Very Mysterious Deaths of Five Microbiologists
A Career in Microbiology Can Be Harmful to Your Health - Especially Since 9/11
Death Toll Mounting As Connections to Dyncorp, Hadron, Promis Software and Disease Research Emerge
The Anthrax X-Files: Spreading the Disease


Part V - Deaths: Jessica Lynch Rescuers/Connections




JOSH DANIEL SPEER - U.S. Marine - Car crash into tree 7/03
Iraq war veteran killed in Highway 11 wreck

DAVID TAPPER - Navy Seal - Wounds received in Afghanistan 8/08/03
David M. Tapper (Dead link replacement)

SOK KHAK UNG - U.S. Marine - Drive by shooting 10/03
Funeral for Marine Who Survived Iraq, But Not Long Beach

SPC KYLE WILLIAMS - Apparent suicide and murder suspect - 10/03
Suspect in motel slaying found dead



Part VI - Deaths: American Troops  &  Civilian 'Colateral Damage'



Other Sites Keeping Track

Military City - Faces of Valor
Calendar of U.S. Military Dead in Iraq War
Faces of the Fallen
Iraq Body Count
U.S. & Coalition Casualties
Casualties in Iraq - the Human Cost of Occupation



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