Daniel Bogden

A tribal liaison pushed for progress in all three areas, putting a face on his office's Native American program, Bogden told a National Congress of American Indians conference audience in Alaska in June.

The number of cases prosecuted on the Nevada reservations under Bogden doubled in 2001 over the previous year, he said.According to Arlan Melendez, vice president of the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada and chairman of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, progress in prosecutions and communication continued during Bogden's tenure, though his record wasn't perfect and still more could have been done.

The progress ended abruptly in 2005 and 2006, when the federal budget for U.S. attorney offices declined and staffing in Nevada fell from 46 attorneys to 39.Then in late 2006, the Justice Department abruptly fired eight U.S. attorneys.Bogden was one of five among the eight who had taken a leadership role on DOJ's subcommittee on Native issues, according to recent testimony before Congress by Thomas Heffelfinger, the U.S. attorney for Minnesota at the time.
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Bogden himself disputed the department's stated reasons for his dismissal, which have also struck a national chorus of critics as unconvincing.

"I think we have to be concerned about the Washingtonization of the U.S. attorneys," he told the NCAI gathering.

Daniel Bogden had been a career prosecutor with the Department of Justice before being ousted in the unprecedented firings in 2006. He is being vetted now for his old job, Reid's office said.

The senator "feels that what happened to Bogden was wrong and he wanted to right that wrong," said Reid spokesman Jon Summers.
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Bogden and the other attorneys were dismissed in 2006 leading to widespread investigations of politicization within the Justice department.
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Bogden has remained in Nevada, in private practice.

If appointed by President Barack Obama, Bogden would replace Nevada's U.S. Attorney Greg Brower, who was appointed by Bush to fill Bogden's position.
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Reid's spokesman said the senator believes Brower "has been doing a great job," but wants to return Bogden to the post.

Bogden was one of five among the eight who had taken a leadership role on DOJ's sub-committee on Native issues ...

Bogden was one of five among the eight who had taken a leadership role on DOJ's sub-committee on Native issues ...
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Bogden was one of five among the eight who had taken a leadership role on DOJ's sub-committee on Native issues ...

Bogden was one of five among the eight who had taken a leadership role on DOJ's sub-committee on Native issues...

Bogden was one of five among the eight who had taken a leadership role on DOJ's sub-committee on Native issues ...