Update from Josh Marshall: "Carol Lam, US Attorney in San Diego, who prosecuted Duke Cunningham and was continuing her investigation into Bush appointee Kyle "Dusty" Foggo at CIA, has resigned." She too was asked to step down, according to U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa.
"Firing attorneys without cause? And some of them are investigating Republicans for corruption? And he's using a loophole in the Patriot Act that allows him to appoint loyal Republicans who won't investigate him?" --Commenter at TPM
From the Senate Floor, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on the "unexplained 'forced resignations' of federal prosecutors around the country."
"The public response has been shock. Peter Nunez, who served as the San Diego U.S. Attorney from 1982 to 1988, has said, ‘This is like nothing I've ever seen in my 35-plus years.’" [via ]
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