Attorney firings scandal continues to widen
McClatchy (via The Kansas City Star) is reporting that the US attorney firings scandal may have involved attempts to protect a CIA agent being investigated for corruption.
This administration has a lot of 'splaining to do.
Meanwhile, if you're flying, I wouldn't even bother bringing water to the airport, just show up naked without luggage. 'Cause you know the drill now: Bush administration in trouble, Bush administration seeks distraction. Something like... (scratching chin in preparation for dream sequence--)
The zombified corpse of Saddam Hussein has joined al-Qaeda and is living in Laguna Beach, where he is threatening the soft taco supply! Therefore we must dehydrate you, for your own protection.
UPDATE--Think Progress raises the interesting possibility that Lam might have been ready to investigate the White House.
Fired San Diego U.S. attorney Carol Lam notified the Justice Department that she intended to execute search warrants on a high-ranking CIA official as part of a corruption probe the day before a Justice Department official sent an e-mail that said Lam needed to be fired, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Sunday.The CIA official, according to McClatchy, is none other than Kyle "Dusty" Foggo. From TPM Muckraker's reference section:
Kyle Dustin “Dusty” Foggo was appointed executive director of the CIA, the agency’s third-highest post, in October 2004. A longtime friend of Brent Wilkes, one of two men accused of bribing former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Foggo is currently under investigation by the FBI and the CIA Inspector General in an extension of the Cunningham corruption probe.No wonder the righties around here are spinning so furiously, trying to insist (still) that there was some huge conspiracy on the part of Democrats in Washington state to steal the 2004 gubernatorial election. It's the only way they can keep what's left of their support from collapsing completely. Because anyone who is halfway honest about the situation can plainly see, as the McClatchy article touches upon, that the changing administration reasons for the firings are ridiculous.
This administration has a lot of 'splaining to do.
Meanwhile, if you're flying, I wouldn't even bother bringing water to the airport, just show up naked without luggage. 'Cause you know the drill now: Bush administration in trouble, Bush administration seeks distraction. Something like... (scratching chin in preparation for dream sequence--)
The zombified corpse of Saddam Hussein has joined al-Qaeda and is living in Laguna Beach, where he is threatening the soft taco supply! Therefore we must dehydrate you, for your own protection.
UPDATE--Think Progress raises the interesting possibility that Lam might have been ready to investigate the White House.
