Uh-oh... The fired U.S. attorneys are going to talk to each other...

this is good...

Fired U.S. Attorney John McKay, now a visiting professor at the Seattle University School of Law, will host two fellow purged prosecutors for a forum on the U.S. attorney scandal.

Joining McKay will be David C. Iglesias, the former U.S. attorney for New Mexico, and Paul K. Charlton, the former prosecutor for Arizona. McKay, Iglesias and Charlton are three of the most controversial firings of the eight ousted prosecutors, because they were either conducting sensitive investigations of Republicans or under fire for not prosecuting Democrats around the time of their dismissals on Dec. 7.

All three were also contacted by members of Congress or their staff at a sensitive time regarding ongoing criminal corruption investigations.

getting together may help them piece together the bigger picture of what happened as some of them will be able to provide bits and pieces that the others didn't have... they ought to see how many others would be willing to join them... they should also transcribe the proceedings and send it to leahy...

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Tough shit, Pete, suck it up... Besides, NM's a great place to retire...

hell like you've never experienced, eh...?

The Associated Press today reports on rumors that Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), one of two members of Congress in possible ethical trouble for allegedly contacting the U.S. Attorney in New Mexico to discuss grand jury proceedings, may retire. But the senator's staff pointed to the ample money he has raised as evidence he won't quit.

"Down the road, as the election comes — will questions about his health or the (U.S. attorney) story hurt his campaign?" asked University of New Mexico political science professor Lonna Atkeson in an interview with the AP.

At a recent banquet in Albuquerque, the New Mexico Republican apparently "called recent weeks 'hell' like he had never experienced his entire career."

Since an ethics complaint was filed against the senator in February for calling U.S. Attorney David Iglesias prior to the November 2006 elections and inquiring about the status of grand jury proceedings in a political fraud case, Democrats have seen an opportunity to defeat the longtime Republican senator, comparing him with Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), who was linked into the Abramoff scandal.

ya know what...? when these guys start boo-hooing, i glaze over... they've enabled the bush administration to march steadfastly down the path to a one-party, authoritarian state for 6+ years without uttering a peep to stop them... they should have thought of the consequences both for themselves and for the country they supposedly were elected to serve before they agreed to play along with criminals...

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Every once in a while, Fred Hiatt tosses us a bone

big whoop, and not much of a bone either...

The Iglesias Episode

The firing of the U.S. attorney in New Mexico has not been adequately explained.

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