U.S. attorney's firing may be connected to CIA corruption probe

[babylonsister]

Connect those dots!

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/16931329.htm

U.S. attorney's firing may be connected to CIA corruption probe

By Margaret Talev and Marisa Taylor

McClatchy Newspapers

(MCT)

WASHINGTON - 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.

Feinstein, D-Calif., said the timing of the e-mail suggested that Lam's dismissal may have been connected to the corruption probe.

Justice Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse denied in an e-mail that there was any link.

"We have stated numerous times that no U.S. attorney was removed to retaliate against or inappropriately interfere with any public corruption investigation or prosecution," he wrote. "This remains the case and there is no evidence that indicates otherwise."

But the revelation is sure to heighten demands in Congress for a full investigation into whether something other than job performance was behind the Justice Department's dismissals late last year of eight U.S. attorneys, including Lam.

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[Kolesar]

1. Carol Lam busted Randy "Duke" Cunningham, ready to serve Kyle Dustin "Dusty" Foggo warrants...fired

Foggo's CIA investigation is unrelated to the Joe Wilson-Yellowcake Uranium-retaliation against Valerie Plame story. Or at least as far as I can tell by reading this McClatchy Newspapers' article.

Hail Caesar!

[Quakerfriend]

2. And, Carol Lam apparently got $1.5 million 'signing bonus'

when she accepted her a position at the firm she landed in after leaving DoJ.

This is unheard of in law firms.

[babylonsister]

3. That wasn't Lam AFAIK:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=440143

[Supersedeas]

4. immunizing powerful Republican constituents at ANY cost