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What's the White House Doing to Prosecutors?By Justin Rood - January 16, 2007, 1:50 PM During a floor speech on the topic moments ago, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said the White House has told her it was replacing from five to 10 Senate-confirmed U.S. attorneys with its own interim appointees.We know of seven who have left during the last couple of months, many under unusual circumstances. Here is our list:San Francisco - 1/16/07 - Kevin V. Ryan - unclearNevada - 1/15/07 - Daniel Bogden - pushed outSan Diego - 1/12/07 - Carole Lam - pushed outNew Mexico - 12/19/06 - David Igleslias - pushed outArizona - 12/19/06 - Paul K. Charlton - unclearSeattle - 12/15/06 - John McKay - unclear; likely pushed outLittle Rock (Ark.) - 12/15/06 - Bud Cummins - pushed outFeinstein said she also knew of seven, and listed those above. Curiously, she mentioned an eigthth -- from Texas. We haven't been able to identify that one.There is an eighth recently-departed U.S. attorney we know of, which some readers have noted: Debra Wong Yang, the former U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles, Calif. Yang was overseeing the investigation into Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA). She announced her resignation in October 2006, but to date there hasn't been evidence that her departure was forced.
As you may or may not have heard, using yet another special power granted by the Patriot Act, the right's beloved Feuhrer has been quietly requesting the resignations (firing) of prosecutors across the country including those conducting investigations of corrupt officials. They are also replacing them with more friendlier types.
