What I find interesting about all this is the fact that anyone's shocked. Politically appointed lawyers might have been fired for *gasp* political reasons? The guy that had the job in the first place was probably someone's crony too. Until someone finds for me the statute that says political appointees can't be fired for non-specific performance reasons (and there well may be one), I will read all this as the Dems trying to distract us from global warming and lobbyist reform failure.

RE: New E-Mail Gives Details on Attorney Dismissals - New York Times