Friday, April 20, 2007
Connecting The Dots.
I finally found an article that cleared up my questions about the precise number of attorneys involved in Purgegate. I remember the first story that I read had mentioned 11 attorneys. Thanks, Nick Coleman, for trying to fill in the blanks.
Four of the targeted attorneys were among the eight eventually fired: Margaret Chiara of Michigan, Harry Cummins III of Arkansas, and Kevin Ryan and Carol Lam, both of California. But three of the seven names on the list have been "redacted" -- whited out -- because they had resigned before the list was finalized...¶ 1:16 PM
Repeated requests for the names of U.S. attorneys who resigned in Sampson's time frame went unanswered by the Department of Justice. But the Salt Lake Tribune reported March 24 that only three left office during that time: Utah's Paul Warner, Missouri's Todd Graves and Minnesota's Heffelfinger.
Three names. Three blanks. Does filling in the blanks connect Heffelfinger to "Purge-gate"?
