Fired U.S. Attorney may get Congressional Subpoena

A House subcommittee may issue subpoenas for four of the eight U.S. attorneys who were abruptly fired two months ago, including Carol Lam of San Diego. In December, the Department of Justice forced eight U.S. attorneys to resign firing six on a single day. The dismissal of Ms. Lam raised suspicions because she had successfully prosecuted Republican Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham and had indicted the former third in command at the Central Intelligence Agency. Just before she was forced to leave her job, Lam helped get former CIA Executive Director Kyle “Dusty” Foggo indicted by a Grand Jury on 11 counts of corruption for his illegal award of covert CIA contracts to his long-time friend Brent R. Wilkes. Wilkes had been a Republican party “Pioneer” who raised more than $100,000 for Bush’s 2004 reelection. At first, the Department of Justice claimed the U.S. attorneys were dismissed for “performance reasons.” It has subsequently been revealed, however, that all but one of those U.S. attorneys had positive job evaluations.