Specter on the key issue (from the Times) …
Mr. Specter, in a speech on the Senate floor, referred to another of the dismissed attorneys, Carol C. Lam, who prosecuted Randy Cunningham, the former Republican congressman now serving an eight-year sentence in a corruption case.
Mr. Specter raised the question of whether Ms. Lam had been dismissed because she was âabout to investigate other people who were politically powerful,â and he questioned the Justice Departmentâs initial explanation that those who had lost their jobs had received poor performance evaluations.
âWell,â he said, âI think we may need to do more by way of inquiry to examine what her performance ratings were to see if there was a basis for her being asked to resign.â
Everything else pales in comparison.
