Now We're Getting Somewhere

A House Judiciary subcommittee has approved subpoenas for four of the fired U.S. attorneys in a Bush Assministration purge, according to the Washington Post. The Senate Judiciary Committee is planning for similar hearings, all for next Tuesday. The U.S. attorneys in question were presiding over corruption probes of Rethuglican politicians (surprise!) when they were fired by the Justice Department. While the Justice Department initially claimed the firings were over "performance," despite good performance evaluations. This is a legacy of 12 years of Rethug control of Congress, which became a high-priced bazaar for selling political favors and for kickbacks during their reign.