"The real problem we have right now with Carol Lam"

Yesterday I speculated that the entire prosecutor firing dust up might be a smoke screen for the removal of Carol Lam. Apparently Josh Marshall had the same thought. This morning Josh points to language in a May 11, 2006 email Kyle Sampson, Gonzale's chief of staff, urged Harriet Miers to call him regarding "the real problem we have right now with Carol Lam." It seems that just then the Wilkes Foggo investigation was really heating up. Porter Goss had resigned as CIA director and Rep. Jerry Lewis had been implicated in the scandal. On May 12, 2006, FBI agents executed search warrants on Foggo's office and home.

Note the phrasing "the real problem we have right now with Carol Lam." Carol Lam and not Dusty Foggo's corruption is the problem. What is an obvious solution to the "Carol Lam problem," fire her, and that is exactly what they did.

Read Josh's timeline. This line of inquiry has to be explored.

Ron Hutcheson, Marisa Taylor and Margaret Talev of McClatchy Newspapers report that "In a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said he wants to know whether Lam was fired for the Cunningham case or because "she was about to investigate other people who were politically powerful." You are not alone Senator, you are not alone.