I spotted this little gem over at TalkingPointsmemo.com - an October 2005 letter where 19 Republicans signed a letter to Alberto Gonzales criticizing US Attorney Carol Lam. This looks like juicy material for attack ads in 2008 against the California Republicans.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/...
Not surprisingly, the last name on the list is "Duke" Cunningham, who is now in federal prison for taking bribes in Lam's district. Did he know that Carol Lam had him in her sights? If he had any hint, this is probably what he'd do - smear her and get his buddies to smear her also. So he got 18 of his buddies to sign a letter complaining about Carol.
Or were other forces that wanted to be rid of Lam, and they asked Duke to gin up a letter they could use to fire Lam to keep her her away from Dusty Foggo and the corrupt CIA appointees?
I've deciphered most of the names, but let's see if you can help decipher the remaining signatures on the poison lettter. Why? Because these would be the people we might want to question about obstruction of justice, or maybe in 2008 voters will want to know why they hate America.
And here's a roster of the California delegation of the 109th congress
http://www.calinst.org/...
Just compare it to the signatures
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/...
Page 1
Darrell Issa ? (R-CA-49)
Ed Royce (R-CA-40)
Page 2 Left column
Ken Calvert (R-Ca 44)
John Doolittle (R-CA-4)
Gary Miller (?)(R-Ca-42)
Elton Gallegly (R-CA-24)
Dana Rohrabacher(R-Ca 44)
Devin Nunes (R-CA-21)
Dan Lungren (R-CA-3)
Richard Pombo (R-CA-11)
Bill Thomas (R-CA-22)
Page 2 Right column
George P. Radanovich (R-CA 19)
Duncan hunter (?)(R-CA-52)
Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA-25)
Mary Bono (R-CA 45)
Wally Herger (R-CA 2)
Jerry Lewis (R-CA 41)
David Dreier (R-CA 26)
Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA 2)