As to the festivities themselves, I hear that party nights began early with poker games (see Clarification, below) and degenerated into what the source described as a "frat party" scene—real bacchanals. Apparently photographs were taken, and investigators are anxiously procuring copies. My heart beats faster in fevered anticipation. Harpers Magazine 04/27/2006

On March 12, 2005 “Scoop” Independent News ran this:

Exposed and disgraced, Cunningham resigned after the indictment and apparently began singing the right tunes for the prosecutor. Lam widened her investigation and connected Cunningham’s cash cow, defense contractor Brent Wilkes, with a broader potential scandal involving Wilkes and former CIA executive Dusty Foggo.

That may not be the right reason to replace a hard nosed U.S. Attorney but, given the facts, it’s certainly a logical reason. At the end of 2005, researcher and blogger Joseph Cannon reported the findings of his extensive research:

The truth: Wilkes was a mechanism by which public funds earmarked for national defense were funneled to G.O.P. candidates and causes.

We can only imagine what’s hiding behind the public face of the scandal?

We may be stuck with only our imaginations if someone doesn’t start talking soon..

Will it be MaryBeth, who now knows that she was added to the list of U.S. Attorneys targeted for dismissal? Isn’t that what got the first eight fired federal prosecutors riled up and talking in the first place?

Report: U.S. Attorney Buchanan to meet with House Judiciary investigators

06/06/2007 (Associated Press)

PITTSBURGH -- U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan of Pittsburgh will meet privately Thursday with House Judiciary Committee investigators looking into the Justice Department's firing of eight federal prosecutors last year, her attorney told a newspaper.

Buchanan's attorney, Roscoe C. Howard J. -- the former U.S. Attorney of Washington, D.C. -- told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he's representing Buchanan at the meeting in Washington.

Howard said Buchanan is cooperating with the investigation, but said it was premature to speculate about what she might be asked.

"They might go into areas that surprise us," Howard told the newspaper.

ENDS

Acknowledgement: Special thanks to internet poster mod mom for her tips and suggestions. To look into the abyss of the Wilkes scandal, see Joseph Cannon’s Wilkes, the Invisible Empire and Deeper into the Wilkes/MZM scandals (Updated).

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