The disclosures surrounding the Bush Administration's firing of eight U.S. Attorneys around the country keep getting worse.  Claims that these top federal prosecutors were poor performers have added insult to injury; in fact the circumstances appear to reflect badly not on the fired prosecutors but on the Administration that fired them: One prosecutor was fired to make way for a Karl Rove protege; one had spearheaded the political corruption investigation around former Rep. Duke Cunningham, etc.  The latest comes from the fired U.S. Attorney in New Mexico, David C. Iglesias, who says that two members of Congress, so far unnamed, tried to pressure him to hasten an investigation of Democrats just before last November's election.  Iglesias suggested that his refusal to do so may have led to his termination.

Not enough yet for cable news to push aside Anna Nicole for three minutes?  Well, the Washington Post told us this morning:

 Iglesias, 49 and the son of a Baptist minister, is a Navy Reserve commander whose role as a defense lawyer in a famous military hazing case was the basis for the Tom Cruise character in the movie "A Few Good Men."

Time for the White House and the Justice Department to 'fess up -- they ordered the Code Red.