The story gathers volumes of information from behind the scenes of the schemes to install Griffin as US attorney. It is good background information showing the scheming to avoid checks and balances, though there seems to be no one big killer revelation.

A good job of piecing together emails to form a narrative about the firing of Bud Cummings. There is, however, potentially too much reliance on emails as a source.

This story lays out the trail of information as well as the repurcussions of the findings. Without using meaningless modifiers, Eggen and Goldstein give the evidence for the systematic removal of attorneys. The story is too short to cover wider implications or to suggest the administration's focus on itself rather than the good of the country.