Emily Bazelon on Kyle Sampson's testimony on US attorney firings

Emily Bazelon on Kyle Sampson's testimony on US attorney firings: Emily Bazelon has this piece at Slate.com, entitled "The Reluctant Executioner: Kyle Sampson cuts down his ex-boss, Alberto Gonzales."

Excerpt:
...Sampson was sweaty, nervous, and soft-spoken—nowhere in evidence was the cavalier swagger of the aide who wrote e-mails a few short months ago about replacing one prosecutor without waiting for his "body to cool." And that made his testimony about Gonzales all the more damning for its apparent reluctance. ...