An Unsolved Killing

July 30, 2007 8:13 AM

An Unsolved Killing. Tom Wales, a 49-year-old Assistant US Attorney, was murdered in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood on October 11, 2001, and the case is getting cold. Former U.S. attorney John McKay was fired in March 2005 in part for pressing for a more active investigation.
posted by kirkaracha (11 comments total)

This has been mentioned a couple of times on TPM. According to some people, the "pushing for a more active investigation" was actually just a cover excuse to push out one of the U.S. Attorneys for not being political enough
posted by delmoi at 8:26 AM on July 30, 2007

No Justice official traveled from Washington for Wales's memorial service, Mandigo said, "which I don't think set a very good tone."

Cold. And: I'm not coming to your funeral if it's going to be a Mandingo party.
posted by anthill at 8:26 AM on July 30, 2007 [1 favorite]

Wait! I know who did it!! I've solved the murder!!!

*lightning strikes, power goes out, sickening thud is heard*
posted by hermitosis at 9:13 AM on July 30, 2007

As pretextual firing decisions go, "you investigated a prosecutor's murder too vigorously" is definitely one of the stupidest.
posted by brain_drain at 9:30 AM on July 30, 2007

No conspiracy here, folks, keep moving, nothing to see...
posted by doctor_negative at 9:41 AM on July 30, 2007

No conspiracy here, folks, keep moving, nothing to see...
posted by doctor_negative

Your reasoning being? (Not that I've read the articles yet, I simply doubt you did or you'd actually have something to say...)
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 11:26 AM on July 30, 2007

Sometimes when someone points out an article like this to me, it truly strikes me as bizarre that it doesn't happen more often.

Seriously, how come common drug dealers who've been put away don't come around to the house of their prosecutor?

Or do they?
posted by metaldark at 11:39 AM on July 30, 2007

Also, the contrast between the writing between the first two links is striking. Is the author of that Seattle Weekly a gainfully employed writer? Because he sucks.
posted by metaldark at 11:41 AM on July 30, 2007

lupus, your sarcasm meter needs some minor adjustment..
posted by doctor_negative at 4:05 PM on July 30, 2007

The Bush crime family is capable of anything.
posted by chance at 9:14 PM on July 30, 2007

your sarcasm meter needs some minor adjustment..

Because it is his fault he couldn't detect the 1% tilt in your font that indicated sarcasm.
posted by srboisvert at 1:47 AM on July 31, 2007