== Schumer and the Fired Attorney's issue == 

 I will make a request on the Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy talk page for the experts there to perhaps help us develop this issue for this article. 

 I don't know all the details of the Fired Attorney's issue, and even less about Schumer, but some google 
 searching produced the following information: 

 Schumer was apparently instrumental in bringing the issue to the forefront: 
 http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usschu0401,0,3612817.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines 

 Schumer is a key player in the investigation, though Patrick Leahy is apparently leading the investigation. 

 Schumer has been questioned about being a key player in the investigation, and then using that for 
 political advantage, specifically through the DSCC: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,264836,00.html 
 (The attorney's issue was raised on the DSCC website, but then was removed, apparently.) 

 Specter's assertion that there is a conflict of interest has some merit.  Schumer has dismissed the suggestion as a distraction. 

 also: http://www.nysun.com/article/50686?page_no=2 

 Another link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17628142/ 

 All this is a far cry from the original assertion that Schumer "manufacturing the controversy to raise money for the DSCC".  Assertions concerning Clinton's firing of all U.S. Attorneys and the White House travel staff are non-starters for this article, seems to me. 

 ===Why is this important?=== 
 I think the issue is worth developing as a paragraph or two here because it (a) highlights the prominent role Schumer had in getting the issue to the forefront and is taking in the investigation, and (b) illustrates the political tactics/approaches of Schumer, about which there is already some discussion in the article.