US Attorney Resigns Because Assistants Shilled Comment Section Of Online News

There are people who will swear there are no govt paid shills, attempting to steer public opinion as

anonymous posters in comment sections of forums, news articles, etc.

This is to prove them wrong.

Jim Letten, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced his resignation at a news conference. In an emotional speech, he praised the office and said he would stay on briefly to help with the transition to new leadership.

The resignation comes eight months into a scandal that led to a Justice Department investigation of Letten’s top deputy and a second veteran prosecutor in connection with an online criticism scandal.

The two prosecutors, former first assistant U.S. attorney Jan Mann and former assistant U.S. attorney Sal Perricone, acknowledged using aliases to post comments on the Web site of the Times-Picayune that were highly critical of the owner of a local landfill that was under federal investigation, according to court papers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/new-orleans-us-attorney-resigns-amid-scandal-over-anonymous-online-postings/2012/12/06/c95c0d4a-3ef1-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html

One must wonder, why was he allowed to resign, keeping his pension, instead of being fired? Must be a freemason.