White House nominates George Beck for U.S. Attorney

     It took a couple of years, but Montgomery attorney George Beck has been nominated as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District in Alabama.

     To get a sense of the man, watch this online video of Mr. Beck when he was a guest of mine on a June 2007 For The Record  to discuss former Governor Siegelman's case. Journalists Bob Martin and Dave White are on the panel.

Honest Services Prosecutions

     Another prosecution under the now-weakened law has been dropped, reports the Times this morning. Now...the question of when (or if) this will touch the Don Siegelman case here in Alabama?

     Unlike the first case cited in the story, a prosecution dropped in Kansas, the same U.S. Attorney is in power here, and I would imagine she is less likely to suddenly be swayed to free the former Governor.