"You're a good man and have handled this maelstrom with great dignity. Watching it causes me great pain, for the USAs, whom I respect, and the Department, which I love. Regardless, I will not sit by and watch good people smeared. What's that quotation about all that's necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to remain silent?" - former deputy attorney general, James Comey, to fired US Attorney Bud Cummins, in an email. Scott Horton comments here.