In a surreal interview today with Alberto Gonzales, NBC's Pete Williams highlighted the shifting sands underneath the Attorney General's increasing untenable position. With a single question, Williams revealed Gonzales' Catch-22 in the firings of U.S. attorneys: he cannot claim to both have played no role in the evaluations of the fired attorneys and know that their sackings were the result of performance issues:

Williams: To put this question another way - if you didn't review their performance during this process, then how can you be certain that they were fired for performance reasons?
Gonzales: I - I've given - I've given the answer to the question, Pete. I know - I know the reasons why I made the decision. Again, there's nothing in the documents to support the allegation that there was anything improper here. And there is an internal - department review to answer that question, to reassure the - the American people that there was nothing improper that happened here.

In case there was any lingering doubt, here are the top 10 reasons Gonzales must go.