Breaking: Heads rolling in advance of tomorrow's rumble?

We're hearing that Michael Battle the executive director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys has resigned.

He's the one who made the firing calls on December 7th of last year.

More soon.

Update: The AP has confirmed it. Details here.

Late Update: I realized when a reader brought it up that the way I led this post gave the impression that Battle had been fired. On the contrary, our strong impression is that he resigned.

Even Later Update: The DOJ spokesman insists Battle's "departure is not connected to the U.S. attorney controversy whatsoever." This story is still awash with coincidences.