Targeted U.S. attorney bails out.

From Thinkprogress:

“Wyoming’s U.S. Attorney Matthew Mead has announced his resignation, effective tonight at midnight, according to a press release from his office. Mead, a Jackson native, has served as the state’s U.S. attorney since 2001. … Mead recently learned that he was on a list of federal prosecutors that Justice Department officials considered firing last year. It remains unclear why Mead was on the list. He told the Star-Tribune in late May that he was ’surprised’ to learn his name was on the list.”

UPDATE: NBC: Mean “considered a replacement for Sen. Craig Thomas, who died on Monday.”