How Gonzales Plans to Defend Eavesdropping is something of an amazing article. Gonzales is the Attorney General of the United States. His 42 page brief is the only government exhibit they want to release. So essentially, the Attorney General, in charge of the Department of Justice, is coming out as the principle witness for the defense. Where is the prosecutor? Is there an irony in this? We’re so used to it, it doesn’t occur to us that this isn’t what the Attorney General does.
The content of this article is equally interesting. Here’s a summary: "No!"
That’s it. No means there’s no reason to investigate. There was no reason for leaking the program. Bush has done nothing wrong. They’re not going to release any other documents. They’re not going to say anything about how the program operates. It’s none of the Congress’s business, none of the people’s business.
Yawn…
At issue is whether the Congress will just yap around a bit, or actually start supoenaing records and appoint a Special Prosecutor [Patrick Fitzgerald would be absolutely fine with me]. However, I expect Gonzales will be doing the appointing, if it even happens.
Great. Prosecution by the chief witness for the defense [Well, I guess it could always go to the Supreme Court]…
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.