My Blogosphere Addiction

began last year while Talking Points Memo reporters were scrambling to keep up with the AG's peculiar habit of Friday afternoon document dumps and readers were helping them scour through them. A series of sleazy right-wing nuts and corrupt AG officials were appearing regularly before congressional committees and Gonzo himself did perhaps an Oscar worth imitation of a giant ball of slime.
It seems like centuries ago, but the issue of the administration's illegal wiretapping is still under investigation.
And Gonzo, who refused to tell Congress who sent him to John Ashcroft's hospital bed to get him to sign off on new lawbreaking policy — Ashcroft refused, by the way — well Gonzo apparently has told investigators it was Shrubya himself.
Ah, crimes and misdemeanors.
Murray Waas has the details.

Special Presecutor, Yummm

From investigative reporter Murray Waas at Huffpo:

The Justice Department investigation into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys has been extended to encompass allegations that senior White House officials played a role in providing false and misleading information to Congress, according to numerous sources involved in the inquiry.
The widened scope raises the possibility that investigators will pursue criminal charges against some administration officials, and recommend appointment of a special prosecutor if there is evidence of criminal misconduct.
The investigators have been specifically probing the role of White House officials in the drafting and approval of a Feb. 23, 2007 letter sent to Congress by the Justice Department denying that Karl Rove (President Bush's chief political adviser at the time) had anything to do with the firing of Bud Cummins, a U.S. Attorney from Arkansas. Cummins was fired in Dec. 2006 to make room for Tim Griffin, a protégé and former top aide of Rove's.

Seems to me that David Iglesias, the fired federal prosecutor in New Mexico said this was coming before the election.

So my question is, if prosecutors recommend a special prosecutor and Mukasay says no, then what? Stay tuned.