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[Read the article: What will be done about James Comey's revelations?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It is one thing to call for a Special Prosecutor. But how does one actually make that happen?
For weeks now I've been pointing out to anyone who cares to listen that congress has the power to fire the current US Attorney for DC--a loyal Bushie who was appointed last fall under that heinous Patriot Act provision slipped in by Specter's staff last year--and ask the chief justice for that district--Thomas Hogan, a Repub Reagan appointee who nonetheless appears to be fair and ethical and who played a crucial role in the Plame investigation by supporting Fitz all the way--to name his replacement.
All the have to do is implement the repeal of that provision that they passed several months ago--it's veto-proof--and fire him. Once a real USA is in place, they can then proceed to file whatever subpoenas and charges they need to through his or her office, and hopefully expect justice to be served. Why they haven't done this yet is beyond me. Maybe they're trying to first build a public case against the administration so strong that they won't have any problem making this happen. Or maybe they're negotiating behind the scenes to make sure that the right kind of person gets appointed to that important position. Pat Fitzgerald is an obvious choice, for multiple reasons.
This is not quite as good as appointing a Special Prosecuter, but it beats congress doing it all by itself. Sooner or later it will absolutely need the help of the DoJ and courts. I say do it sooner rather than later. And they also have the recourse of reviving the Independant Prosecuter law that expired some years ago--i.e. another Ken Starr or Lawrence Walsh. But they'd need veto-proof majorities in both houses to do that, and they're probably not there yet. So they'll have to keep at what they've been doing in slowly undermining the administration's support in congress. Eventually, it should reach a critical mass, at which point Bush & Co. are effectively history.
Patience. Sooner or later there will be a MAJOR tipping point, but we don't appear to be there quite yet. But the slow process of chipping away at the administration's defenses, lies and crimes is having an effect, both in the public and press's mind, and in changing the political dynamic in DC, and will eventually bring about that tipping point. We're engaged in a long seige here, and a seige approach and mentality is called for. I.e. slow and steady undermining, and lots of patience. Sooner or later, it will bring down fortress Bush. Just don't expect it tomorrow.