With respect to executive privilege. Sure, there is an argument to be made that advice given directly to the president . . . or, say discussion between the pres and the WH counsel (arguably, legal counsel TO the president) MIGHT be protected by executive privilege.

But - e-mails from the White House to Justice, or any outside agency aren't. And vice-versa. Arguably, they don't even need all these crappy e-mails or memos if they'd just charge the bastards with multiple felonies under Title 50, Chapter 1, Subchapter 36, Section 1800 US Code, i.e., the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 - which make ANY warrantless wiretap a crime with a punishment of up to 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

1,000 wiretaps = 5,000 years in jail and a $10,000,000.00 fine - which sounds about right for starters.

and the only question in anybody's mind should be: Whassup with Kennedy??

The Opus Dei sector of the Court, Scalia, Alito, Roberts and Thomas haven't ever met a torturer they didn't like.

The godless secularists will endorse the rule of law.

Then it will be up to Justice Anthony Kennedy to demonstrate if his big talk as the keynote speaker at the ABA last August was the real deal or bullshit:

I suggest that the rule of law has three parts. The first is that the law is binding on the government and all of its officials.

The question is when does he get the hell out of Dodge and let somebody try to fix the stinkin' mess he's left as his L-E-G-A-C-Y?

Sooner the better, Dubbya. Monday would be nice.

and US troops are still dying in a rathole in the desert, for no other reason but to protect the Legacy of George Walker Bush, the most singularly ill-equipped, unprepared, incompetent and undistinguished man ever to occupy the Oval Office.

It makes it very hard to enjoy the fireworks.

he can't pardon him for crimes not yet committed, an important distinction.

so please allow me to share with you the revelation that you are a scum-swilling assclown.

Thanks and hope your poltitical career ends in prison , where you so truly belong.

I can see you're one of those glass half-empty guys, Tim. Give Walker Bush a chance . . . it's early yet, and he's built of a lot of momentum. I fully believe he will SHATTER Milhouse Nixon's cherished records in the fullsomeness of time.

After all, Nixon did finally end the a war during his 2nd term. Bush seems far more likely to start a 2nd (or 3rd) WAR during his.

can you spell M-O-R-O-N????

Thought not.

because there is no "I" in assclown.

Get impeachment back on the fucking table, Nancy. Sure, it sounds preposterous, but Pelosi's constituency is a lot farther left than she is.

Sheehan had the guts to stand up to the Bully Bush when very few were . . . and she kept the issue on the front burner to the extent that she could.

If a threat of a 3rd party challenge on the left gets Pelosi off her ass and doing something substnative about the illegal war in Iraq . . . then Sheehan is justified in being the squeaky wheel.

Dear Dick and George:

It was really, really swell serving in your Administration. I got to do cool things, like out covert CIA agents, lie to reporters, misrepresent WMD's, mislead the public and Congress. I got to lie, cheat and steal with no consequences. Until now.

And, as much I like you guys, keep in mind my old lady is bithcing me out for being your sock puppet, and I have no intention of making my lower GI track a playground for angry incarcerated commoners.

So, the bottom line, so to speak, is: If I do one fucking day in jail, you two lying bastards will spend the rest of your lives in jail. Are we clear?

Sincerely,

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

just file the fucking Articles of Impeachment and let's get on with the show.

The first Republican to call for impeachment will wind up a national hero.

This may be a 5-4 vote the president doesn't want to see. There's no doubt that the Opus Dei crowd - Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts, will support King George, but in August of 06, Kennedy keynote addressed the ABA and said:

The rule of law applies to the government and all of its officers.

One can only hope he is a man of his word.

The New York Times has no idea how Bush came to his decision to commute Libby's sentence.

Thanks to the miracle of chanelling I was able to be privy to the inner working of the Bush/Cheney mind with respect to the Scooter commutation:

Dick?

Yes, Scooter?

I want you and George to be clear on this . . . my old lady is bitching and moaning up a storm about me being indisposed for the next 30 months. In fact, her exact words were: "If you think me and the kids will be waiting for your ass to get out yoou're fucking crazy. I told you not to trust those assholes."

Uh-huh.

So, I just want you both to know, if I do one fucking day in the joint . . . you two had better be thinking about what you're going to do in your suddenly enforced retirement. Are we clear?

Crystal clear, Scooter, thanks for dropping by . . .

Republican Senator Gordon Smith said in a speech given last December:

"I, for one, am at the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way, being blown up by the same bombs day after day. That is absurd. It may even be criminal."

Yesterday, Smith was interviewed by Fox News and given a chance to back off his earlier remarks. He replied:

"If I could do anything over, I would – in that speech I gave – I would replace the word 'criminal' with the word 'insane.'"

Actually, Gordon, why not split the difference and make it criminally insane and then we'll all be happy.