Horton has done an excellent job of recounting the history of the Bush administration's politicization of the Justice Dept. There are any number of additional facts that could be cited, but this is a blog piece, not a novel. The open question is whether Rove and others will pay any price at all for what they've done. Mukasey obviously won't enforce the law, and the Democrats seem unwilling (except for Henry Waxman and John Conyers) to take any serious measures to hold the Bush administration accountable. Among other things, the House Dems control the budget and haven't made the slightest effort to use the power of the purse to enforce their subpoenas.

This is an excellent opinion article. It describes the continuing issues of the Justice Department. I have read a number of stories about this issue, but this is the most complete article on this subject I have read.

Excellent op-ed that presents Mr. Horton's case against the justice department's integrity via a preponderance of verifiable accounts of subversion of the American justice processes. (I claim they are verifiable based on my personal and avid c-span veiwing of committee probes on many current issues, in which those who do not give the finger to the subpoena process, yet volunteer to testify do so under oath and have confirmed Mr. Horton's assertions.) Balance is not intended. I rated fairness based on Mr. Horton's evidence. truthful but not truthiness. Space permits only the one issue (subversion of the U.S. Attorney system)to be addressed. For this reason, I rate context lower because the Justice Department truthiness issue is a ... More »

Litte to add. Horton does his usual excellent job. Impeachment of Mukasey should be a priority.

Very much good journalism. He has given a very complete picture of all the distortions we have been subjected to in the past 7 years. This article is concise, thorough & overwhelming in its facts. Despite thinking you know a lot about this subject, the facts presented set the alarms off in your mind. We need more of this type of honest & factual reporting. People need to be informed with the clear and straightforward delivery of the facts.