Straight forward journalism reporting the facts of the hearings. Republican senators are skirting a knife-edge in their obstructionism about keeping Bushies above the law and withholding support of Obama’s $800 billion help for the economy–especially in light of their behavior of rocketing approval of their $700 billion bailout without a shred of supervision or control.

Tepid account of GOP intrigue and party politics vs the clear legal obligation to investigate and prosecute suspected criminal behavior under the Bush administration, suggesting that Democrats and "Left-leaning interest groups" favor prosecution while "leading GOP senators...demand that Holder commit to not launching criminal probes against participants and high-level Bush advisers who took part in debates over warrantless wiretapping and detainee interrogations". In the face of recent bold admissions by both George W Bush and Dick Cheney to breaking US and International laws, and disclosures of the scope of illegal communication surveillance on the entirety of all US electronic information, and a federal court decision that ... More »

An article that point's out that the new Attorney General can't say what cases he will prosecute. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, it seem to me the Republicans are getting a little nervous.