Holder's Conflict of Interests

I had intended to write about Eric Holder's former law firm, Covington & Burling, representing numerous detainees at Gitmo and the obvious conflicts of interest with his current position as Attorney General, but never got around to it. Yesterday The Washington Examiner bravely covers his refusal to recuse himself or provide complete information when asked by the Senate Judiciary Committee. I am not certain whether that exchange was before or after he made a fool of himself testifying that he had not considered precedent or consequences before making the decision to try KSM in New York City.

Michelle Malkin covers the complete background story today, so read the details there.

Good Citizen Alert on The CIA

You no doubt have heard that former vice president Dick Cheney has spoken forcefully about the political machinations behind the new, third investigation of the CIA which Eric Holder just announced. The DOJ seems to be determined to make criminals out of those people who followed orders from their superiors, to make criminals out of the lawyers who studied case law to determine what would be legal, and most important, to make criminals out of the superiors, members of the Bush administration. Other national security analysts, as well as those who still have common sense, agree with his assessment of its dangerous veniality.

To show your support of those targets of the witch hunt and your disgust with a Department of Justice that criminalizes defenders of America while exonerating Black Panthers who openly intimidated voters, please sign the petition, I Will Not Convict. It states the if you are on a jury at a trial for members of the CIA, you will refuse to convict. Perhaps if enough people sign it, we can limit the scope of the CIA investigation. It's time for us to at least rain on their parade.

PS: Also please sign the Free Our Health Care Now petition if you haven't done so already. They now have 1,185,993 signatures. Help make it the biggest petition ever before they deliver it to all Congressional Clowns on September 9.

Talking Points

Thomas Sowell has the last, best word on the subject of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques in his column, Talking Points, today. As usual, he offers an intelligent analysis far beyond the frantic group think of today's media. I have been a fan of Thomas Sowell since I read his Black Education: Myths and Tragedies in the early 1970's. He regularly skewers the lack of honesty and lack of logic in most of the politically correct shibboleths of today's left. Apparently I'm not his only fan since both Paul Johnson and David Mamet have called him "our greatest contemporary philosopher."

In A Normal Culture

Nancy Pelosi would resign her office in shame, quit calling herself a Catholic, and disappear from public view. Both the American Bishops and the Pope have publicly reprimanded her. The normally acquiescent news media has repeatedly exposed her blatant lies, such as her latest denial about knowledge of water boarding . But the unflappable San Fran Nan soldiers on undeterred by reality. Cole Porter’s, “Anything Goes” is even more relevant today than when he wrote:
The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today,
And black's white today,
And day's night today.