Torture Guy

It's funny. We keep waiting for some sort of smoking gun that will pull the wool from the eyes of the public, or pull back the curtain, or pull something, so that the creepy evil of the administration is exposed once and for all, and the impeachments can begin. But I really think we have to look aroud and say that there is no such thing as a smoking gun with these people. They've been firing off rounds for years, and they're still here. Unless something big changes (and in a good way --- how likely do you think that is?) no one's frog marching out of the White House in disgrace.
That said, there are some stories that seem like they might inflict enough damage to actually make a difference. I think that this whole US Attorney thing is one of them. Check out what the Times is saying and see what I mean. Now they've been railing for a while against Torture Guy, but there's some especially hard language here. Like, they accusing him of lying under oath. Word is that Gonzales ain't retiring, but we'll see. I'm sure he has no plans to, but plans change.
The reason this is important, other than it's always nice to see their mendacity brought into the light of day, is that it hilights the utter steaming pile of crap that is the USA Patriot Act. The fact that there are memos blatently spelling out that powers granted in the dead of night by the Patriot Act are being used for nothing but raw political power, if properly reported and framed, could be a real step in repealling some more or all of it. Which is something we should all be working our asses off for, myself included.
So if you're looking for an angle on this US Attorney thing, there it is.