New DOJ priority: intimidate journalists who investigate government crime

Glenn Greenwald, as always, is erudite in his summary of the situation: Michael Mukasey, lauded by his supporters as an independent man who was the perfect antidote to Alberto Gonzales, has instead simply turned out to be more effective in his efforts to prevent harm to the Bush Administration.

Greenwald puts it this way: "The administration violated multiple federal laws for years in spying on Americans, blocked all efforts to investigate what they did or subject it to the rule of law, but then decided that the only real criminals were those who alerted the nation to their lawbreaking -- whistleblowers and journalists alike."

Yup, that's about the speed of it. Good thing Mukasey's his own man! Otherwise we might have some kind of governmental overreach or continued disrespect for the rule of law!