Thugs amok

This article by Scott Horton shows, as do many other things, that the thugs have taken over.
Scott seems to hope that Congress is going to clean this stuff up, or maybe Mukasey. I cannot share his optimism.
Also, he tends to emphasize the John Edwards trial lawyer aspect, but I think it goes far beyond that. It's certainly feasible that Cheney is running a wide ranging blackmail operation, and this is just a part of it.
Scott has also been covering the strange and related tale of Don Siegelman, ex-Governor of Alabama. Here is just one of the many posts he's written on the subject. Chilling stuff, indeed.