Attorneygate today:

In Attorneygate news:

- Last month, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) pointed out in an impassioned speech on the floor of the Senate that e-mails don't just "disappear," like the White House claimed that the Republican Party e-mail accounts of several White House staffers did after they were "destroyed." The official line was that Leahy had no idea how the technology works. Why, because he's an older guy? Well, time has proven Leahy right, and the White House wrong: A whole mess of e-mails relating to the US Attorney scandal presumed "missing" are missing no longer! Now, he just has to subpoena those e-mails so we can - hopefully - get to the bottom of this mess.

- The Justice Department's Inspector General, Glenn Fine, is investigating whether or not Gone-zo obstructed justice when he "coached" Monica Goodling prior to her testimony. Leahy just hopes that the White House doesn't obstruct the investigation.

- It's now clear why the DoJ was changing its internal hiring practices to hire more people with religious bona fides: They planned on changing the Civil Rights Division's focus from "traditional" civil rights (race-based) to religious civil rights. Is this not surprising from the people who brought you "The War on Christmas/Easter/Jesus/etc."? As if Jesus love wasn't already practiced by a majority of Americans, they have to have the right to shove it down others' throats unnecessarily. It's not like the bigger religious "show" you make automatically makes you more "pious" or "saintly" than any other, and it's not like doing so will convince anyone who follows another belief to suddenly change their mind. It's not just about defending their right to speech; it's about defending their right to proselytize in public (as in, owned/run by the government) places.