Drip, Drip, Drip

The other day Senator Schumer suggested that if the White House doesn't come clean soon, there are enough disgruntled people at Justice to make sure it will all drip out bit by bit. It seems that the drips are slowly turning into a shower. David Iglesias has spoken out. The leader of the prosecution team in a tobacco case has accused Bush appointees of micromanaging her case to its detriment. Democrats have accused the Justice department of deliberately mishandling the New Hampshire phone bank case.

In discussing his own case Iglesias puts his finger on something neither the White House nor Alberto Gonzales' Justice Department seem to understand, "the public has a right to believe that prosecution decisions are made on legal, not political, grounds."

Separating legal from political seems to be a real problem for the Justice Department these days.