Domestic Spying and Opposition Research
Digby has been demonstrating how the DOJ got taken over by a bunch of hack opposition researchers (see also this post).
And again, what were the Pat Robertson' U grad Goodling's primaryqualifications before joining the Department of Justice? She workedwith Barbara Comstock and Timothy Griffin (the US Attorney fromArkansas who Rove pushed through under the patriot act) at the BushCheney oppo research department in 2000.
Interesting Timing
There's some interesting coincidences surrounding the timing of a document that now serves as one basis for the official reason behind Carol Lam's firing. The document, an anonymous report claiming that the government wasn't prosecuting enough smugglers, was first released publicly by Congressman Darrel Issa on May 18, 2006. But apparently, Issa had received the report much earlier, the prior fall (link via TPMM).
