Relatively good news, as far as it goes, from the House Judiciary Committee, for tomorrow's hearing: former WH chief of staff and in-over-his-head-by-a-long-shot honcho Karl Rove is slated to appear before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, to speak re the politicization of the Justice Department and selective prosecution.

It would be illuminating to find out whether Mr. Rove has anything to proffer regarding coordinating arrangements for those torture detainees and other detainees.

But in default, it should at the very least be enlightening to hear from him on the topic of Don Siegelman.

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Some activity on Capitol Hill, regarding our troubled Department of Justice, although as long as Congress and the White House engage in a waiting game scheduled to last through January 2009, little may be accomplished in the short term: Today, Attorney General Mukasey is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee (9:00 a.m.) on "Oversight of the Department of Justice."

It would be nice is his remarks addressed Justice Department complicity in administration information-sharing with other regimes, including what coordination was required to transfer those detainees--both those admittedly tortured, and the others--from country to country. As we know, some ...   more »