Dear John

Posted on Yahoo:

Key lawmakers, including a Republican committee chairmen, are asking the Justice Department to explain why it released a terror suspect to Syria when several prosecutors and FBI agents had collected evidence for possible criminal charges against the man.

Sometimes, just sometimes, you feel like John Ashcroft is an agent for the other side. Osama's loose while Tommy Chong's still in jail, outing Valerie Plame is fine but disclosing anything to the Senate is ba-aa-aa-aa-dd.