Remember, second-rate legal talent is hard to find and important to this country. Especially lawyers who have had their lips firmly implanted on Beloved Leaders scrotum for literally decades...

Go figure that Abu Gonzales, the man who terms the Geneva Convention "quaint" wants to renew the most un-thoughtout bill in the history of the republic in full, just 'cause.

The nation's two top law enforcement officials urged Congress yesterday to fully renew the USA Patriot Act, arguing that the controversial anti-terrorism law needs only minor tweaking to address the concerns of critics from both sides of the political spectrum.

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the efforts of the FBI and federal prosecutors to track and stop al Qaeda operatives would be severely hampered if 16 provisions set to expire at the end of the year are not renewed.