Yup! The 1600 Crew has decided to get out in front of any Congressional hearings (not that it's gonna do them much good) and allow the Justice Department to "investigate" the Domestic Spying Agenda of so near and dear to Beloved Leaders heart.

After months of pressure from Congressional Democrats, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday that his office had opened a full review into the department's role in President Bush's domestic eavesdropping program and the legal requirements governing the program.
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Mr. Fine declined at the time, saying a review of the program’s legality fell outside his jurisdiction. He referred the matter to another arm of the Justice Department, the Office of Professional Responsibility. That office sought to examine ethical issues surrounding the roles played by Justice Department lawyers in the eavesdropping program. But its review was blocked this year when Mr. Bush personally refused security clearances for its investigators.

Democrats have since renewed their calls for a full Justice Department investigation, accusing the Bush administration of stonewalling. On Monday, Mr. Fine informed members of Congress in a letter that he was opening an investigation after the White House had agreed to approve the necessary security clearances for members of his staff.

Oh, and how politicians talk? Zoe Lofgren of California:

"It's hard to ignore the fact that there is a correlation in the timing," said Representative Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat who helped lead the push for a Justice Department investigation.

"I don't know why the White House would stonewall for a year, then within a month of the election, agree to these security clearances" for the inspector general's staff, Ms. Lofgren said in an interview. "We don't know what it means, but we'll find out."