Things are inching towards the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate torture. My concern all along has been that we need to ensure that the investigations don't derail important legislative battles on health care and cap-and-trade.
We need the DoJ to appoint Patrick Fitzgerald as the special prosecutor tasked with the torture investigation.
I realized recently that what matters more than finding someone congress is happy with or that the public is happy with is finding a prosecutor that the media believes to be unbiased. Without the patina of nonpartisanship, the media could turn the investigation into a daily circus, draining energy from the legislation we need passed. Fitzgerald is the right guy for the job.