This is a move worthy of Vladimir Putin:

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that President Bush personally blocked Justice Department lawyers from pursuing an internal probe of the warrantless eavesdropping program that monitors Americans' international calls and e-mails when terrorism is suspected.

This, my fellow Americans, is why we have checks and balances -- because we cannot count on people investigating themselves. It just doesn't work -- especially with people who seem to feel they are above the law.

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