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Perhaps you've heard this latest bit of farce oozing out from the Scooter Libby defense. Here's the gist of the argument:

"It appears to be undisputed that there is no day-to-day supervision of Special Counsel Fitzgerald by anyone, and no way short of removal even to assure that he complies with the policies of the Department of Justice or the Executive Branch..."

I can parry this ham-fisted thrust in one sentence: The Executive Branch and its attendant Department of Justice have demonstrated quite clearly, through the juxtaposition of the actions and words of the former and the sworn testimony of the latter, that their policies are unknown even to them, therefore rendering the compliance that forms the central concern of the 12 Distempered Men who filed the unbidden amicus curiae in question to be an unverifiable criterion, of interest only to fantasists.

Shazzam. Judge Walton, a smartass after my own heart, will likely be paraphrasing me presently.