Criminal probe of CIA tape

The Primaries make Free Republic a madhouse of "Go FRed!" and anger about the other top candidates. (The FR is capitalized, cause that stands for Free Republic - get it?)

So I turn to this somewhat buried story that AG Mukasey has appointed an outside prosecutor to look into CIA tapes. Freepers aren't giving this much attention, but there are a few threads:

What utter nonsense.

The President should just carry around a sheaf of pre-written pardons, just requiring the name and the date, and hand them out to anyone harassed by Congressional and media morons for their services against the enemy.

This is a phenomenal plan! Pardons were created to prevent Congressional oversight of the executive, after all. And think of how good it would make Bush look in the public eye!

The CIA should be given a medal for not turning over the tapes. Their existence should never have been acknowledged. We have certain members of Congress and members of the 9/11 commission who are actively working for the enemy and to help them in their efforts would be nothing short of treason.

Again, the problem here is the existence of oversight. Stupid checks and balances. Hang the Congress high for their treason!

This is going to be another witch hunt similar to the one that brought down Scooter Libby. These investigations are all the same. The prosecutor is expected to nail someone, anyone, no matter what.

And this investigation will do nothing to mollify the Democrats, who will use any excuse to undermine the President and our war effort. If in the unlikely event that this witch hunt yields no evidence of wrongdoing, the Democrats will scream foul anyway.

*cough* Clinton *cough* *cough*

sorry, something in my throat there.