No power too great

The Bushists will go to any length to accrete power to themselves. Wherever dissent occurs in the executive branch, they will move to crush it. It's the kind of people they are.

Of course, they will dress it up in legalese and apply the wrong legal principle to cover their power grab. Here, they claim they are pursuing civilian control of the military, which is clearly not at issue, when in fact they seek to destroy two things that vex them politically:

• Real defense advocacy for soldiers - oops, another civil right gone
• The independence of the JAG corps to question the legality of little Bushist niceties such as torture

Two conclusions:

• No one who has worked for or in concert with Dick Cheney should ever be permitted to hold a responsible government post again.
• John Yoo is a war criminal. I look forward to his prosecution. Let his attorney advocate for him; the written record is already completely damning.

Thank goodness for Charlie Savage. We need more real journalists.