Two quick supporting stories for my previous post:
1) The White House actually has the gall to tell Musharaf not to restrict Constitutional freedoms in the war on terror. Who are these people who think "do as I say, not as I do" is acceptable? See Think Progress for the rest of the story.
2) The ACLU Blog has an excellent post titled "Mukasey, Torture and the Abuse of Presidential Power" that runs down some of the growing criticism from conservatives over the Mukasey nomination, the refusal of the White House to reject torture, and the blatant manipulation that seems to be going on. It's really quite scary when nominees and appointees are completely barred from exercising any degree of free speech whatsoever.
