Today's paper sports a headline that would almost be laughable were it not so deadly serious. It announces that under a little noticed provision of the Patriot Act, the Attorney General is seeking to exercise powers granted to him to "fast track" state executions of prisoners on death row.

Alberto Gonzales? A man whose judgment has been questioned by friend and foe alike, who remains in his job only because his lame duck boss is impervious to criticism, now given new life-and ...

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