Hilzoy points to Mike Isikoff’s really heartbreaking story on Thomas Tamm, the government lawyer who blew the whistle on illegal wiretapping. While the Republican Congress and the Bush Administration have ensured that none of the people who broke the law will suffer for it, the FBI is still trying to get Tamm sent to prison for revealing it. Attorney General Eric Holder’s first official act should be to tell the FBI Director to reassign Agent Lawless (c’mon, could I make this up?) to some more useful activity.
