FREEH LOUIE! Well, this certainly seems like a terrible idea on so many levels. Now, there will be no comments from the GOP leadership because of the "ongoing investigation," which likely will be "ongoing" until long after the elections in November, and which will be placed into the hands of an Opus Dei fellow-traveler who's never made a mistake he couldn't blame on someone else. Just the chap you want investigating a sex scandal the most important part of which is the failure of important people not named "Bill Clinton" to take responsibility for their own blunders. But then there is the truly hilarious fact that a sex scandal involving sleazy cybersex is being investigated by an arrogant bluenose who doesn't believe in using e-mail . Good thing Kissinger's advising the White House on Iraq or he might've gotten the gig. UPDATE: And if you think Freeh's a terrible choice, check out the rest of the finalists. Holy mother of God, these people are shameless. --Charles P. Pierce