Writes Sudha Shenoy: “I’ve seldom seen anything more disgusting, horrifying & distressing than this story from the WaPo.

“The unspeakable Gonzales has been given the power to speed up death penalty cases — previously, federal judges were in charge. Now he can shove people into the death chamber as he pleases. Not content with killing people abroad, the US State wants to add more at home…

“This deserves wide circulation…if only because of the way th Patriot Act is now being used: against Americans, in the ordinary course, _not_ ‘terrorists.’”