Congress calls for special counsel probe of the torture issue

An article in today's Washington Post tells us the following:

Nearly 60 House Democrats yesterday urged the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to examine whether top Bush administration officials may have committed crimes in authorizing the use of harsh interrogation tactics against suspected terrorists.

Sounds good. But.....

The Bush administration's justifications for torture came out of that same Justice Department. The lead perpetrators (Yoo, Bybee, Gonzales) no longer work for the Justice Department. But, judging by how current Attorney General Mukasey tapdanced around the issue at his confirmation hearings, I find it hard to believe that he would approve a truly impartial investigation that would get to the bottom of the issue.

And, if Mukasey has a choice in the matter, then there is something seriously wrong with the system.