This is not in response to any posts in this thread, but rather, a reponse to the way this story is being handled in the media...

I think we are making a very big mistake if we use this issue as a political football for the next election cycle.

The issue is our democracy and the rule of law. It isn't who (which party - which candidate, etc.) is currently prevailing over whom. When we frame the discussion in terms of one political side over the other, we lose sight of what is important. What is important is keeping this country free and democratic, and upholding the rule of law.

Everything else is just petty partisanship.

This is not a victory of anyone over the Bush administration... it is a (possibly small) victory of the rule of law over lawlessness and an out of control radical ideology.