Democrats are pressing him to state unequivocally that waterboarding is torture. Two Republicans already are wavering publicly on his nomination. And now attorney general-in-waiting Michael Mukasey has a new problem on his hands: a heartfelt plea from the "D.C. Madam".
Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who faces federal prostitution charges for running what she claims was merely an escort service with high-profile Republican clients, has written an open letter to Mukasey asking him to call off the dogs at "the Department of Injustice." In her somewhat literary missive, the star of Washington's scandal du jour speculates that she was the victim of Bush administration wiretapping:
The combination of selective prosecution, a politically sensitive clientele and an extended surveillance period points to a matter [that] has less to do with the goings-on of an alleged prostitution ring than it does with spying activities involving a constitutionally protected American citizen.
