Gov. Pataki appointed David Kelley to investigate Hevesi yesterday, and when you look at the morning papers you see how everyone pulled out their respected-former-federal-prosecutor dot bios. A Democrat! A former cop and firefighter! Prosecuted Ramzi Yousef! And Martha Stewart! And Bernie Ebbers!
But somehow, one career highlight gets less-mentioned. John Walker Lindh, the California Muslim who was available when Bush, Ashcroft and company needed a scapegoat after Sept. 11. His crime was .... carrying a rifle for the Taliban to fight the Northern Alliance when, unbeknownst to him, the U.S. decided to declare war on the Taliban? Kelley was the co-lead prosecutor who helped put Lindh in prison for 20 years.
No doubt he's especially proud of that one. A real high point in the history of the American justice system.