Unknown reporter: "So, Mr. Bush.....about that thing with Alberto Gonzales purging U.S. Attorneys.."

Bush: "Hey! Look over there! We got us a confession from one o' them Number Three guys!"

Unknown reporter: "What? Where?"

As Josh Marshall puts it "9/11 Mastermind who confessed to being mastermind after being captured like five years ago confesses again at Gitmo hearing and now the transcript is released by the Pentagon to get Gonzales off the front pages!"

But he went on to accuse the US of double standards, saying America made an exception of the rule when it killed people in Iraq. "You said we have to do it. We don't like Saddam. But this is the way to deal with Saddam." His conclusion: "Same language you use, I use."

Well, duh. We have bigger guns.

Huh? So what was the story about purging attorneys? There's no link to the thing we're supposed to be distracted from. Sorry, but I don't respond well to "Look. Keys! See! Jingle keys! Jingle! Jingle Jangle! Keys! Look! Keys!". That only works on Homer Simpson and the immortal caveman from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.