On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:23:15 -0600, "news.chi.sbcglobal.net"
wrote in
:

But in the end, if the attorney general believed some act was illegal, he
could bring charges against someone, but it would be the judicial system, in
the person of a judge or jury, who would decide if a crime was committed.

So Bush nominated an Attorney General who he was reasonably certain
would not indite him or the CIA.