In a decision coming five months too late to prevent a potentially hijacked federal election, the Justice Department has decided to drop all charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska.  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder claims that the move was based on Stevens' age and the fact that he’s no longer in the Senate.  Anyone not smelling a rat needs to have their nose examined.  Would it be overly cynical to believe that Justice is attempting to preempt the forthcoming decision of U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan to grant a new trial amid glaring evidence of FBI and DOJ misconduct?  Misconduct which likely affected the course of the Alaskan Senate election?  The ramifications here are nothing short of astounding.Consider this:Just days before Election Day, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate was convicted of accepting $250,000 worth of home renovations and gifts from an oil executive and other friends and then lying about it.  As...(Read Full Post)