The Washington Post reports today (with less fanfare than it reports gossip about the First Family's dog) the aftermath of the announced investigation into the legal team that prosecuted Ted Stevens:Prosecutors and FBI agents are hiring their own lawyers and pointing the finger at one another, even as a special prosecutor and the department's ethics watchdogs are trying to determine whether members of the team broke the law to cheat their way to victory or merely succumbed to lapses of incompetence, inexperience or lax supervision. I found some revelations particularly interesting:Former department attorneys, for example, cited chronic problems that have plagued the unit: competition and confusion with partner prosecutors in U.S. attorney's offices around the country. Federal prosecutors in the District, for instance, were consulted about the Stevens case starting in 2006 but declined to participate, thinking that the charges were shaky [emphasis added], according to sources familiar...(Read Full Post)