I’m way late on this, but David Kris from Time-Warner (and before that the Dept. of Justice) is taking over the Justice Dept.’s National Security Division. That’s great news. Really great news. Read my friends Julian Sanchez and Marty Lederman for more, but suffice it to say that Kris has eviscerated the Gonzales’ Justice Department’s legal justifications for the warrantless surveillance programs. If there’s a balm from last month’s ruling from the FISA Court of Appeals that the programs were, in fact, constitutional, it’s that there’ll be someone at the Justice Dept. who knows that’s some bullshit.