New York Times Sights Two Leviathans

Well, what a morning for executive whales. Here's a paragraph from the NYT's article on Musharraf,

General Musharraf's critics had accused him of dismissing the chief justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, so as to install someone more likely to bend to his authority as the general was expected to face critical challenges this year to his continued rule as president and army chief of staff.

And here's a couple of paragraphs on the W. whale.

A federal appeals court ordered the government yesterday to turn over virtually all its information on Guantanamo detainees, rejecting an effort by the Justice Department to limit disclosures and setting the stage for new legal battles over the government's reaons for holding the men indefinitely.

It was the latest of a series of stinging legal challenges to the administration's detention policies that have amplified pressure on the Bush asministration to find some alternative to Guantanamo, where about 360 men are now being held.

What we can say about the sightings of these two whales is that an effective seperation of powers (note the collusion of the Justice department with the White House in this country)keeps Leviathans from gobbling up more water than they should ever be allowed to hold.