"An Appalling Abuse of Government Power"

When you hear a lawyer say that, you have a pretty good idea that the investigation is getting close to striking paydirt.

Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, R-CA, is an eight-term Congressman and former Navy "Top Gun" fighter pilot who is believed to have a slightly more than professional relationship with defense contracting firm MZM. Despite statements that there will be full cooperation with the investigation, the Washington Post has reported that there was document shredding going on.

Shredding the paper trail is a tried and true tactic, most famously performed by that Great American Douchebag Traitor and Treat Williams Lookalike, Ollie North. You remember him, of course; violated Federal law and sold weapons to the contras in Nicaragua, then gave the money to Iran in hopes of freeing hostages in Lebanon (are you keeping up?). Of course, Iran turned around and gave the money to terrorist groups in Lebanon, which resulted in a truckload of high explosive blowing up the Marine barracks in Beirut. And Ollie was a Marine.

Semper fi.