Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Convertino of Detroit accused the Justice Department of "gross mismanagement" of the war on terrorism in a lawsuit filed late Friday in federal court in Washington. ...

Convertino is seeking damages under the Privacy Act, alleging he has been subjected to an internal investigation as retaliation for his cooperation with the Senate and that information from the internal probe was wrongly leaked to news media. ...

Convertino also accused Justice officials of intentionally divulging the name of one of his confidential terrorism informants (CI) to retaliate against him.

-- U.S. Prosecutor Sues Ashcroft; case at issue reeks in general

[thanks to Talking Points Memo for pointing out the importance of highlighting more of the story ... as he notes, sounds familiar?]

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Wisconsin Primary: Though it looked closer (1-2% v. about 5%) earlier on, Kerry's win in Wisconsin was not as large as one might have thought. Edwards came in a pretty strong second, especially given the underdog nature of his campaign. Also, Dean came a distant third, but it isn't ridiculous to argue that of his 18%, more than half would choose Edwards over Kerry (heck, Dean in the past himself favored Edwards!). We have some minor stuff on Feb. 24 (Idaho, Hawaii, Utah), but the next real test is Super Tuesday (March 2). And, Edwards did well enough today to realistically say he is still a serious candidate, so the race is far from over. Good thing really, since Kerry needs some work, and the Dems clearly are not quite fully on his side yet. And, my vote on March 2 might just mean something!

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TV: In general, I think television is a bit of a wasteland these days, since I don't like reality or crime shows, but Tuesdays rock. Gilmore Girls was very good today ... a serious episode where both of our gals had good cries. Less Than Perfect (ABC 9:30EST) was amusing ... the show still is the best easy going sitcom on the air. And, Dave was great too ... parallel parking ... now that's good t.v.