Special pleading is rife these days...

Caught red-handed, the govenment runs for cover(up). Still, the Bush people ought to know that spying on friends tends to them into enemies.

Attorneys for Bosoton Archbshop Bernard Law want to gag one lawyer on the other side. In that story is this description of what Massachusetts gag rules allow:

The rules of conduct cited by the archdiocese in its motion prohibit lawyers from making statements "that will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding." But the rules also say lawyers can describe public documents, including depositions and other legal records.