One of the most peculiar things about the Black Panther scandal is how many times DOJ could have fixed the problem, defused the controversy, and made it all go away.  With the publication of the front page Washington Post story, the opportunity for DOJ to fix the problem renews.  What is new?  Admissions by DOJ officials that the law wasn’t designed to protect everyone for starters.  Also new is the fact that the Washington Post sourced at least three lawyers still inside the Voting Section or Civil Rights Division corroborating my testimony and the Coates testimony.  They risk an avalanche of leaks now.  This is their chance to confess error and do something tangible to put the story in the rear view mirror.  Letting some air out of the balloon before the election would serve them well.  More dishonest denials will not. 

I write about what they should do at Pajamas Media here.