They got caught, so now they’re willing to do things the right way. The Dems better proceed with these hearings and get rid of Gonzales. The man is a menace to the U.S. Constitution and to the American people.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration, bowing to an uproar over its firing of eight federal prosecutors, agreed Thursday to tightening the law for replacing U.S. attorneys and letting Congress hear from senior officials with roles in the ousters.

“The attorney general told us the administration would not oppose our legislation requiring Senate confirmation for all U.S. attorneys,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after a private meeting with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

He and other senators said Gonzales also agreed to let five of his top aides involved in the firings talk with the committee, rather than wait for the panel to authorize subpoenas.

In another development casting a cloud over the Justice Department, a report to be released Friday accuses the FBI of underreporting its use of the Patriot Act to force businesses to turn over customer information in terrorism cases, according to officials familiar with its findings.

The report also says the FBI failed to send follow-up subpoenas to telecommunications firms that were told to expect them, according to several government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the report by the Justice Department’s inspector general had not yet been released.

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