King of Zembla: These Would Be the Same Environmentalists Who Smuggled the WMD's Out of Iraq

Courtesy of our eminent colleague Josh Marshall: As you know, now is not the time to apportion blame. The time to apportion blame will come in a couple of weeks, when Mr. Rove has had a chance to set his latest smear campaign in motion:

Federal officials appear to be seeking proof to blame the flood of New Orleans on environmental groups, documents show.

The Clarion-Ledger has obtained a copy of an internal e-mail the U.S. Department of Justice sent out this week to various U.S. attorneys' offices: "Has your district defended any cases on behalf of the (U.S.) Army Corps of Engineers against claims brought by environmental groups seeking to block or otherwise impede the Corps work on the levees protecting New Orleans? If so, please describe the case and the outcome of the litigation" . . . .