DOJ officials have apparently decided that a subpoena, while cute, is not really all that big a [link|http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003231.php|deal.]

\ufffdYou ignored the subpoena, did not come forward today, did not produce the documents and did not even offer an explanation for your noncompliance,\ufffd the senators wrote in a letter to Alberto Gonzales today. \ufffdYour action today is in defiance of the Committee\ufffds subpoena without explanation of any legal basis for doing so.\ufffd

This will come as welcome news to defense attorneys throughout the nation.