former attorney general michael mukasey, a former federal judge who has tried terrorism cases, and michael hagan wrote hagan wroteop/ed in the wall street journal saying that the release of the memos would be not necessary as a legal matter, and i think they're correct there, and "and sound as a matter of policy," -- "unsound as a matter of policy." they said it would it and fight institutional fear of recrimination that has weakened intelligence gathering in the past and that we have come to regret on september 11, 2001. the lawful and wise thing to do would have been to keep our secrets secret, yet you did not. instead, you have now given a critical piece of information to our enemies. just in the last three weeks, i have received word again that on may 29, "the washington times" reported that the department of justice voluntarily dismissed a case against three black panther members for voter intimidation outside a polling place in pennsylvania. in that case, three black panthers were military-style uniforms, armed with a nightstick, and used racial slurs to scare would be voters at the pollin