Lefty blog The Albany Project cries foul in the prosecution of Gov. Spitzer and is particulary bothered by this revelation:

And that’s why this particularly stinks: Because the focus was a high-ranking government official, prosecutors were required to seek the approval of the United States attorney general to proceed. Once they secured that permission, the investigation moved forward. I’d like to know which Attorney General greenlighted this prosecution after it was learned that this was nothing more than a sex sting. Was it Gonzalez? Or was it Mukasey? Whoever made the call, it seems to me like it was a huge lapse in judgment, that perhaps was influenced by political calculations.

It turns out he who laughs last is Alberto Gonzales.