The fast track.

Remember back in January, when the lead prosecutor in the Abramoff case left the case after being conveniently nominated for a federal judgeship by Bush?

Hey, look! Just happened again.

Kenneth Wainstein, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has been tapped to be Assistant Attorney General for National Security. You might remember that another key prosecutor in the Abramoff case, Noel Hillman of the Justice Department's Public Integrity Sector, was recently nominated to a federal judgeship in New Jersey, sparking calls for a special prosecutor. I wouldn't be surprised if that effort was renewed.

Wainstein's office is at the center of the Abramoff investigation, along with a number of other agencies, including the DoJ's Public Integrity - Abramoff and Scanlon both pled guilty in the U.S. District Court in D.C. And it is his office that is prosecuting David Safavian. His office is also busy carrying on the investigation into crooked defense contractor Mitchell Wade's full-fledged corruption; as the Post reported a couple of weeks ago, that investigation has spread into the Department of Defense.

Ain't that something.