No Problem Then

We just got around to looking at Thursday's Washington Post article on the government's efforts, in the pending tobacco litigation, to get its own witnesses on remedies to slash their recommendations on sanctions. You've already heard about this whole controversy by now. What we loved was the article's concluding paragraph:

Legal experts said attempts to change [Matt] Myers's testimony are more troubling, because he was called to establish facts on behalf of the government. Lawyers said that recommending changes to [Michael] Eriksen's testimony would not be improper because, as an expert, he was chosen by the government to provide his opinions.