Mara Laison thinks there's plenty of time to do what's needed with Mary Mapes once the investigation is done. In other words, let her go right on doing whatever. Brit Hume found this position hard to swallow. Mara Laison, like so many lefties, has no trouble trusting someone like Mary Mapes. She didn't think anything should be done about Rather for the time being, either. Isn't that swell.
They're playing for time over at CBS, hoping that the American public's supposed short attention span will soon kick in, and that we'll all focus on something else shortly.