Holdovers from the CLinton administration are largely running Justice.
I think that President Bush could make up some of the lost ground from the November election by taking this revelation and running with it. He doesn't need control of congress to reopen this incident as a national security issue. He has taken all the damage he can take from bungling the 9/11 commission process and this would shine the light squarely on the democrats "Soft on terrorism" attitude before they start politicizing terrorist surveillance methods. It might also hurt PIAPS which is always good.