Dick Thornburgh was named to a a special panel appointed by to CBS to investigate the Rathergate story. At first blush, naming Thornburgh looks like an attempt to avoid partisanship. After all Thornburgh is a Republican who served as Attorney General under Reagan and Bush, as well as Governor of Pennsylvania. But there is a curious wrinkle to the story; namely, the history of litigation between Thornburgh and senior Bush aide Karl Rove. In my post Karl Rove's Lawsuit Against Dick Thornburgh (Part I), I explained: In my Agency and Partnership class today, I'm teaching Karl Rove & Co. v....