It's true, because National Review's Andrew McCarthy's said so in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece this weekend.

Who knew?!

Turns out, Democrats not only tell the former federal judge and GOP independent counsel Ken Starr what to do, they also have extraordinary sway over a whole stable of former Bush administration officials who, like Starr, came out last week and condemned as “shameful” the right-wing “Al Qaeda Seven” smear campaign, targeting DOJ attorneys who have defended terror suspects.

In a Journal face-off, McCarthy defended the “Al Qaeda Seven” attacks, and did his best to downplay the conservative backlash the smear campaign ignited [emphasis added]:

The Department of Justice folded, providing the names to the media. But the Obama administration also drummed up support from the legal profession's leading lights. Twenty-two of them, including Kenneth Starr and other well-respected Republican lawyers, fired off a letter denouncing the ad as “shameful.”

Ignore those nearly two dozen attorneys, many of whom have deep ties with the conservative movement and the Bush White House, McCarthy argued in the Journal. They were simply doing whatever the Obama White House told them to do.

Whatever you say Andy.

UPDATED: The White House also dictates content to right-wing bloggers!