Editors' Blog The story that TPM by Josh Marshall 02.23.02 | 8:43 pm The story that TPM broke yesterday afternoon (that Judge John D. Bates, has been assigned to hear the Cheney/GAO case) has now been picked up by Dana Milbank at the Washington Post. Don Van Natta’s piece in the Times is still, well … Bates-less. Send Tips Josh Marshall is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TPM.