In the space of three weeks, Attorney-General (AG) Abdul Gani Patail has absolved three high-profile personalities of allegations of corruption.

With a stroke of the pen, therefore, he has miraculously rescued the administration of premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from a crisis of confidence precipitated by the almost simultaneous eruption of corruption scandals earlier this year.

By doing so, too, the AG has also turned the tables on those webmasters and bloggers who brought the scandals to light. And this has enabled the embattled Umno leadership to launch a counter-offensive against these cyberspace "troublemakers".