Bloch dismissed Office of Special Counsel probe of Siegelman case.
Bloch dismissed Office of Special Counsel probe of Siegelman case.
Last September, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) opened an investigation “into whether partisan politics were a factor in the Justice Department’s prosecution of former Democratic Alabama governor Don Siegelman on corruption charges in 2006.” But a memo written last January by OSC career investigators has revealed that OSC chief Scott Bloch — whose office and home were recently raided by the FBI — ordered the Siegelman case closed, “saying that he had not authorized it.” According to the memo, Bloch also diverted focus and attention from other high profile cases, including the political activities of former White House aide Karl Rove and DoJ’s hiring practices:
Among various concerns, the staffers said the office’s probe of the political briefings was overly broad. […] They recommend narrowing the focus and completing key interviews before proceeding with the related probe into Rove’s activities. […]
The career investigators also wrote of their long-standing desire to open a probe into allegations that certain Justice Department officials considered political affiliation in their hiring and promotion decisions. Bloch told them not to open one last August, then approved a limited investigation in November. In their memo, the staffers pushed for more.
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OSC = Office of Special Cover-ups.
Bloch is exceptionally good at his job. Chimpy should give him a medal.
May 11th, 2008 at 11:12 am“You’re doin’ a heckuva job, Scotty.”
The unending revelations of cover-up, fraud, cronyism, politicization of justice, lying to start wars, classifying of documents to prevent discovery, refusal to testify to Congress, influence of lobbyists, moral deficiency, incompetence and arrogance within GDumbya’s administration are outright repulsive and unacceptable.
Instead of arguing about tax cuts, we should first of all demand that we get the accountability and results from the government we are already paying for. After that happens, we can have the secondary conversation about vision, national priorities and additional expenditures and taxation that may be necessary. As usual, however, the republican’ts continue to use the “tax cut” smokescreen to mask the fact that they are incapable of ethically and effectively managing anything.
May 11th, 2008 at 11:24 amBringing that special Bush brand of competence and bipartisanship to yet another office!
Heckofajob, Blochy!
PEACE
May 11th, 2008 at 11:25 amtime to take him for a swimming lesson to see what he really knows and did.
May 11th, 2008 at 11:35 amYou know if our politicians simply obeyed the law, then going into politics shouldn’t mean risking your freedom. Let’s face it, when you’re a Bush loyalist you will be asked to break the law! Who needs that kind of pressure? Why would someone do this? Desperation? Need work?
May 11th, 2008 at 11:42 amOver and over and over Bush/Cheney have disregarded the law to implement policies that Americans simply do not support.
The excellent term “apparatchik” needs to be revived.
May 11th, 2008 at 11:47 amSchool bullies who refuse to change their ways should not be admitted into the workforce.
May 11th, 2008 at 11:56 amThe largest criminal conspiracy in the history of the US continues.
May 11th, 2008 at 11:59 amBloch also diverted focus and attention from other high profile cases, including the political activities of former White House aide Karl Rove and DoJ’s hiring practices,
Proving yet again the Republicans are a party of power over principles.
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May 11th, 2008 at 12:27 pmBloch is the one that angrily proclaimed that the Office of Personnel Management “have conflicts of interest making impartiality unlikely in their investigation,” of him.
Now that the shoe is on the other foot, Bloch is the first one to whine about conflicts of impartiality. Siegelman could have used some of that fair and unbaised zeal when Bloch was asked to investigate the allegations of partisan politics.
These guys are simple incredible, they break laws everyday and when someone busts them on it they cry foul. If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.
Well this makes another office that Bush & Co. have tainted and tarnished. They poison everything they touch. The entire administration is like a malignate tumor that needs to be cut out.
May 11th, 2008 at 2:41 pmDidn’t think it possible, but I’ve finally reached the I’m-no-longer-capable-of-being-shocked point with the actions of those in/related to/lobbyists for this administration.
May 11th, 2008 at 4:46 pm“What goes around Scotty comes around”.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:47 amMr. Bloch appears to have miserably failed his duties and responsibilities and should be held accountable. Mr. Bloch’s abuse of powers is criminal. He should resign for his political bias and obstruction of justice in an office designed to protect whistleblowers.
John Schilling
May 20th, 2008 at 12:25 pmAuthor of “Undercover”
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