Bloch blasts WSJ for ignoring WH’s conflict of interest.

Last week, the Wall Street Journal published a report claiming that Office of Special Counsel chief Scott Bloch, who is “investigating Karl Rove’s White House political operation,” is facing allegations from the White House “that he improperly deleted computer files during another probe.” Today, Bloch writes a letter to the editor criticizing the paper for ignoring the White House’s own conflict of interest:

The director and inspector general of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) have conflicts of interest making impartiality unlikely in their investigation. OPM helped craft my predecessor’s illegal policy on sexual-orientation discrimination, a policy I rescinded — the core of the complaint they are investigating (their contrary policy is still on their Web site). If the inspector general affirmed the legality of my action, he would face conflict with his supervisor, the OPM director, who has a stake in this matter. The inspector general is thus an interested party in a matter he is investigating. Moreover, if I find it necessary to appeal in federal court, the OPM director must approve, so an interested party could block my appeal. The White House is aware of these conflicts.